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These 5 Countries Account for 60% of Plastic Pollution in Oceans
2015-10-15 21:34:00| Waste Age
EcoWatch.com Roughly 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into the worlds oceans every year, and according to a new study, the majority of this waste comes from just five countries: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. read more
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Pollution Update 10-15-15
2015-10-15 09:19:06| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality recently visited Bright Oak Meat Company's Marcola Road facility in response to a complaint of "a strong and pervasive odor" originating from the facility.
Prescott, Arizona agency reach agreement on pollution study
2015-10-15 00:55:31| Waste Management - Topix.net
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the Prescott City Council have reached an agreement on a disputed state study of pollution at Watson Lake.
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Dire glimpses of what pollution doing in Bangladesh
2015-10-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wired: Bangladesh is dominated by a vast river delta of rich, fertile and flat land no more than 40 feet above sea level. That makes it especially susceptible to climate change. Scientists estimate that rising sea levels will claim as much as 17 percent of the country by 2050, displacing as many as 18 million people. Bangladeshi photojournalist Probal Rashid was born in the rice-growing district of Gazipur in 1979, and has seen this threat first-hand. He`s made it his mission to document the threat industrialization,...
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How to Manage Fire to Cut Pollution and Slow Climate Change
2015-10-13 14:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Heres a Your Dot contribution on the many benefits of managing fires in forests, savannah and peatlands including slowing global warming, protecting threatened ecosystems and reducing noxious palls of haze. It comes from Lindon N. Pronto, a young former federal wildland firefighter from California who is completing a master of science degree in environmental governance at the University of Freiburg in Germany. Pronto also works at the Global Fire Monitoring Center at the Max Planck Institute...
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