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Confirmed: Tar Sands Toxic Liquid Waste Contaminating Local Waterways

2013-02-18 17:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: As tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C. yesterday to urge President Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, more evidence emerged that the public isnt getting the full story of the environmental impacts of tar sands. Media yesterday reported on an internal government memo revealing a Canadian government study on a tar sands tailings pond that found that toxic liquid ponds do leak toxic chemicals into the environment--despite repeated denials of officials. For...

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Finally confirmed: An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs

2013-02-08 14:16:39| Extremetech

A team of American and European researchers have confirmed that the CretaceousPaleogene extinction -- the event that wiped out roughly 75% of the planet's species, including almost every dinosaur -- was caused by an asteroid impact in Mexico 66 million years ago. The CretaceousPaleogene extinction was the last great extinction event to occur on Earth, and is most notable for causing the diversification of mammals that eventually resulted in Homo sapiens.

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Swifter bank switching confirmed

2013-02-04 13:02:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Bank customers will be able to switch their current account provider within seven working days, Chancellor George Osborne confirms.

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Raccoon Attacks Family's Dog in First Confirmed Barrow County Rabies Case of 2013

2013-01-26 16:12:46| Biotech - Topix.net

A raccoon that police say attacked a Winder family's dog tested positive with the first confirmed case of rabies in Barrow County this year, according to a report by the Barrow Journal .

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