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Leaking Pipeline Offers Warning on Keystone XL Proposal
2013-04-03 20:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Environmental groups are sounding alarms about conflicting reports on the size and seriousness of an oil spill that took place late last week in the southern U.S. state of Arkansas. The spill has generated particular interest because it emanates from a pipeline carrying "tar sands" oil, a particularly heavy and environmentally destructive oil composed of bitumen and diluted with lighter elements.A lot of the people we talked to said, "We didn't even know there was a pipeline under our homes.'...
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Pipeline Spills Stir New Criticism of Keystone Proposal
2013-04-03 02:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Two recent oil pipeline spills have prompted new criticism from opponents of the proposed Keystone XL project, while raising more questions about whether the federal government is adequately monitoring the nation's vast labyrinth of pipelines. An Exxon Mobil pipeline ruptured in central Arkansas on Friday, leaving a sheen of oil on nearby streets and causing the evacuation of 22 homes in the small town of Mayflower. Exxon Mobil said its Pegasus Line, which runs from Patoka, Ill., to Nederland,...
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March's top stories: new proposal for Thames hub airport, TSA relaxes banned items
2013-04-03 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The US Transportation Security Administration shocked many with its announcement in March that it will allow pocketknives on flights. Elsewhere in the US, the FAA is set to close nearly 150 ATC towers to meet budget cuts, and in the UK, Foster + Part
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'Harry Potter' fans get engaged with custom Quidditch proposal
2013-04-01 22:11:22| CNET News.com
A Golden Snitch becomes the ring-bearer for a magically geeky proposal with "Harry Potter" flair. [Read more]
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U.S. Unveils Major New Proposal to Cut Vehicle Emissions
2013-03-29 20:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Environmentalists and public health advocates are lauding a key, long-awaited proposal put forward by President Barack Obama's administration that would require cleaner gasoline and more effective technologies on vehicles, cutting various harmful emissions by 40 to 80 percent. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which announced the long-delayed proposal here Friday, say the new regulations could avoid around 2,400 premature deaths and 23,000 cases of respiratory problems in children...
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