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Consequences of gas leak could lead to California blackouts
2016-04-06 05:42:30| Energy - Topix.net
A natural gas well blowout last year that crippled a major energy supply for Southern California could lead to blackouts in the region over as many as 14 days this summer, energy officials said Tuesday. State agencies that studied the impact of the partial shutdown of the Aliso Canyon gas storage field proposed an action plan to prevent power outages but concluded they "will reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of gas shortages this summer that are large enough to cause electricity interruptions for the region's residents and businesses."
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Lead EU carbon policymaker calls for end to UK price floor to help steel
2016-04-05 15:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: BRUSSELS Britain should abolish its carbon floor price to help the hard-hit steel industry, the lawmaker shepherding a reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) through parliament said on Tuesday. With the British government looking for ways to save jobs threatened by the sale of Indian firm Tata Steel's British plants, Scottish Conservative Ian Duncan said repealing the carbon floor was one of the few tools available to it. "The carbon floor price must go," Duncan said, adding he would...
04.06.16 -- Fixing Lead Problem In Newark Could Cost $1 Billion
2016-04-05 02:33:41| pollutiononline Home Page
04/06/16Pollution Online Newsletter
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Spotlight On Lead: How Utilities Are Handling Scrutiny
2016-04-04 03:12:40| publicworks Home Page
The ways water utilities manage lead levels are under increasing public scrutiny as a result of the contamination crisis in Flint, and some utilities are getting heat for their approaches.
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Fixing Lead Problem In Newark Could Cost $1 Billion
2016-04-04 02:48:57| pollutiononline Home Page
Officials in Newark, NJ, are making entreaties for state and federal funding to help solve the city’s lead contamination crisis, saying the cleanup could cost over a billion dollars.
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