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Safety Compromised by Missing Rules on Oil and Gas Pipelines, GAO Says
2013-02-05 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Oil and gas pipelines could be made safer if pipeline operators had clear guidelines for how quickly they must respond to accidentsbut federal regulators don't have the data they need to establish those rules, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent arm of Congress. The first few minutes and hours after a pipeline accident are considered crucial for effective cleanup and damage prevention. But the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration...
Biotech has made India net exporter of cotton says expert
2013-02-05 09:52:22| Biotech - Topix.net
Biotechnology has made India a net exporter of BT Cotton from being an importer, with production nearly doubling to 510 kg per hectare from 225 kg over a decade ago, an industry player said Monday.
Spring Market Continues to be Unpredictable, Galves Says
2013-02-05 03:24:23| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Dan Galves Editor Galves Auto Price List So far, 2013 illustrates the guesswork, stab-in-the-dark mode thats become the norm in spring market forecasting; not long ago, a very solid, stable, and predictable market began mid-to-late January and continued through May; it would be easy to focus on a few of the extreme prices being paid [...]The Article Spring Market Continues to be Unpredictable, Galves Says appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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United Kingdom: Many more seabirds may be affected by English Channel pollution, RSPB says
2013-02-04 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The RSPCA is continuing to care for 237 seabirds washed ashore following last week's mystery oil spill in the Channel. Thirty-one birds have had to be put down and another eight have died, the animal charity said on Monday. The vast majority of the birds 257 are guillemots, long-lived birds that spend most of their time out at sea, only coming to shore to breed. The other 19 are razorbills, another member of the auk family. Environment Agency scientists are still trying to establish...
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United Kingdom: We must be prepared for the flooding caused by a 'new kind of rain,' says Lord Smith
2013-02-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: "We are much safer than we were, but there is a constant need to upgrade and improve the defences,' he says. "With more extreme weather patterns happening now and the prospect of the sea level rising over the next 50 years or so, we have to become even more vigilant.' Lord Smith is in a café in Canvey Island, Essex, on the sea wall built after the terrible events of January 31, 1953. Waves from the North Sea, overcome barriers along the coast, flooding homes suddenly in winter darkness. "This...
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