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Gas Company Understated Benzene Exposure From California Leak
2016-01-15 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The company that owns the leaking natural gas well in Los Angeles understated the number of air samples showing higher-than-usual levels of benzene, The Associated Press reports. Adding to concerns over the disaster, efforts to stop the leak appear to have destabilized the well, the Los Angeles Times reports, raising the risk of a blowout. The leak at Porter Ranch, which recently prompted California to declare a state of emergency, has been spewing enormous quantities of the greenhouse gas...
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US retail sales dipped in Dec.; low gas prices a key factor
2016-01-15 16:18:59| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Americans tapered off from shopping toward the end of the holiday season, while lower gasoline prices cut into overall retail sales in December. The Commerce Department said Friday that retail sales dipped a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent last month to $448.1 billion after having climbed a solid 0.4 percent in November.
Efforts to plug Porter Ranch-area gas leak worsened blowout risk, regulators say
2016-01-15 15:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Southern California Gas Co.'s effort to plug its leaking natural gas well involves higher stakes than simply stopping the fumes that have sickened many residents of Porter Ranch. The company also is trying to avoid a blowout, which state regulators said is now a significant concern after a seventh attempt to plug the well created more precarious conditions at the site. If a blowout occurs, highly flammable gas would vent directly up through the well, known as SS25, rather than dissipating as...
Banning Fracking Isnt Enough: Fight to Stop Pipelines, Compressor Stations and Gas Plants
2016-01-15 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: [Editors note: Hundreds of climate activists and renewable energy advocates gathered for a State of the Climate rally and march outside of Gov. Cuomos State of the State address in Albany Wednesday. Here below are the prepared remarks from Sandra Steingrabers speech. Shortly after, from the top of a stairway in the Capitol building, fracking infrastructure opponents unscrolled a 40-foot petition, bearing 1,000 signatures, that urgently calls on the governor to oppose the storage of dangerous,...
Competitively Priced New and Recertified Blood Gas Analyzers Available at Block Scientific
2016-01-15 11:31:11| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
A leading lab equipment supplier based in New York, Block Scientific offers blood gas analyzers from leading brands at competitive prices. The company is a reliable source of high quality new and recertified instruments from top manufacturers such as Bayer, Medica, Siemens and Radiometer. All the instruments that...
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