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Why Your Fridge Pollutes and How It's Changing
2015-03-06 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Your home's refrigerator does more than store milk and meat. It also contains chemicals that emit greenhouse gases. New fridges will likely be greener. In a switchover that will be largely invisible to consumers, more fridges and air conditioners are entering the U.S. market that will do less harm to the planet. This week, the U.S. government took a step to expedite that rollout. As part of President Barack Obama's climate plan and ahead of global climate talks, the Environmental Protection...
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Another Coal Chemical Spill Pollutes Public Waterway, This Time in Kentucky
2014-06-10 15:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On Friday, May 30, another coal-related chemical spill polluted a public waterway in Central Appalachia, killing hundreds of fish and alarming local residents. The chemical spill happened at a Cumberland Coal Company prep plant in Harlan County, KY. This time, the spill was not of coal slurry or a coal-washing chemical, but of a flocculanta type of compound usually used to control other substances in sediment ponds or clean up spilled material in creeks. Reminiscent of the slurry spill from the...
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The Bacteria That Can Mitigate Fracked Natural Gas Before It Pollutes the Atmosphere
2014-05-01 18:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: By the ton, methane from fracking has about 20 times the global warming effect of carbon dioxide. Researchers at a college in the United Kingdom believe they have found a tiny way to mitigate the greenhouse gas before it spreads into the atmosphere. Methylocella silvestris, a single bacterial strain found in soil and other environments around the world, is capable of growing on methane and propane, according to research by a team at the University of East Anglia that was published in Nature, a...
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Amid Destruction, Canadian Oil Train Crash Pollutes Rivers
2013-07-08 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Near the Maine border, a runaway train likely carrying hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of gallons of crude oil derailed Saturday and crashed into a downtown area in the Canadian town of Lac-Mégantic, Québec, causing death, destruction and untold environmental damage. At least 40 people are missing and five are confirmed dead. A large swath of the town is destroyed and thousands were forced to evacuate. As the community is still coming to terms with the tragedy, regional concerns over...
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