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Building HS2 to cause 'years of misery'
2015-09-01 16:55:57| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Building the proposed new High Speed Two (HS2) rail line will mean years of weekend "misery" for rail passengers, according to a campaign group.
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Deliberate Targeting Water Sources Worsens Misery for Millions of Syrians
2015-08-27 00:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Imagine having to venture out into a conflict zone in search of water because rebel groups and government forces have targeted the pipelines. Imagine walking miles in the blazing summer heat, then waiting hours at a public tap to fill up your containers. Now imagine realizing the jugs are too heavy to carry back home. This scene, witnessed by an engineer with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), is becoming all too common in embattled Syria. In this case, the child sent to fetch water...
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More carbon, more misery for allergy sufferers
2015-02-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Minnesota Public Radio: Just being outside at certain times of the year can make allergy sufferers miserable. Every year, allergies to tree, grass or weed pollen account for millions of hours of missed work and school. It's getting worse, and it's not just itchy eyes and running noses, say the patients of Dr. Niladri Aichbhaumik, an allergist and allergy sufferer at the St. Paul Allergy and Asthma Clinic. "People feel sick, and they just don't feel like they have as much energy as they would normally," Aichbhaumik...
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Unsafe groundwater only adds to California drought misery
2014-10-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: With surface water supplies decimated from the ongoing drought, more Californians are forced to use groundwater. But groundwater is unsafe for nearly 800,000 residents, according to the state's water resources control board. This problem is the longtime contamination from nitrates and arsenic. That's meant less drinkable water in California's struggle to survive more than three years of severely dry weather. "Most areas affected by contamination don't have surface water supplies so they...
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Landslides add to misery of Kashmir's worst floods in decades
2014-09-12 10:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rescuers raced to help communities hit by landslides in Indian Kashmir on Friday while thousands were stranded, homeless and hungry in the city of Srinagar, most of which was submerged by the region's worst flooding in 50 years. Both the Indian and Pakistan sides of the disputed Himalayan territory have been hit by extensive flooding since the Jhelum river, swollen by unusually heavy rain, surged last week. The river flows from Indian Kashmir to the Pakistan side, and then down into Pakistan's...
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