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At Everglades, Obama to warn of damage from climate neglect
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: With swampy wetlands and alligators as his backdrop, President Barack Obama will use a visit to Floridas Everglades to warn of the damage that climate change is already inflicting on the nations environmental treasures -- and to hammer political opponents he says are doing far too little about it. Obamas trip to the Everglades on Wednesday, timed to coincide with Earth Day, marks an attempt to connect the dots between theoretical arguments about carbon emissions and real-life implications....
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04.22.15 -- Coal-Tar-Sealant Runoff Causes Toxicity And DNA Damage
2015-04-21 02:48:42| pollutiononline News Articles
04/22/15 Pollution Online Newsletter
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Coal-Tar-Sealant Runoff Causes Toxicity And DNA Damage
2015-04-15 07:51:18| chemicalonline Home Page
Runoff from pavement with coal-tar-based sealant is toxic to aquatic life, damages DNA, and impairs DNA repair, according to two studies by the U.S. Geological Survey published in the journalsEnvironmental Science and TechnologyandScience of the Total Environment.
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Coal-Tar-Sealant Runoff Causes Toxicity And DNA Damage
2015-04-15 07:51:18| pollutiononline Home Page
Runoff from pavement with coal-tar-based sealant is toxic to aquatic life, damages DNA, and impairs DNA repair, according to two studies by the U.S. Geological Survey published in the journalsEnvironmental Science and TechnologyandScience of the Total Environment.
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Dramatic growth in plant cover will not offset damage deforestation
2015-04-05 21:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The dramatic growth in plant cover in the past decade gives a huge boost to the battle against global warming. But any celebrations should be muted by this sobering fact: the extra carbon being stored by this additional vegetation, while enormous, only represents seven per cent of the 60 billion tonnes of carbon that has been emitted into the atmosphere over the same period, which will remain there for centuries. There is no sense, then, in which the increased carbon uptake of our plantlife detracts...
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