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Environmental Costs and Benefits of Fracking Assessed in New Study
2014-09-13 00:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Med India: Research has shown that advances in hydraulic fracturing put trillions of dollars' worth of previously unreachable oil and natural gas within grasp. Environmental Costs and Benefits of Fracking Assessed in New Study The environmental costs - and benefits - from "fracking," which requires blasting huge amounts of water, sand and chemicals deep into underground rock formations, are the subject of new research that synthesizes 165 academic studies and government databases. The survey covers not...
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Hampton University and Norfolk State Create Environmental Science Partnership
2014-09-12 22:02:31| Waste Management - Topix.net
Hampton University President William R. Harvey, EPA's Shawn M. Garvin, NSU Interim President and CEO Eddie Moore and David Paylor, Director of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality sign partnership. Two of Virginia's leading HBCU institutions, Hampton University and Norfolk State University , have entered a partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to help recruit more black students to pursue careers in the fields of environmental science and engineering.
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Environmental investigator urges Jones County to issue public nuisance against oil and gas co.
2014-09-11 22:53:48| Waste Management - Topix.net
Bob Bowcock, chief environmental investigator for Erin Brockavich, is investigating a lawsuit between a Jones County family, Petro Harvester Oil and Gas Company, and others tied to Petro. Bowcock says a public nuisance declaration would help short circuit the process of getting the Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board to extensively test for toxic chemicals.
UN Environmental Report Reveals Ozone Layer Beginning Recover
2014-09-11 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: The ozone layer that protects the planet from harmful ultraviolet radiation is on the road to recovery, scientists from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced on Wednesday. According to BBC News environmental analyst Roger Harrabin, a new report compiled by an international team of 300 scientists reveals that the ozone layer is starting to show signs of thickening, and the ozone hole that appears annually over Antarctica has stopped...
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FAA Awards Environmental Grant to South Bend
2014-09-11 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced $2 million FAA grant to South Bend International Airport to reduce emissions and improve air quality by installing a geothermal heating and cooling system at the airport through FAA’s Voluntary Airport Low Emission program. New system will reduce airport’s natural gas operating needs by nearly 4 million cubic feet/year, resulting in estimated emission reductions of more than 140 tons of ozone over 20-year lifespan of system. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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