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New Mexico rivers polluted mine waste reopen for drinking water intakes
Posted by Reuters: Laura Zuckerman on August 16th, 2015
Reuters: Stretches of two rivers in New Mexico contaminated by toxic waste earlier this month from an abandoned gold mine were reopened late Saturday to cities whose public drinking water systems are supplied by the rivers’ surface waters, state officials said.
Sections of the Animas and San Juan rivers also were re-opened for boating and fishing for the first time since being polluted by a spill of more than 3 million gallons of waste from the derelict Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, New Mexico...
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Fiorina, Cruz and Walker respond to Jerry Brown on climate change
Posted by Sacramento Bee: David Siders on August 16th, 2015
Sacramento Bee: California Gov. Jerry Brown, blaming climate change for hot weather that has exacerbated the state’s historic drought, has pressed Republican presidential candidates in recent weeks to address the issue in their campaigns, first scolding them in a letter and then telling reporters, “My message is real clear: California’s burning. What the hell are you going to do about it?”
On Saturday, a rejoinder.
Asked about Brown’s prodding, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said at a gathering of Republican...
China blasts death toll rises to 112, with 95 missing: Xinhua
Posted by Reuters: Megha Rajagopalan on August 16th, 2015
Reuters: China The death toll from massive explosions in China's port of Tianjin has risen to 112 and 95 people, most of them fire fighters, are missing, state media said on Sunday, suggesting the toll will rise significantly.
More than 720 people remained in hospital four days after Wednesday's disaster, which sent massive yellow and orange fireballs into the sky, rained burning debris on to a vast industrial zone, crumpled cars and shipping containers, burnt out buildings and shattered windows of nearby...