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Defense Department to Congress: Global warming is a 'present security threat'
2015-07-30 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: For the first time, the U.S. Department of Defense has detailed what it views as its greatest challenges related to climate change. In a report to Congress, the Defense Department said that global warming poses a "present security threat, not strictly a long-term risk." See also: Global warming helped trigger Syria's civil war The report, delivered to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday and publicly released Wednesday, further stated the Defense Department is "already observing...
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Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Issues Draft Water...
2015-07-25 18:25:33| Waste Management - Topix.net
Hundreds of thousands of people are short of drinking water in northeast China\'s Liaoning Province as it suffers one of its most severe droughts in history.
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The Wall Street Journal: Justice Department investigating allegations Sikorsky units overbilled Navy
2015-07-24 18:49:48| Paper - Topix.net
The Justice Department is seeking up to $148 million in damages and fines from United Technologies Corp. over allegations that subsidiaries of its helicopter business overbilled the U.S. Navy for spare parts. had previously disclosed the complaint against two subsidiaries of Sikorsky Aircraft, the helicopter unit.
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Waste Management Lawsuit: San Francisco's Department Of The Environment Improperly Steering $130M Trash Disposal Contract
2015-07-22 08:25:20| pollutiononline Home Page
Waste Management of Alameda County, Inc. (WMAC) recently asked a California Superior Court to order the City and County of San Francisco to halt any further action to steer a $130M waste disposal contract to Recology, saying the Department of the Environment (DOE) has “betrayed the City’s obligation to the competitive procurement process”
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Interior Department Unveils Proposed Stream Protection Rule To Safeguard Communities From Coal Mining Operations
2015-07-21 04:09:56| pollutiononline News Articles
Following a robust public process, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider, and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) Director Joseph Pizarchik recently released proposed regulationsto prevent or minimize impacts to surface water and groundwater from coal mining.
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