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New infrared video reveals growing environmental disaster in L.A. gas leak

2015-12-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: A runaway natural gas leak from a storage facility in the hills above Los Angeles is shaping up as a significant ecological disaster, state officials and experts say, with more than 150 million pounds of methane pouring into the atmosphere so far and no immediate end in sight. The rupture within a massive underground containment system -- first detected more than two months ago -- is venting gas at a rate of up to 110,000 pounds per hour, California officials confirm. The leak already has forced...

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Dam disaster death toll rises to 17

2015-12-22 09:54:49| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The number of confirmed deaths from the collapse of a dam in Brazil has risen to 17, according to mining giant BHP Billiton.

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Paris Climate Deal Could Stave Off Disaster, Al Gore Says

2015-12-18 18:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: The world may have just turned the corner in the battle against climate change, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says. The Paris agreement, which 195 nations signed over the weekend, could be the breakthrough that lets humanity avoid a looming climate catastrophe, Gore said here Wednesday (Dec. 16) at the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The plan of action laid out by the accord, "while far from ideal, nevertheless sets in motion a process of change that gives us an...

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More child marriage in drought-hit Ethiopia with risk of "full-blown disaster"

2015-12-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Child marriage is on the rise in Ethiopia due to the worst drought in decades, the government and agencies said on Friday, as Oxfam warned of a "full-blown disaster" unless more than $1 billion in food aid is found for 10 million people. Agencies predict the El Nio weather phenomenon will cause record levels of malnutrition in Africa's second most populous nation, famed for war- and drought-induced famine in 1984. More than one in ten of Ethiopia's 92 million people, most of whom depend on rain-fed...

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