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Was the Los Angeles Earthquake Caused by Fracking?
2014-03-18 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSN: Was the Los Angeles Earthquake Caused by Fracking? State seismologists don't think that the injection well was close enough to make a difference. Environmental groups aren't so sure. The epicenter of today's L.A. quake was 8 miles from oil waste injection wells. Credit: Kyle Ferrar/FracTracker Alliance Was the 4.4-magnitude earthquake that rattled Los Angeles Monday morning caused by fracking methods? It's hard to say, but what's clear from the above map, made by Kyle Ferrar of the FracTracker...
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Many Americans Believe Temperature Changes are Normal, Not Caused by Climate Change
2014-03-16 07:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
HNGN: A survey revealed that more Americans think that changes in temperature are due to the yearly-variation of climate rather than the human-induced climate change. According to the survey results released by Gallup, there are more Democrats than Republicans who attribute these changes to climate change. Forty-seven percent of the Democrats and their supporters said that colder temperatures were caused by climate change. By contrast, only 11 percent of Republicans and their supporters linked the colder...
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Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture and Fire Caused by Corrosion and Lack of Recent Inspections, NTSB ...
2014-03-10 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
According to report released by NTSB, 2012 rupture of a Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation natural gas pipeline in West Virginia was caused by external corrosion that could have been discovered by pipeline operator. Said pipeline had not been inspected or tested since 1988. If it had been inspected with inline tool, NTSB claims the rupture would likely have been avoided. NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman emphasized importance of inspection and testing in locating defects early. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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New report warns of cascading system failure caused by climate change
2014-03-08 14:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: From roads and bridges to power plants and gas pipelines, American infrastructure is vulnerable to the effects of climate change, according to a pair of government reports released Thursday. The reports are technical documents supporting the National Climate Assessment, a major review compiled by 13 government agencies that the U.S. Global Change Research Program is expected to release in April. Scientists at the Department of Energy`s Oak Ridge National Laboratory put together the reports, which...
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United Kingdom: The recent winter storms caused the greatest loss of trees in a generation, says The National Trust
2014-03-07 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The fallout from the extreme winter weather continued yesterday as the National Trust disclosed that the barrage of storms killed the greatest number of trees in a generation as Environment Secretary Owen Paterson announced a further 10.5 million injection into flood protection. Thousands of oak, ash and beech trees, many of them in ancient woodland, were uprooted, blown over, or snapped during the winter, with Killerton Estate in Devon hit the hardest with the loss of more than 500 trees. Wales...
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