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Why Everyone Should Be Worried About Calif Gas Leak Disaster
Posted by Huffington Post: Matt Ferner and Lydia O'Connor on January 21st, 2016
Huffington Post: Call it a canary in a natural gas storage zone. The enormous volume of natural gas spewing from a broken well here should serve as a wake-up call that more catastrophes are waiting to happen at similar facilities nationwide, conservationists warn. Aging infrastructure, industry negligence and scant state regulations are all factors that led to the enormous Aliso Canyon methane leak now plaguing the affluent Porter Ranch community, and they are common problems across California and the nation, according...
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2015 Was The Hottest Year On Record, This Year Is Likely To Be Even Hotter
Posted by International Business: None Given on January 21st, 2016
International Business: It’s official. 2015 was the planet’s hottest year on historical records dating back to 1880, shattering the previous mark set in 2014 by 0.13 Celsius (0.23 degrees Fahrenheit), scientists at NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed Wednesday.
The latest data provides further evidence that most of the warming due to climate change -- driven largely by human-made greenhouse gas emissions -- has occurred in the past 35 years, with 15 of the 16 warmest years on...
Flint water crisis: emails reveal governor Snyder informed of problems a year ago
Posted by Guardian: Ryan Felton and Nicky Woolf on January 21st, 2016
Guardian: Michigan governor Rick Snyder was informed of water quality issues in the city of Flint’s supply as early as February 2015, according to emails released to the public on Wednesday, but his administration struck a dismissive tone, saying the problems would eventually “fade in the rearview”.
Related: How Michigan's Flint River is poisoning the city's residents
A background memo sent to the governor on 1 February dismissed the pleas of Flint’s then-mayor Dayne Walling for state assistance, saying...
Victorian farmers call for pipelines save region from climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 21st, 2016
Guardian: Record dry weather in the usually wet farming regions of south-west Victoria has forced farmers to queue for water from a community bore, and led to calls for infrastructure that will future-proof the region in relation to climate change.
Two winters with little rain, followed by completely dry springs and summers have left livestock producers in the west Wimmera and southern Grampians with record low levels of water storage, Tim Leeming, a farmer and regional chair of the Southern Australia Meat...