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TECO: Squirrel caused David L. Tippin Water Treatment Facility power outage
2013-02-23 15:38:30| Energy - Topix.net
Tampa Electric says a "perfect" storm of events occurred Friday that caused a power outage at a City of Tampa water treatment plant.
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Study finds oil and gas drilling caused air pollution in West
2013-02-20 07:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: A comprehensive analysis of emissions and ozone pollution in the Uintah Basin in eastern Utah concluded that the primary source is oil and gas operations. The oil-field operations created about 99 percent of the volatile organic chemical emissions and about 70 percent of the nitrogen oxides emitted in the basin. "It isn't surprising, this is a rural area," said Brock LeBaron, who managed the study for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality. Across the West -- from Colorado's Front...
Study: Costly fire season caused by climate change
2013-02-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Idaho Mountain Express: The Halstead Fire, shown above in September north of Stanley, burned some 181,000 acres of forest from late July through October 2012. A recent study by the National Wildlife Federation states that Idaho fire seasons are getting longer and more intense due to climate change. Photo by Kate Wutz A study released by the National Wildlife Federation on Jan. 30 blames Idaho's costly 2012 fire season on climate change and states that things will only get worse as global warming intensifies. The study,...
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GUARDIAN.CO.UK: Pemex blast caused by methane gas
2013-02-05 06:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A deadly blast that killed at least 37 people at Mexican state oil monopoly Pemex's headquarters in Mexico City was caused by a build-up of gas, the government has said on Monday. The attorney general, Jesus Murillo, said no trace of explosives was found at the site of the disaster, the latest in a string of safety lapses to hit the oil monopoly. President Enrique Pena Nieto is seeking to push through a major overhaul of Pemex. "We have been able to determine that the explosion was caused by...
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United Kingdom: We must be prepared for the flooding caused by a 'new kind of rain,' says Lord Smith
2013-02-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: "We are much safer than we were, but there is a constant need to upgrade and improve the defences,' he says. "With more extreme weather patterns happening now and the prospect of the sea level rising over the next 50 years or so, we have to become even more vigilant.' Lord Smith is in a café in Canvey Island, Essex, on the sea wall built after the terrible events of January 31, 1953. Waves from the North Sea, overcome barriers along the coast, flooding homes suddenly in winter darkness. "This...
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