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Protests on water taste, smell as city breaks tie to Detroit

2015-03-04 09:13:46| Automakers - Topix.net

Less than an hour's drive from one of Earth's great fresh water sources, some people in Flint are searching for a drop worth drinking. Since the financially struggling city broke away from the Detroit water system last year, residents have been unhappy with the smell, taste and appearance of water from the city's river as they await the completion of a pipe to Lake Huron.

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Protests on water taste, smell as city breaks tie to Detroit

2015-03-04 09:13:45| Automakers - Topix.net

Less than an hour's drive from one of Earth's great fresh water sources, some people in Flint are searching for a drop worth drinking. Since the city left the Detroit water system, residents have been unhappy with the smell, taste and appearance of the water they're getting from the city's river.

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Kyoto protests disrupt oil trading

2015-02-22 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Oil trading was interrupted for more than an hour yesterday in the world's second largest energy market when 35 Greenpeace activists invaded the International Petroleum Exchange in London on the day the Kyoto global warming treaty came into effect. The exchange, which trades oil worth up to $1,000bn a year and sets the price for as much as 60% of the world's crude supply, was thrown into chaos just before 2pm as traders and security guards clashed with the activists coming through the only door...

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EDITORs PICK: Protests ramp up against B.C. HazMat facility

2015-02-17 20:24:42| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines

Environmental, First Nations and sporting groups have hailed the facilitys location, nearby the Fraser River, as a poor choice for tackling hazardous waste The post EDITOR’s PICK: Protests ramp up against B.C. HazMat facility appeared first on Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine.

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