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Texas town sues fertilizer plant owner, supplier over devastating blast that killed 15 people
2013-06-22 03:53:22| Chemicals - Topix.net
Officials of the small Texas town devastated by an April 17 fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people has filed suit against the plant owner and supplier.
Gulf of Mexico Faces Record-Breaking Dead Zone With Devastating Consequences
2013-06-19 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: This year may be one of the deadliest for marine life who call the Gulf of Mexico home, a number of researchers warn. NOAA-supported models at the University of Michigan, Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium forecast that the hypoxic "dead" zone located along the shores of the gulf will stretch between 7,286 and 8,561 square miles, resulting in a biological desert. Should this be the case, 2013 would rank in the top 10 for largest dead zones ever recorded...
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In wake of devastating factory fire, U.S. senators urge reforms in Bangladesh apparel industry
2013-06-07 01:54:43| Apparel - Topix.net
At a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, senators leveled a new round of harsh criticism on an industry they said has consistently failed to reform its operations.
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The Devastating Legacy of Extreme Fossil Fuel Extraction
2013-06-05 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Watch this powerful video from Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, Our Back is Against the Wall, featuring Ponca elders Carter Camp and Casey Camp-Horinek describing the devastating legacy of oil exploitation in their communities in present day Oklahoma. Expanding tar sands mining in Alberta, Canada, through the Keystone XL is the latest threat to indigenous sovereignty and traditional homelands.
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Michigan Apple Orchards Blossom After A Devastating Year
2013-05-14 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Last year, almost the entire Michigan apple crop was lost due to 80 degree days in March and then some freezing April nights. This year, the apples are back, but everything always depends on the weather. The state was under a freeze warning Sunday night - a scary prospect if you're an apple grower and your trees have just come into bloom. Tim Boles and his agribusiness colleague Case DeYoung were driving to work one morning in late April 2012 after a killing frost had hit the apple orchards in...
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