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For The Navajo Nation, Uranium Mining's Deadly Legacy Lingers
2016-04-10 11:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The federal government is cleaning up a long legacy of uranium mining within the Navajo Nation - some 27,000 square miles spread across Utah, New Mexico and Arizona that is home to more than 250,000 people. Many Navajo people have died of kidney failure and cancer, conditions linked to uranium contamination. And new research from the CDC shows uranium in babies born now. Mining companies blasted 4 million tons of uranium out of Navajo land between 1944 and 1986. The federal government purchased...
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Amtrak running on schedule a day after deadly derailment
2016-04-04 16:59:08| Airlines - Topix.net
The Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia causing a derai... . People leave an Amtrak train following a deadly crash Sunday, April 3, 2016 in Chester, Pa.
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Climate change is a potent element in deadly brew of disaster risk
2016-03-03 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Hyogo framework for action (HFA), adopted in January 2005 by UN member states, was an unprecedented move to promote saving lives and livelihoods from disasters over a decade. Has there been progress? The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters and major insurance companies agree that, in 2015, figures for deaths, numbers of people affected and economic losses from disasters were below the 10-year average. But are we getting better at managing disasters, or are we actually reducing...
Controversy as RSPB builds 100m wind turbine despite deadly threat to birds
2016-02-29 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has completed construction of a 100 metre wind turbine at its headquarters despite warnings they are a deadly danger to some birds and bats. The turbine will save an estimated 800 tonnes of carbon emissions a year as it generates the equivalent of half the electricity the RSPB uses across its 127 sites. Critics of the technology warn turbines pose a threat to birds, particularly rare species which are already suffering from low numbers or migratory...
Pigs' Genetic Code Altered in Bid to Tackle Deadly Virus
2016-02-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Researchers have made an advance in the fight against a deadly virus that affects pigs.
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