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Expansion of City in Western China Poses Environmental, Safety Risks, Critics Say
2013-03-22 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: An ambitious plan to expand the western Chinese city of Lanzhou into a regional industrial hub is raising concerns over what critics call lax government oversight of the environmental and safety impacts, including worries that it will siphon huge amounts of water from an already parched region and devastate nearby mountains. Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, is a city of 3.6 million and a gateway to Tibet and the Xinjiang region. It is known as one of the most polluted cities in China, and...
A Slightly Improved iPhone May Not Mute Apple's Critics
2013-03-22 13:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Although the iPhone 5 is less than a year old, speculation is already rampant about the next version of Apple's iconic handset. That guessing game was fueled Thursday by a report from DigiTimes which suggested the next iPhone won't break any new ground in features or design.
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As odds grow long, critics move to stop Keystone XL
2013-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: With a sense of grim determination, a group of unlikely allies has begun gathering at kitchen tables, in churches and along fence rows here to plot what could be the final battle in the four-year conflict over the Keystone XL pipeline. After months of quiet, a recent State Department report dismissing the ecological impact of the pipeline has cleared the way for a final decision on the plan for transporting oil extracted from the Alberta tar sands more than 1,700 miles to refineries on the Texas...
Keystone XL critics now hang hopes on delaying the pipeline
2013-03-07 04:32:38| Energy - Topix.net
After the Keystone XL oil pipeline cleared an important hurdle last week, critics of the project are searching for ways to force more of the delays that have dogged it for more than four years already.
Keystone XL critics now hang hopes on delaying the pipeline
2013-03-07 03:35:25| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
After the Keystone XL oil pipeline cleared an important hurdle last week, critics of the project are searching for ways to force more of the delays that have dogged it for more than four years already.
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