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EIA forecast of 2014 US gasoline use has risen 2 billion gallons (1.6%) in past 10 months
2014-09-11 11:30:39| Green Car Congress
State: Torrential Storm Forced Billions Of Gallons Of Raw Sewage Into Lakes, Rivers, Streams
2014-08-23 23:16:05| Waste Management - Topix.net
State officials say billions of gallons of raw and partially treated sewage was dumped in Detroit area rivers and streams after flooding from heavy rains earlier this month.
Metro Detroit treatment plants released 4.5B gallons of sewage into rivers after storm
2014-08-23 02:48:09| Waste Management - Topix.net
Metro Detroit treatment plants released about 4.5 billion gallons of raw and partially treated sewage into local streams and rivers as a result of last week's massive rainstorm, according to a preliminary report from the state Department of Environmental Quality.
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Heavy rains force millions of gallons of raw sewage into area waterways
2014-08-12 14:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Detroit Free Press: Mondays rains overwhelmed sewer systems across metro Detroit, forcing millions of gallons of untreated and partially treated sewage into rivers and lakes. As far as the significance of the volumes, this is incredible, said Laura Verona of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. We estimate that this was a 350-year event. Macomb County alone logged more than 1 billion gallons in overflows from storm-retention basins and sewers countywide, according to data posted on its website....
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Canada environment disaster 1.3 billion gallons mining waste flows into rivers
2014-08-07 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Citizens of British Columbia awoke to the thunderous noise of over a billion gallons of mining waste water cascading through Hazeltine Creek earlier this week, polluting the states fresh water supply. According to officials, the open-pit Mount Polley copper and gold mine may have suffered a breach in a tailings pond, which released the mines huge reservoir of waste water into numerous water supplies and fisheries. No official reason for the disaster has yet been given. The breach has affected...
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