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Could supply all of California with water if we fixed our leaky pipes

2014-08-02 02:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: As if California didnt already have enough water issues to worry about right now, last week Los Angeles lost more than 20 million gallons a days worth for at least 100,000 people when a pipe that was installed a century ago finally broke. But it turns out geriatric pipes arent just a problem for the City of Angels. Aging infrastructure means that nationwide, pipes hemorrhage seven billion gallons of treated drinking water each day; enough to meet the daily water needs of the entire state of...

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Runners take part in first Honoring our Heroes 5K

2014-07-28 00:17:10| Grocery - Topix.net

Several thousand Tri-State runners took part in the first annual Honoring our Heroes 5K in downtown Cincinnati Sunday morning.

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Former Treasury Sec. Paulson calls climate change 'biggest risk of our time'

2014-07-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Oregonian: There are no easy solutions to mitigate the risks of climate change, but ending fuel subsidies and taxing carbon could be the first steps, Former Treasury Sec. Henry Paulson Jr. said Friday in Portland. And if that were an easy sell to make anywhere, it should be Oregon, he told a crowd of community, business and political leaders at a talk hosted Friday by the Portland City Club. Paulson, who was in office when the economy collapsed in 2008, said he now considers climate change the biggest...

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Massive Natural Gas Protest in D.C. Highlights How Fracking Is Invading Our Coastlines

2014-07-16 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Alternet: Two dozen protestors were arrested Monday morning in Washington D.C. in a demonstration against proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals in the U.S., according to environmental groups reporting from the scene. Marylands Chesapeake Bay is the latest battleground in a campaign to halt the export of fracked gas and slow the damage done by increased drilling. The protesters were arrested at a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after demanding...

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