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Household fuels a major contributor to Beijing's infamous air pollution
2016-06-27 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: "You cannot have a clean outdoor environment if a large percentage of the population is burning dirty fuels in households several times a day," said Kirk Smith, a professor with the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health who co-led the study with Tong Zhu of Peking University and Denise Mauzerall of Princeton University. "The smoke may start indoors, but soon leaves the house and becomes a significant part of regional air pollution." Beijing's polluted air came to international...
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Major battle over oil terminal unfolds in Pacific Northwest
2016-06-26 06:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Two companies proposing to build what would be the nation's largest oil-by-rail marine terminal along the Columbia River in Washington see it as an opportunity to link domestic crude oil from the Midwest to a West Coast port. Critics, however, see an environmental and safety catastrophe waiting to happen, especially after a train carrying volatile Bakken crude oil derailed and burned on June 3 in Mosier, Oregon, just 70 miles upriver from the project site in Vancouver, Washington. The battle over...
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ABB Completes Upgrade of First Major HVDC Link in U.S. Transmission History
2016-06-24 17:22:00| Transmission & Distribution World
ABB has completed the upgrade of the Celilo HVDC converter station in Oregon and handed it over to U.S. utility Bonneville Power Administration read more
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AkzoNobels Methodology for Sustainable Ship Owners Wins Major Environmental Award
2016-06-23 22:06:05| Coatings World Breaking News
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VLC for Android Gets Major Upgrade
2016-06-23 02:03:10| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Bring on the network shares browsing and video playlists.
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