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Climate change prompting Arctic birds to breed early
2014-06-27 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indo-Asian News Service: Earlier spring seasons and snow-melt brought about by climate change are causing migratory birds that breed in the Arctic Alaska to breed sooner, says a study. "It seems clear that the timing of the snow melt in the Arctic Alaska is the most important mechanism driving the earlier and earlier breeding dates we observed in the Arctic," said Joe Liebezeit from Audubon Society of Portland in the US. Researchers looked in nearly 2,500 nests of four shorebird species semi-palmated sandpiper, red phalarope,...
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Stinky smell briefly wafts over Kamloops, prompting deluge of worried calls
2014-03-27 18:43:55| Paper - Topix.net
If pulp mill odours in British Columbia are occasionally described as the smell of money, a lot of cash was wafting over Kamloops Wednesday night.
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Coal Chemical Spill Contaminates Drinking Water Prompting State of Emergency in West Virginia
2014-01-10 17:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Residents of nine counties in West Virginia have been told not to use or drink their water after a chemical used by the coal industry spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. Gov. Tomblin (D-WV) declared a state of emergency as more than 100,000 customers, or 300,000 people, are without safe drinking water. The chemical, 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, used to wash coal of impurities spilled from a tank at Freedom Industries into the Elk River, contaminating the drinking water for more than 300,000...
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Novato real estate agent removes lethal chemicals from home, prompting hazmat incident
2013-04-07 06:22:54| Real Estate - Topix.net
A Marin County toxic materials crew was dispatched to Novato on Friday to remove 40 gallons of cyanide and other chemicals a real estate agent removed from a home for sale, a fire official said.
US forced to cut mineral revenue payments to states, prompting backlash
2013-03-28 13:39:11| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: The Interior Department has informed dozens of states that it will withhold millions of dollars in federal mineral revenue payments due to budget cuts necessitated by sequestration, a move that stunned the state of Wyoming, which receives nearly $1 billion in annual payments. Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) has informed the treasurers in 36 states that sequestration will force withholding millions of dollars in monthly mineral lease payments for oil and natural gas development...
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