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Natural Gas Pipeline Updates Can Cut Greenhouse Gas Leaks by 90 Percent, Study Says
2015-09-09 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Pipeline replacement programs in cities can cut natural gas leaks by 90 percent, curbing the release of the powerful greenhouse gas methane and boosting public safety, according to a study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters. Researchers drove cars equipped with sensitive methane-mapping instruments through thousands of miles of city streets in Manhattan, Boston, Cincinnati, Durham, and Washington, D.C. They discovered that Durham and Cincinnati, where public-private partnerships...
Exxon Valdez Spill Had Big Impact on Fish Population, Study Says
2015-09-09 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Federal scientists may have found a link between the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and a decline of herring and pink salmon populations in Prince William Sound. In a study published Tuesday in the online journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found that embryonic salmon and herring exposed to even very low levels of crude oil can develop heart defects. Herring and pink salmon juveniles that were exposed to crude oil as embryos grew...
Oil train risks affect many U.S. schools, group says
2015-09-08 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Thousands of U.S. schools sit along rail corridors used to carry toxic substances such as crude oil and would be at risk in the event of a derailment, an environmental group said on Tuesday as it called for a temporary halt on oil trains. ForestEthics said its analysis of U.S. Department of Education data show nearly 15,000 schools with 5.7 million students sit inside the so-called 'blast zone', the one-mile area along railroad tracks the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) recommends be evacuated...
Back to the farm: Companies need to zoom in on climate risks in agriculture, says CDP
2015-09-04 20:14:16| Beverages - Topix.net
Many multinational food and beverage brands are missing their biggest chance to address climate risks, according to the global non-profit group CDP, which says companies need to work closer with suppliers to improve agricultural emissions. However, it commends Coca-Cola HBC, Danone and Nestle for being 'ahead of the pack' in approaching climate mitigation in their agricultural supply chains.
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Opening Of Mexican Energy Industry Driving Energy Infrastructure Investment And Breathing New Life Into Petrochemicals, IHS Says
2015-09-04 03:40:50| chemicalonline Home Page
The recent opening of the Mexican upstream energy industry, combined with access to abundant U.S. natural gas feedstock from Texas, is driving significant energy infrastructure investment on both sides of the border
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