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Law center plans suit over Mich. river oil spill )
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 2nd, 2010
Associated Press: A public interest law firm prepared Monday to sue the owners of a pipeline that ruptured in southern Michigan and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Kalamazoo River tributary, while residents voiced concerns to government officials following a community meeting. The oil flow has been stopped and government officials say it's been contained in a 25-mile stretch of the river from Marshall westward past Battle Creek. But the Environmental Protection Agency estimates it ...
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EPA notes improvements at Michigan oil spill site
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 2nd, 2010
Associated Press: A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday that significant improvement had been made at the site of an oil spill in a southern Michigan river, but the agency cautioned that it will take months to complete the cleanup. Those efforts, along with air and water quality monitoring, continue to increase along the affected stretch of the Kalamazoo River, EPA regional administrator Susan Hedman said during a media briefing in Marshall. The oil flow ...
Spotlight on water and climate
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 2nd, 2010
Malaysian Star: The recognition of water as a human right and the issuing of a new report on climate change kept environmental issues in the news last week, while the UN climate talks resume this week. THE environment continues to be in the news in recent weeks. The UN General Assembly last Wednesday recognised the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life and all other human rights. The resolution was adopted by a vote of ...
Pakistan floods death toll rises to 1,100
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 2nd, 2010
Associated Press: The death toll from flooding in north-west Pakistan rose to 1,100 today as rescue workers struggled to save more than 27,000 people still trapped by the water. The rescue effort was aided by a slackening of the monsoon rains that caused the worst flooding in decades in Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province. But as the waters started to recede, authorities began to understand the full scale of the disaster. "Aerial monitoring is being conducted, and it has shown that whole villages have ...