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North Carolina riverbed coated by toxic coal ash, officials say
2014-02-18 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Federal officials said Tuesday that toxic coal ash has coated the bottom of a North Carolina river as many as 70 miles downstream of a Duke Energy dump where a massive spill occurred two weeks ago. The US Fish and Wildlife Service advised that a massive pile of coal ash about 75ft long and as much as 5ft deep has been detected on the bottom of the Dan river near the site of the February 2 spill. Deposits varying from 5in deep to less than 1in coated the river bottom across the state line into...
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Texas Officials Turn Blind Eye To Fracking Industry's Toxic Air Emissions
2014-02-18 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: In January 2011, with air quality worsening in Texas' booming oil and gas fields, state environmental regulators adopted rules to reduce emissions. The industry rebelled. So did the state legislature. A few months later, lawmakers passed SB1134, effectively preventing the new regulations from being applied in the Eagle Ford Shale region of South Texas, one of the nation's biggest oil and gas booms. Since then, more than 2,400 air emissions permits have been issued in the Eagle Ford without additional...
NY officials: Virtual currency invites real crime
2014-02-16 19:29:53| Apparel - Topix.net
The account information given by a new customer at Liberty Reserve read like a not-so-clever prank: Joe Bogus, 123 Fake Main Street, Completely Made Up City, N.Y. But at the multibillion-dollar virtual banking operation, it didn't matter.
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Oregonlive.com: Two teenage girls who left school-sponsored trip found drinking in downtown Portland bar, officials say, 2/14/14
2014-02-15 22:42:44| PortlandOnline
U.K. Officials Unhappy with U.S.-Led Cleanup of Sellafield Nuclear Waste Site
2014-02-14 14:31:14| ENR.com: Headline News
Audit by Parliament reveals cost overruns and management flaws, but the UK's cleanup agency notes the huge site's complexity, age and extent of radiological hazards.
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