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Mining company executives indicted in Brazil over countrys largest environmental disaster
2016-01-15 03:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Yesterday, Brazils federal police in Minas Gerais charged Samarco CEO, Ricardo Vescovi De Aragao, for environmental crimes caused by the disruption of the Fundo tailings dam Brazils largest environmental disaster. The Samarco and Vale mining companies were also indicted, as well as VogBR Recursos Hídricos e Geotécnica, responsible for signing the statement that declared the dam stable just last year. In a message to Mongabay, VogBRs CEO, André Euzébio, cleared his company of any wrongdoing,...
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Climate change disaster is biggest threat to global economy 2016, say experts
2016-01-14 10:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A catastrophe caused by climate change is seen as the biggest potential threat to the global economy in 2016, according to a survey of 750 experts conducted by the World Economic Forum. The annual assessment of risks conducted by the WEF before its annual meeting in Davos on 20-23 January showed that global warming had catapulted its way to the top of the list of concerns. A failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation was seen as likely to have a bigger impact than the spread of weapons...
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Invisible disaster drives people from upscale LA community
2016-01-10 03:32:07| Energy - Topix.net
In this Jan. 6, 2016 photo, Laura Gideon poses outside her home in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles. Gideon and her family endured the sickening stench from an out-of-control natural gas leak for about a month before they could no longer tolerate the nausea, headaches and nosebleeds.
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'It's going to get ugly': Midwest calls in national guard as flood disaster unfolds
2016-01-02 18:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Floods have submerged towns, roads, casinos and shopping malls around the south and midwest for more than three days, prompting governors in Illinois and Iowa to call in the national guard. Sixteen states issued flood warnings covering some eight million people. By Saturday floodwaters had begun to subside in many areas, reopening several important highways, after topping levees in the region late on Friday. But swollen rivers have yet to crest in southern states, alarming governors in Tennessee,...
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LA's Gas Leak Is a Global Disaster
2015-12-31 20:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gizmodo: ne of the worst environmental disasters of the decade is currently underway in a quiet community 25 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Putrid, methane-rich natural gas has been spewing into the air at an estimated rate of nearly 1,300 metric tons per day for over two months. Experts are calling it the climate version of the BP oil spill, and the leak isnt going to be contained anytime soon. Natural gas is often touted as a cleaner energy source than oil or coal, because of the lower greenhouse gas...
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