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The Paris climate deal may be too little, too late slanders of Kiribati
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: During a high tide, the Pacific island village of Eita is cut into pieces. Trickles merge into pools and lakes that course through the settlement, forming islands or swallowing dwellings whole. The coral seawalls can no longer hold the water back. Garbage and human waste flow into homes. Piglets screech in desperation as they struggle to keep their snouts above the surface. Some residents have built cages for their animals and hung them in the trees. They move their potted plants to higher ground....
EnergySolutions says state requirements for depleted uranium too stringent
2015-12-06 19:42:19| Waste Management - Topix.net
EnergySolutions said state regulatory requirements for the long-term disposal of large quantities of depleted uranium are too stringent, going beyond the scope of even what the federal government requires and are in violation of Utah's "no more stringent" law. The company also wants to remove the condition that the U.S. Department of Energy retain oversight and ownership of the disposal site even if EnergySolutions does not exist and that separate funds be required for potential remediation.
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EnergySolutions says state requirements for depleted uranium too stringent
2015-12-03 16:27:06| Waste Management - Topix.net
Layers of uranium tailings at Atlas Minerals are in the foreground with snowcapped La Sal Mountains south of Moab in background in this Nov. 23, 1998 photo. EnergySolutions is contesting the requirements by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality to store large quantities of depleted uranium at its Tooele County location.
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VIDEO: How VW can cheat European tests too
2015-11-23 18:01:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Panorama shows in graphic detail how Volkswagen cheats European tests.
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Perpetrators of modern slavery are devastating our environment too
2015-11-13 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In many poor countries, environmental destruction is the tipping point that pushes vulnerable families into slavery. Unseasonal droughts, encroaching deserts, extreme flooding, the death of livestock, or illegal deforestation have a devastating impact on families already living on the brink. As their fragile livelihoods become unsustainable, such families may start to gamble with their liberty. Desperate parents accept offers from unscrupulous recruiters to employ their daughters in hotels,...
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