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U.S. jails sex-trafficked kids in human rights abuse, groups say
2015-03-17 11:25:51| IT Services - Topix.net
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Using steam to extract oil is bad for water, plus a worker boiled to death, critics say
2015-03-10 18:45:10| Energy - Topix.net
A hearing by state lawmakers Tuesday on problems in California's protection of drinking-water aquifers from the state oil and gas industry also is slated to focus attention on the way oil companies in the state use high-pressure steam to force up petroleum. State oil and gas regulators have acknowledged “routinely” allowing oil and gas producers to inject steam underground at pressure so high that it cracks open underground rock formations, in violation of state and federal regulation, according to a state Senate report prepared for Tuesday's joint hearing by the Senate's environmental quality and natural resources and water committees.
Spring real estate market heats up in Vancouver, Toronto realtors say
2015-03-10 16:00:40| Real Estate - Topix.net
The 16,000 sq ft mansion, on 2.7 acres at 4785 Drummond Drive, boasts gardens, waterfalls, expansive lawns, a grass tennis court, a sports court, a separate guest house and a self-contained studio with office and private quarters. Rock-bottom interest rates, a scarcity of supply and growing demand from millennials and wealthy immigrants have fuelled a strong start to the spring real estate season in Toronto and Vancouver.
Terms such as 'climate change,' 'global warming' were outlawed, former Florida DEP employees say
2015-03-08 06:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tampa Bay Times: DEP officials have been ordered not to use the terms "climate change" or "global warming" in any official communications, emails, or reports, according to former DEP employees, consultants, volunteers and records obtained by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. "We were told not to use the terms 'climate change,' 'global warming' or 'sustainability,' " said Christopher Byrd, an attorney with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Office of General Counsel in Tallahassee...
Climate change must stay on political agenda, say protesters
2015-03-08 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Thousands of climate change activists marched on the Houses of Parliament yesterday to urge politicians to start taking global warming seriously. The march, called Time to Act, was designed to increase support for action ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in November. Organisers said that 20,000 people turned out, but other estimates put the crowd at about 5,000. Demonstrators held banners and painted their faces, while some carried portable music...
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