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Damaged Peru pipeline leaks 3,000 barrels oil into Amazon region
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 23rd, 2016
Reuters: Ruptures in Peru’s main oil pipeline have spilled 3,000 barrels of crude into the Amazon region, polluting two rivers that native villages rely on for water.
National environmental regulator OEFA said the oil from the broken pipeline has poured into the Chiriaco and Morona rivers in northwestern Peru.
Edwin Montenegro, a local indigenous leader, said at least eight native Achuar communities rely on the rivers for water.
Petroperu, the state-owned operator of the pipeline, said two breaks...
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Peru pipeline leaks in Amazon; Two rivers polluted, agency says
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 23rd, 2016
Reuters: Ruptures in Peru's main oil pipeline have spilled 3,000 barrels of crude in an Amazonian region, operator Petroperu said Monday, and the oil has polluted two rivers native villages rely on for water, according to government officials.
Two breaks in the pipeline have halted transportation of 5,000 to 6,000 barrels of oil per day, state-owned Petroperu said.
The oil has poured into the Chiriaco and Morona rivers in northwestern Peru, said national environmental regulator OEFA. At least eight...
Drought and climate change threaten almost all U.S. forests
Posted by Solo: None Given on February 23rd, 2016
Solo: Forests nationwide are feeling the heat from increasing drought and climate change, according to a new study by scientists from 14 research institutions.
Drought-induced forest diebacks, bark beetle infestations and wildfires are already occurring on large scales across the West, and many models predict droughts are likely to become more severe, frequent and prolonged across much of the United States.
The study notes that the impact of drought and climate change are profound in the West US,...
‘Limited role’ for gas in UK future
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 23rd, 2016
BBC: The use of natural gas for electricity generation in the UK may have to decline significantly over the next 30 years, according to a new study.
Without carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, gas-fired electricity would have to fall to 10% of the mix to meet emissions targets for 2050.
The new study also warns that current government policies will deter investment in gas.
The report has been published by the UK Energy Research Centre.
Blue bridge
Last November the government signalled...
Antarctic ice sheet is more vulnerable to carbon dioxide than expected
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 23rd, 2016
ScienceDaily: Results from a new climate reconstruction of how Antarctica's ice sheets responded during the last period when atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) reached levels like those expected to occur in about 30 years, plus sediment core findings reported in a companion paper, suggest that the ice sheets are more vulnerable to rising atmospheric CO2 than previously thought.
Details appear in two papers in the current Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Researchers led by Edward Gasson and...