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Delivery Packaging Overwhelms Chinas War on Urban Waste
2020-06-01 14:13:00| Waste Age
Discarded packaging from Chinas exploding delivery economy has been targeted by the countrys leaders as they seek to rein in a garbage problem in sprawling urban centers. The countrys top economic planning agency said it will look into meas
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Thick, Putrid Algae Bloom Overwhelms Miles Of Florida Coastline
2016-07-02 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A massive bloom of blue-green algae has hit four southern Florida counties, blanketing beaches in foul-smelling muck and raising health and environmental concerns. The green goo along Florida's "Treasure Coast" prompted Gov. Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency in Martin and St. Lucie counties earlier this week, and he later added Lee and Palm Beach counties. Scott "blamed the federal government for neglecting repairs to the lake's aging dike that's considered one of the country's most at-risk...
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Toxic Algae Outbreak Overwhelms a Polluted Ohio River
2015-10-01 15:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Ohio River, transformed by mining and industrial waste and sewage overflows into the nations most polluted major waterway, has a new and unexpected tormentor this fall: carpets of poisonous algae. Pads of toxic blue-green algae have speckled nearly two-thirds of the 981-mile river in the last five weeks, experts say, in an outbreak that has curbed boating, put water utilities on alert and driven the rivers few hardy swimmers back to shore. The only other recorded toxic algae bloom, in 2008,...
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Report: iPhone 6 Demand Overwhelms Foxconn
2014-09-17 22:37:36| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
The Taiwanese manufacturer is churning out 140,000 phablets and 400,000 smartphones daily, according to reports.
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Fires burning managed areas: Climate change overwhelms best efforts
2013-09-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Idaho wildfires burned so hot this summer they scorched even intensely-managed areas, a sign climate change, hot temperatures and extremely dry fuels may trump even mans best efforts to put a dent in forest blazes. The Idaho Statesman reports the Elk Complex Fire in August burned 6,000 acres of intensively managed state endowment forests, in addition to nearby Boise National Forest that had recently been logged. Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and Sen. Jim Risch have called for a return to more-aggressive...
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