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Bridgeton Landfill: Catastrophic Event is Foreseeable and Preventable
2015-09-11 03:11:00| Waste Age
The St. Louis American Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster released nine new expert witness reports on September 3 that collectively paint a troubling picture of the environment surrounding the landfill site. read more
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Humans to Blame for Catastrophic Drought in California, Scientists Say
2015-08-28 16:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: One way or another, humans are to blame for the catastrophic drought in California that scientists say may be emerging as a new normal. Either humans have mismanaged the states water or human-triggered global warming has begun to help turn Americas landscape of wine and roses into a dustbowl, according to two new studies. And the arguments have relevance extending far beyond the U.S. west, as the European Drought Observatory has warned that much of mainland Europe is now caught up in the continents...
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UK Exit from EU 'Would be Catastrophic' for Welsh Farmers
2015-07-22 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
WALES, UK - Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans has reiterated her concerns for the future of the farming industry in Wales in the event of an out vote in the forthcoming referendum on membership of the European Union.
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Hansen: Emergency Cooperation Among Nations Needed Prevent Catastrophic Sea Level Rise
2015-07-21 20:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: If a new scientific paper is proven accurate, the international target of limiting global temperatures to a 2°C rise this century will not be nearly enough to prevent catastrophic melting of ice sheets that would raise sea levels much higher and much faster than previously thought possible. According to the new study--which has not yet been peer-reviewed, but was written by former NASA scientist James Hansen and 16 other prominent climate researchers--current predictions about the catastrophic...
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How Air Pollution May Have Caused Catastrophic Flooding in China
2015-07-16 23:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Air pollution isn't just bad for your health. It can have dramatic effects on weather and climate. In fact, a team of scientists believes that air pollution from industries and traffic could have caused the extreme floods that devastated southwest China in 2013. In July of that year, China's Sichuan province was racked with floods from the worst storms it had seen in 50 years. The greatest damage occurred in a mountainous region northwest of the Sichuan Basin, where nearly 30 inches of rain fell...
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