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Climate change enhances risks of glacial lakes flooding mountain communities
2013-02-27 17:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Public Radio International: Lakes high in the world's mountains are becoming increasingly dangerous to the towns that have sprouted up near them. The lakes are prone to floods, typically caused when the mountain glaciers that feed them shed a chunk of ice and rock, forcing thousands of gallons over the banks. The hamlet of Carhuaz, in Peru's Cordillera Blanca Range, could hardly be more picturesque. Birds chirp while venders hawk their goods at an open-air market in the town tucked into a fold at the furrowed base of...
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Mountain Lakes residents' oncerns still fall on deaf ears
2013-02-27 08:20:49| Grocery - Topix.net
Although hundreds of residents from Mountain Lakes and Parsippany have voiced concerns about environment and quality-of-life issues, the Parsippany Planning Board voted 8 to 1 to recommend the proposed Waterview project.
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Storm that buried Plains slams Great Lakes region
2013-02-27 03:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A powerful winter storm that buried the U.S. Plains and left at least three people dead moved on Tuesday into the southern Great Lakes region, where it snarled the evening commute in Chicago and Milwaukee, created near-whiteout conditions and forced hundreds of flight cancellations. Much of the region was under either a winter storm warning or a winter weather advisory, according to the National Weather Service, as the system's potent blend of wet snow, sleet and strong winds bore down on north...
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Abtech Holdings Receives Notification Of Award For Smart Sponge Storm Water Installation In Great Lakes Area
2013-02-15 04:18:19| pollutiononline News Articles
Abtech Holdings, Inc. (OTC QB: ABHD)("AbTech" or the "Company"), a full-service environmental technologies and engineering firm dedicated to providing innovative solutions to communities, industry and governments addressing issues of water pollution and contamination, today announced that it has received notification of an award to upgradean outflow pipe discharging into a beach located on the shores of the Great Lakes using AbTech's EPA-registered Smart Sponge® Plus technology
Call to join lakes charity walk to aid Prospect Hospice
2013-02-12 22:40:35| Electronics - Topix.net
FATHER and son team Rob and James Quick will be walking in memory of his wife and mother Sue to raise funds for the hospice that helped her.
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