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Pollution guidelines leave a blind spot for assessing the impact of coal and oil
2016-07-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Conversation: Coals impact on the Great Barrier Reef by causing climate change is one of the reasons why environmentalists oppose the development of coal fields and exports in Queensland. But fossil fuels could have a more direct impact on the reef and the waters around it, through chemicals produced during their production and distribution. When coal dust is released in the marine environment it can damage marine ecosystems. Coal contains a number of different chemicals, but it is polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons...
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Dartmoor beauty spot is battleground for Britains threatened woodlands
2016-07-03 20:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It is an idyllic spot. Sylvan slopes dip down to a babbling river fringed by alder and willow that winds through organic pasture where hens peck, sheep graze and bees hum. The ethos is sound to restore the woods to their ancient glory, to create a small, sustainable business producing timber and firewood, and to teach vanishing forestry skills to anyone keen to learn. They also try to have fun here at the Hillyfield woodland farm, near the village of Harbourneford in Devon, holding a Woodland...
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Bright spot: Antarctica's ozone hole is starting to heal
2016-06-30 13:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Antarctica's ozone hole finally is starting to heal, a new study finds. In a triumph of international cooperation over a man-made environmental problem, research from the United States and the United Kingdom shows that the September-October ozone hole is getting smaller and forming later in the year. And the study in Thursday's journal Science also shows other indications that the ozone layer is improving after it was being eaten away by chemicals in aerosols and refrigerants. Ozone is a combination...
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PG&E Starts Aerial Patrols to Spot Fires
2016-06-28 23:00:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has begun daily aerial fire patrols across hundreds of miles of its service area to assist state and local fire agencies with early fire detection and response this summer. read more
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PGNiG takes delivery of first spot LNG from Statoil
2016-06-28 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Polish state-run gas distributor Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) has taken the first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) under the spot contract from Statoil through Poland's newly launched terminal at the Baltic coast.
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