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Hundreds evacuated in Texas after storms leave least 15 dead
2015-05-28 04:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate flood-threatened areas of Texas on Wednesday as torrential rains battered the state, where at least 15 people have been killed in weather-related incidents this week, including six in Houston. People were told to stay away from more than 200 homes in Parker County where the Brazos River was poised to overflow its banks about 30 miles (50 km) west of Fort Worth on Wednesday night, county officials said. "The river is coming up fast and flowing at dangerous...
Energy, chemical contractor to close Freeport operations, cut hundreds of jobs
2015-05-19 14:03:02| Chemicals - Topix.net
TIC Energy & Chemical Inc., a processing and industrial contractor division of Colorado-based TIC, plans to close its operations in Freeport, affecting 500 employees, according to a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission . The company informed its employees on May 7, and the TWC received TIC Energy & Chemical's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter on May 14. Tom Janssen, a spokesman for the company, said in an email the move is a "business decision to shift our operations away from maintenance, testing and small capital construction services and nothing to do with oil market."
Hundreds Of 'Kayaktivists' In Seattle Protest Shell's Arctic Drilling
2015-05-18 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Seattle will be home port to a large Shell Oil Arctic drilling platform when it's not up in the Arctic Ocean. But the city and many residents aren't happy about it.
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Hundreds activists launch floating protest new Arctic drilling rig
2015-05-17 09:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Hundreds of activists decked out in neoprene wetsuits and life jackets took to the water off Seattle in kayaks, canoes, paddleboards and other vessels to send the message that Royal Dutch Shell should cancel its plan to drill in the Arctic Ocean. The "Shell No" protest was held nearby to where Shell's Polar Pioneer drilling rig is docked. Once out on the water, kayakers gathered in formation and hoisted signs and banners that read: "Climate Justice," "Oil-Free Future" and "We can't burn all...
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Hundreds of Underground Gas Lines Leak Methane Gas
2015-05-16 19:51:51| Energy - Topix.net
The gas company vows repairs after a creative study by environmental activists found nearly 250 locations where methane is leaking. In light of a report from an environmental group which found there are nearly 250 locations where planet-warming methane is leaking from natural gas lines under streets in the Greater Los Angeles area, Southern California Gas Co.
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