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China turns focus to smoky ships, boats in fight against pollution
2015-06-08 11:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China is considering regulating emissions from boats and ships, the environment ministry said on Monday, as it tries to clamp down on pollution. Facing mounting public pressure, leaders in Beijing have declared a war on pollution, vowing to abandon a decades-old growth-at-all-costs economic model that has spoiled much of China's water, skies and soil. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said it was seeking public feedback on whether to pass the regulation, which could include new standards...
How mankind blew the fight against climate change
2015-06-06 18:46:53| Chemicals - Topix.net
If historians someday need to explain how mankind managed to blow the fight against climate change, they need only point to last month's shareholder meeting at Exxon Mobil headquarters in Dallas. The meeting came two days after Texas smashed old rainfall records - almost doubled them , in some cases - and as authorities were still searching for families swept away after rivers crested many feet beyond their previous records.
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Soap Star booted from Delta flight over alleged fight with attendant
2015-06-06 03:51:29| Airlines - Topix.net
Veteran soap actress Jennifer Bassey was removed from a Delta Air Lines subsidiary flight by authorities earlier this week after, she said, a flight attendant was repeatedly rude to her, setting off a fight. A representative for Atlanta-based Delta confirmed that Bassey, who appeared on "All My Children" off and on for 28 years, was removed from a Tuesday flight at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
How mankind blew the fight against climate change
2015-06-06 01:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: If historians someday need to explain how mankind managed to blow the fight against climate change, they need only point to last months shareholder meeting at Exxon Mobil headquarters in Dallas. The meeting came two days after Texas smashed old rainfall records -- almost doubled them, in some cases -- and as authorities were still searching for families swept away after rivers crested many feet beyond their previous records. As Exxon Mobils Rex Tillerson -- the highest-paid chief executive of...
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Environmentalists fight back against coal ash disposal plan
2015-06-05 05:59:34| Energy - Topix.net
Environmentalists urged Pennsylvania officials to reject a proposal by FirstEnergy Corp. to ship coal ash from a Shippingport power plant to a site in the state's southwestern corner. The Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club and Earthjustice submitted a letter Tuesday that asked the Department of Environmental Protection to deny FirstEnergy's application to modify a permit for the closed Hatfield Ferry power plant landfill, the Beaver County Times reported .
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