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Proposed rules mining rules under fire
2013-08-28 21:24:24| Real Estate - Topix.net
Currently, state law prohibits pollution of groundwater above water quality standards by any industry, but the Environment Department has provided some exceptions through variances.
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Will Kate Middleton Join Her Prince At The Ring O' Fire Race?
2013-08-28 15:56:05| Apparel - Topix.net
Yesterday, the Duchess of Cambridge did a spot of grocery shopping in Anglesey, Wales, where she and Prince William have rented a farmhouse for the past couple of years.
Yosemite Rim Fire is taste of things to come
2013-08-27 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: San Francisco is in a declared state of emergency, its power and water supplies threatened by one of the largest fires on record in California. The blaze is 250 kilometres to the east of the city, on the fringes of Yosemite National Park. It is a grim warning of profound changes that may lie ahead, as the western US comes to terms with a new ecology of fire, wrought by climate change. The Rim Fire is already the seventh largest in California since records began in the 1930s, having so far torched...
California's Rim Fire now 20 Percent Contained, but Homes and Resources Still Threatened
2013-08-27 21:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: California's Rim Fire, which now covers an area larger than Chicago, continues to burn though the Stanislaus National Forest and a portion of Yosemite National Park, but firefighters have more of a handle on the enormous wildfire than at any point to-date. Relying heavily on fire-fighting airplanes and helicopters, crews made significant gains in battling the blaze, with the latest update from the Incident Information System (Inciweb), which handles California's wildfire information, indicating...
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9 scary facts about the Yosemite fire
2013-08-27 19:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: No one knows what started the Rim Fire, the 160,000 acre blaze that`s ripping through the western side of Yosemite National Park. But nearly 4,000 firefighters have been dispatched to try to stop it using helicopters, bulldozers, and flame retardants. Although the situation is starting to look up - 20 percent of the fire is now contained, up from 7 percent just two days ago -- the authorities predict the fire will keep spreading, and fast, in days to come. There are many reasons to be concerned...
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