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Big Oil run amok in Kern County
2015-12-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: In California, we like to think of ourselves as being on clean energys cutting edge. We drive more electric vehicles, generate more electricity from solar power, and our legislators have pushed forward innovative policies that have become a model not just in the U.S., but around the world. Yet, hidden beneath this green image is a dirty secret: California is the third-largest oil-extracting state in the country, and the majority of that oil comes from where I call home, Kern County. Just two hours...
Massive methane gas leak displaces thousands in Los Angeles County
2015-12-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A major methane leak from a Los Angeles County natural gas storage field is spewing huge amounts of the potent climate change chemical into the air. Nearly 2,000 elementary students whose schools are nearby will have to enter different schools by mid-year. Low flying aircraft have been instructed to steer clear, and about 3,000 families have sought relocation. Several lawsuits have been filed on behalf of residents who say they've been harmed. Neither efforts to capture the leaking gas nor to seal...
CF Industries gives Woodbury County Emergency Services $37,000 to pay for upgrades
2015-12-24 06:00:52| Chemicals - Topix.net
CF Industries presented Woodbury County Emergency Services with a check for over 37-thousand-dollars at tonight's Woodbury supervisor's meeting. The donation will be put toward three projects.
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Electronic Recycling Program Suspended in York County
2015-12-23 21:07:00| Waste Age
ABC27.com The authority announced its suspending its electronic recycling program. read more
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Officials ID Afghan attack victims--one from Dubuque County
2015-12-23 04:58:01| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A New York City detective who was killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan was mourned Tuesday as a selfless public servant and a devoted family man, while a second victim was identified as a Long Island man. Detective Joseph Lemm was one of six American service members killed Monday when an attacker rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into their patrol.
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