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Toxic algae bloom closes Utah lake, sickens more than 100 people
2016-07-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A huge toxic algae bloom in Utah has closed one of the largest freshwater lakes west of the Mississippi River, sickening more than 100 people and leaving farmers scrambling for clean water for days during the hottest part of the year. The bacteria commonly known as blue-green algae has spread rapidly to cover almost all of 150-square-mile Utah Lake, turning the water bright, anti-freeze green with a pea soup texture and leaving scummy foam along the shore. "It smells like something is rotting,"...
Pollution from power plants in two states killed thousands of people last year
2016-07-15 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: How poisonous are power plants? An estimated 2,300 people in the United States died prematurely because of Pennsylvanias power plants just last year, according to a study out Thursday. Across the border in Ohio, power plants claimed another 2,130 lives last year. The healthcare bill for people suffering from power plants in both states hit $40 billion. These startling numbers come from a pair of reports from NextGen Climate America and PSE Healthy Energy, which looked at two states infamous for...
More People Catching Pokémon Than Swiping Right
2016-07-11 19:04:57| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
As of July 7, Pokémon Go was "already installed on more US Android phones than Tinder," SimilarWeb says.
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Floods kill 22 people in India, 170,000 homeless
2016-07-11 09:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Flash floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 22 people in India and forced more than 170,000 from their homes, officials said on Monday, as forecasters predicted more downpours in coming days. India's monsoon rains, though vital for agriculture, regularly bring death and destruction. The rain was 35 percent above average in the week that ended on July 6, the weather office said. Twenty people were killed in the central state of Madhya Pradesh where 70,000 people were left...
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Theresa May vows to put Conservative Party 'at service' of working people
2016-07-11 02:30:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Theresa May will promise to put workers on the boards of major companies and curb excess corporate pay, as she starts her party leadership campaign.
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