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The Toxic Gas Leak That Cant Be Stopped Is a Huge Warning Sign
2016-01-10 05:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fiscal Times: Last summer, the state of Massachusetts made a troubling discovery: in just one Boston suburb--Medford--there had been 249 natural gas leaks, the oldest dating back to 1990. The states gas pipeline system is among the oldest in the country, with some segments 157 years old. Roughly one third of the 21,000 miles of natural gas pipes running under the states cities, suburbs and rolling hills is outdated, and considered leak-prone. Audrey Schulman, president of Home Energy Efficiency Team,...
The toxic chemical in San Franciscos fog
2016-01-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francisco Chronicle: Fog rolling in off the Pacific brings iconic beauty to San Francisco, but scientists say it also carries with it something much less pleasant: toxic mercury. Scientists who studied the fog along the coast of California found that it deposits a neurotoxin called monomethyl mercury - at a concentration about 20 times that of rain - as it sweeps across the city. The scientists said the finding reveals a new pathway to land of a compound that comes largely from burning coal and other fossil fuels....
End of fossil fuels won't come too soon for millions breathing toxic air
2016-01-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Fossil fuels' days are numbered. That's a good thing given the toll that burning coal and oil takes on our climate and health. But especially for the people of Beijing -- and Delhi and Tehran, among other cities currently choking on dirty emissions -- that final goodbye can't come soon enough. The images are hard to miss and harder to ignore: women, men, children and even pets enveloped in an almost tangible haze, forced to wear face masks as they go about their daily lives -- bicycling, shopping,...
Comment period extended on toxic burning neara
2016-01-01 03:26:32| Waste Management - Topix.net
Comment period extended on toxic burning near Colfax DEQ will accept public comments through Feb. 29 on a proposal to allow increased toxic waste burning near Colfax. Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2015/12/31/comment-period-extended-toxic-burning-near-colfax/78079548/ The Clean Harbors Colfax site, where toxic waste is disposed of through open burning, is located on about 700 acres of land about five miles northwest of the town of Colfax.
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'Unprecedented' Toxic Algal Blooms Harming West Coast's Wildlife
2015-12-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weather: While algal blooms are relatively common, this one is different. The algae thriving off the West Coast, Pseudo nizchia, can produce a deadly neurotoxin called domoic acid. What's more, the bloom was unusually large and lasted an unusually long duration, partially due to warm water conditions brought in by El Nio. Now, scientists are warning of the widespread effects the toxic algae is having on wildlife and the seafood industry. "The duration of the bloom and the intensity of the toxicity were...
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