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Rim fire's effects likely to last for decades to come
2013-09-23 18:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Tourists stopped at the Rim of the World overlook on California 120 earlier this month to take photos of the panoramic view just as they always have. But they stared in silence at the ashen hues of a landscape swept by the largest wildfire to burn in the Sierra Nevada in more than a century of recordkeeping. Steep canyon walls and mountain slopes that had been robed in chaparral and oak were now draped in black, spreading to the horizon in a funereal scene. To the north, miles and miles of...
Texas: African dust, Mexican fires pollute Houston
2013-09-22 17:33:50| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of its findings.
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Russian Coast Guard Fires on Greenpeace Ship, Arrests Four
2013-09-18 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The Russian Coast Guard has fired shots at a Greenpeace International ship in the Russian Arctic and four Greenpeace activists were arrested today during a protest of oil drilling in the fragile, pristine environment. At 4.30 am Moscow time, five inflatable boats were launched from the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and headed towards the Gazprom oil rig Prirazlomnaya in the remote Pechora sea. One of the inflatables was confronted by the Russian Coast Guard and two activists were...
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SDGE air crane to aid in fighting San Diego fires
2013-09-14 14:17:21| Energy - Topix.net
A San Diego Gas & Electric -owned helitanker with the capacity to drop up to 2,500 gallons of water will be available for use in firefighting efforts in San Diego County under renewed agreements between the utility and the city, county and fire agencies, SDG&E announced Friday.
SDGE air crane to aid in fighting San Diego fires
2013-09-14 13:47:53| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A San Diego Gas & Electric -owned helitanker with the capacity to drop up to 2,500 gallons of water will be available for use in firefighting efforts in San Diego County under renewed agreements between the utility and the city, county and fire agencies, SDG&E announced Friday.
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