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EPA ends probe of Wyoming water pollution linked to fracking
2013-06-20 17:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration on Thursday dropped plans to further investigate preliminary federal findings that linked contamination of a Wyoming aquifer to natural gas drilling, following industry backlash that called the study into question. The draft report released by the Environmental Protection Agency in late 2011 sent shockwaves through the oil and gas sector, by finding that hydraulic fracturing fluids used in shale gas drilling had likely contaminated groundwater in Pavillion, Wyoming. Those...
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Indonesia forest fires causes record air pollution in Singapore
2013-06-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The Pollutant Standards Index, Singapore's main measure for air pollution, surged to a record reading of 371, breaching the "hazardous" classification that can aggravate respiratory ailments. The previous all-time high before this week was in 1997, when the index reached 226. Nearby Malaysia closed 200 schools and banned open burning in some areas. "I feel quite sad, but we have to survive, we have to keep moving, make to do with the best that we have with us," said Singapore tour guide Raj Rai....
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Obama Is Getting Ready to Rein In Power Plant Pollution
2013-06-20 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Atlantic Wire: Hours afterpromisingin Berlin that action was coming on climate change, Barack Obama is preparing to make what could be the biggest environmental move of his presidency. White House officials say the President is planning to implement new regulations that would significantly reduce carbon emissions on existing power plants. The plan -which was hinted at in The Los Angeles Times earlier this week - involves instituting new rules through the Environmental Protection Agency, which doesn't require the...
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Singapore pollution from Indonesian forest fires hits record levels
2013-06-20 12:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Singaporeans have been urged to stay indoors as smoky haze from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia has worsened dramatically, causing unprecedented levels of air pollution. Singapore's pollutant standards index hit a record reading of 371, above the "hazardous" classification that can aggravate respiratory ailments. The previous record before this week was in 1997, when the index reached 226. The hazardous levels of pollution lasted for three hours before the index eased to 253 in the evening,...
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Nutrient Pollution Could Cause Record-Setting 'Dead Zone' In Gulf Of Mexico
2013-06-19 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: cientists are expecting a very large dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, according to several NOAA-supported forecast models. Those same models predict a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay. A research team comprised of scientists from the University of Michigan, Louisiana State University, and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium used the NOAA-supported models to forecast that this years Gulf of Mexico hypoxic dead zone" will be between 7,286 and 8,561 square miles,...
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