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Peru pipeline leaks in Amazon; Two rivers polluted, agency says

2016-02-23 03:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

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...

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Water 'Fingerprints' Used To Time How Fast Rain And Snowmelt Flow Into Rivers

2016-01-25 03:41:25| pollutiononline Home Page

About one-third of the water flowing in global rivers is "young water" made up of rain and snowmelt that flowed into the river in less than three months

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Southern states brace for flooding as overflowing Midwest rivers recede

2016-01-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Overflowing rivers were receding in Missouri and Illinois on Friday after flooding swamped communities and forced towns to evacuate, with forecasters warning that rain-swollen waterways flowing downstream could menace Southern states. At least 28 people have died in the U.S. Midwest since the weekend in rare winter floods, mostly when driving into flooded areas after storms dropped up to 12 inches (30 cm) of rain, officials said. Flooding in the Midwest usually comes in the spring as snowmelt...

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Southern states brace for flooding as overflowing Midwest rivers recede

2016-01-01 12:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Residents of southern states along the Mississippi River are bracing for the flooding that has swamped communities from the Ohio River Valley to eastern Oklahoma over the last week, causing thousands of evacuations and killing at least 31 people. Officials in Louisiana are checking levees daily, and Exxon Mobil Corp has decided to shut its 340,571 barrel-per-day refined products terminal in Memphis, Tennessee, as floodwaters threatened to inundate the facility just south of the city's downtown....

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Stormwater Construction for Clean Rivers Sign Artwork

2015-12-21 21:51:51| PortlandOnline

PDF Document, 405kbCategory: Construction Signage Artwork

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