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HMS Enterprise evacuates British nationals amid worsening Libyan crisis
2014-08-04 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The UK Royal Navy's multirole survey vessel HMS Enterprise has been deployed to evacuate up to 300 British citizens from Tripoli, amid worsening violence in Libya as rival militias vie for power.
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Worlds Largest Plastic Bottle Structure Draws Attention to Global Plastic Pollution Crisis
2014-08-02 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The message of cu.podu is simple: Plastic bottles should not end up in the water. After a flood created a dam where one could cross the Nera River by stepping on plastic bottles at the point of Danube where it enters Romania, the cu.podu project was born, explained Radu Rusu of EcoStuff. The goal of the project is to do something big enough to draw attention to the enormous quantities of litter dumped every day in the rivers and oceans around the world, like other organizations are doing including...
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Panel wants TEPCO execs charged over nuke crisis
2014-07-31 10:40:00| Energy - Topix.net
A Japanese judicial panel has recommended that three former executives of the utility that operates the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant face criminal charges over their role in the disaster.
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Demolition of power plant deepens humanitarian crisis in Gaza
2014-07-31 01:00:00| Power Technology
On the morning of 29 July, the main fuel tank at Gazas only power station burst into flames after it was attacked for the third time in two days. Already operating at reduced capacity, the plant is now likely to be out of action for months, if not a
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California's water crisis
2014-07-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: To cope with California's drought, farmers are carefully selecting which crops they plant and overpumping from deep underground aquifers. But as the President of the Pacific Institute, Peter Gleick, tells host Steve Curwood, a viable long-term solution to the growing water crisis requires rethinking priorities and conserving much more water. Transcript CURWOOD: So come December, there may be relief for California's record-breaking drought, but for now, it's about as bad as anyone can remember....
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