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Fires begin to appear en masse as Indonesias burning season gets going
2016-07-08 02:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Satellites on Wednesday recorded 145 fire-linked hotspots over Indonesias main western island of Sumatra, down from 245 on Sunday, according to the countrys disaster management agency. Its a far cry from last years crisis, when thousands of forest and peatland fires raged across the archipelagic country during the extended dry season brought on by El Nino, sending toxic haze pollution billowing across the region. But the uptick in hotspots signaled this years burning season may already be...
More Wildfires, Starting Sooner, Burning More Acres
2016-06-28 17:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Capradio: A report by the nonpartisan Climate Central says that 11 million people in California are at risk of wildfire and that climate change is lengthening the wildfire season. Previous reports by researchers have said wildfires in the western U.S. would become more intense, larger, and start earlier than usual as a result of climate change. "This intense activity is indicative of a growing trend in Western wildfires linked to changes in climate," the report notes. "Spring and summer temperatures...
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China city shuts down waste burning plant over protests
2016-06-27 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The mayor of a city in central China made a rare public address calling of calm after thousands of people protested against a waste incineration project over fears it would damage the environment and residents' health. Tens of thousands of "mass incidents" - the usual euphemism for protests - happen in China each year, spurred by grievances over issues such as corruption, pollution and illegal land grabs, unnerving the stability-obsessed ruling Communist Party. The city of Xiantao, in Hubei...
Whats worse, burning plastic or sending it to a landfill?
2016-06-23 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Q. Dear Umbra, What`s worse: burning plastic trash, or letting it sit in a landfill? I`m thinking of not-easily-recyclable plastic packaging especially - are its components perhaps more easily dispersed as gases rather than slowly leaching in a landfill? Signed, Wilburforce A. Dearest Wilburforce, As anyone who has ever witnessed someone toss an errant water bottle or crinkly wrapper into a campfire can attest, burning plastic is a nasty business. It stinks; it spews oddly colored...
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The huge flaw in how Congress is approaching burning wood for energy
2016-06-17 13:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Along with 196 other countries around the world, the United States has made a number of ambitious climate commitments that experts say will depend heavily on the expansion of renewable energy and the increasingly stringent regulation of carbon output. But some potential new legislation, which critics claim relies on scientifically questionable assumptions, has scientists and environmentalists worried about taking a step backward when it comes to climate goals. The controversy centers on a specific...
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