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Oregon Safety Inspections Lag Behind Spike in Oil Trains Traveling Through Northwest Towns

2014-02-21 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Oregonian: When the Oregon state inspector got close enough to the hulking black rail car with the red placard warning about flammable liquids inside, he heard hissing. It was August. TILX 350519, a tank car that holds 30,000 gallons of crude oil, was waiting to be unloaded at an industrial park on the Columbia River near Clatskanie. The car had traveled 1,200 miles from Dore, North Dakota, a tiny town at the heart of a boom feeding a rapidly growing amount of oil into the country`s rail system -- a new...

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Report: Android malware and spyware apps spike in the Google Play Store

2014-02-19 23:45:47| InfoWorld: Top News

The number of mobile apps infected with malware or that are conduits for spyware in Google's Play Store nearly quadrupled between 2011 and 2013, a security vendor has reported.

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The Wall Street Journal: CF Industries sales clipped by nat gas spike

2014-02-19 03:22:27| Chemicals - Topix.net

CF Industries Holdings Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit slid 31% as the fertilizer producer's sales were stung by lower prices and higher natural gas costs.

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British sinkhole spike prompts warning

2014-02-18 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: Britain is likely to face the strange and disturbing threat of more sinkholes opening up in the weeks and months ahead. The warning comes from the British Geological Survey (BGS), which has been studying a recent spate of collapses across the country. In a typical year, geologists would expect to see one or two sinkholes appearing, but this month's tally has reached six so far. Dr Tony Cooper of the British Geological Survey told me that some areas of the country are more susceptible than...

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