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Gulf oil well seal holding, BP looks to final kill
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 6th, 2010
Reuters: BP said on Friday the cement seal on its crippled Gulf of Mexico oil well was holding and a relief well to permanently plug the ill-fated borehole was on track to reach its target in mid-August. As the final stages of the long-awaited "kill" operation moved forward, nagging questions remained about the lasting environmental and economic impact to the U.S. Gulf region from the world's worst offshore oil accident. More than 100 days after the start of the catastrophic spill that ...
Kenya: Lack of City Planning to Hurt More Citizens
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 6th, 2010
Inter Press Service: Thousands of Kenyan urban dwellers, rich and poor, live in fear that their homes or building investments could soon be demolished as the country struggles to keep up with the rapid urbanisation of cities. And now, a new study by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) warns that hundreds of millions of citizens in the developing world are yet to suffer a bigger burden of poverty characterised ...
Russia: Fires lay ghostly shroud of smoke on Moscow
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 6th, 2010
Associated Press: A miasma of smoke from wildfires cloaked the sweltering Russian capital on Friday, turning the city's spires into ominous blurs and grounding flights while glum pedestrians trudged the streets with faces hidden by surgical masks and water-soaked bandanas. The smoke crept into many buildings, hovering about the ceiling in entryways. The State Historical Museum, on Red Square was forced to close because it couldn't stop its smoke detectors from going off. Airborne pollutants such ...
Surfers against Sewage find dirty secret at Britain’s ‘cleanest’ beaches
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 6th, 2010
Guardian: At least one in four of Britain's premier bathing beaches are failing to meet the strict requirements of their "Blue Flag" designation, freedom of information requests to local authorities and beach operators have found. The result is that tens of thousands of bathers who believe they have been swimming in Britain's cleanest waters may have unknowingly been exposed to raw sewage, according to pollution watchdog group Surfers against Sewage (SAS). The beaches in question have no system ...
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