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Warmer Temperatures Push Malaria to Higher Elevations
Posted by Nature World: None Given on March 6th, 2014
Nature World: Researchers are reporting the first hard evidence that malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that infects more than 300 million people each year, creeps to higher elevations during warmer years and falls back down to lower altitudes when temperatures cool.
"Traditionally, we think of malaria as a disease with limited prevalence in highland regions, but we are now seeing a shift due to climate change. Our latest research suggests that with progressive global warming, malaria will creep up the mountains...
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Duke ordered stop groundwater pollution at North Carolina coal plants
Posted by Reuters: Ian Simpson on March 6th, 2014
Reuters: A North Carolina judge ruled on Thursday that Duke Energy Corp must immediately stop the sources of groundwater pollution at its 14 coal-fired power plants in the state.
The issue of pollution from coal ash gained momentum in North Carolina last month, when a spill from a retired Duke power plant dumped at least 30,000 tons of ash in the Dan River.
In the ruling, Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway reversed a decision by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission. He...
A Narrowing Global Food Supply Will Make Us All Fat, Sick And Less Safe, Study Says
Posted by Huffington Post: Hunter Stuart on March 6th, 2014
Huffington Post: The world's reliance on narrow range of foods will lead to an increase in diseases like diabetes and a food supply that is more vulnerable to environmental changes like global warming, a new study warns. Human diets around the globe have become more and more similar throughout the past five decades, to the point that people currently get 90 percent of their calories, protein and fat from the same 50 crops, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....
Law Aims To Keep Chicago From Becoming Petcoke Dumping Ground
Posted by National Public Radio: Cheryl Corley on March 6th, 2014
National Public Radio: Midwest refineries are processing crude oil from Canada's tar sands. Chicago officials voted to ban any new companies from storing petroleum coke in the city, and said existing companies can't expand.
Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Project Across Upper Midwest Draws Opposition
Posted by Associated Press: Steve Karnowsk on March 6th, 2014
Associated Press: Environmentalists vowed Wednesday to fight Enbridge Inc.'s plan to replace and sharply boost the capacity of a crude oil pipeline that runs from Canada to Wisconsin, saying the project will exacerbate climate change by carrying more tar sands oil to U.S refineries.
Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge announced the $7 billion plan this week, calling it the largest project in the company's history and the most efficient way to maintain the line's reliability.
Enbridge's existing Line 3 is a 1,031...
Time running out for Great Barrier Reef:..
Posted by MSN: None Given on March 6th, 2014
MSN: Time is running out for Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef, with climate change set to wreck irreversible damage by 2030 unless immediate action is taken, marine scientists said Thursday.
Stretching along more than 2,000 km (1,200 miles) of Australia's eastern coast is one of the world's formost natural wonders - The Great Barrier Reef as shown is this file NASA satellite image
In a report prepared for this month's Earth Hour global climate change campaign, University of Queensland reef...
Alberta Regulator Quietly Halts Steam Bitumen Mining Due to Safety Concerns
Posted by Tyee: Andrew Nikiforuk on March 6th, 2014
Tyee: The Alberta energy regulator has suspended the fastest-growing source of bitumen production around Fort McMurray due to concerns about fracturing the region’s cap rock.
Last January, the regulator quietly issued a bulletin announcing the freeze on development in the Wabiskaw-McMurray deposit of the Athabasca Oil Sands Area while it completes “a thorough technical review of the factors that affect reservoir containment of steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) projects.”
The suspension affects...