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Exxon Mobil must pay $236 million in U.S. pollution case
2013-04-09 22:25:02| Energy - Topix.net
A jury found Exxon Mobil liable Tuesday in a long-running lawsuit over groundwater contamination by the gasoline additive MTBE, and ordered the oil giant to pay $236 million to New Hampshire to clean it up.
Jury finds Exxon Mobil liable for $236.4 million in pollution suit
2013-04-09 20:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found Exxon Mobil Corp liable for $236.4 million in a civil lawsuit that charged the oil company had polluted groundwater in the state with a gasoline additive used to reduce smog in the 1970s and 1980s. Following a three-month trial, jurors deliberated less than two hours before finding that the world's largest publicly traded oil company acted negligently in contaminating the groundwater with the additive MTBE, said Jessica Grant, a lawyer who represented the...
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04.10.13 -- Same-Day Water Pollution Test Could Keep Beaches Open More Often
2013-04-09 02:25:14| pollutiononline News Articles
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Air pollution impacts coral growth, scientists report
2013-04-08 10:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS News: Coral reefs are truly a beautiful piece of our world, and yet they are also extremely useful. The reefs are home to a large and varied group of plants and animals, and are in fact the most diverse of all ocean ecosystems. Twenty five percent of all ocean species rely on coral reefs for food and shelter, so it comes as no surprise that our oceans are in serious trouble if they are unable to keep growing. A new study conducted by a team of climate scientists and coral ecologists from the United...
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Air pollution 'affects coral growth'
2013-04-08 08:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Researchers have found the strongest evidence yet that aerosols from burning fossil fuels are affecting coral growth. They say that these sooty particles can cool sea surface temperatures and limit the size of reefs. But they also believe this chilling effect could prevent the corals from bleaching in warmer waters. The research is published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Coral reefs all over the world have been under pressure from a range of human impacts. With a rise in global...
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