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Scottish News: Service marks Piper Alpha disaster
2013-07-05 07:01:49| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The 25th anniversary of the world's worst offshore oil and gas tragedy is to be marked by a special commemoration service.
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Sky Blues groundshare 'a disaster'
2013-07-04 16:48:09| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Coventry City supporters - and a famous former manager - speak of their concern at the prospect of the football club sharing Northampton Town's ground.
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IKEA To Partner With American Forests Disaster ReLeaf To Restore Asbury Park's Urban Forest
2013-07-03 09:00:00| pollutiononline News Articles
IKEA and American Forests Disaster ReLeaf are partnering this month to help restore the urban forest in Asbury Park, N.J., that was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy
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Indians question how far flash-flooding disaster was manmade
2013-06-28 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As India picks up the pieces from the worst-ever flash floods in the Himalayas, the nation is beginning to wonder to what extent human intervention specifically religious tourism and hydroelectric projects contributed to the disaster. About 1,000 people have been confirmed dead in Uttarakhand state from last week's flooding, and state authorities say the actual toll could be three to five times higher. The Himalayas are a relatively young mountain range with a fragile geology prone to landslides....
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India floods: a man-made disaster
2013-06-28 09:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The terrible floods in India's tiny north Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, which killed more than 1,000 people, left 70,000 stranded for days and destroyed livelihoods, have been officially termed a natural calamity caused by cloudbursts and unprecedented heavy monsoon rainfall. However, the true causes of the epic tragedy lie in the grievous damage recently wrought on the region's ecology by the runaway growth of tourism, unchecked proliferation of roads, hotels, shops and multistory housing in...
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