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COVID-19 Has Worsened the Ocean Plastic Pollution Problem
2020-09-09 17:11:00| Waste Age
Eight million metric tons of plastic waste enter the oceans every year. This equates to one garbage trucks worth of plastic being dumped into our oceans every minute. The total weight is the equivalent of 90 aircraft carriers. On top of that, m
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Yellen warns US economy has worsened
2016-02-10 15:56:21| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen pours cold water on the prospect of a second rise in interest rates any time soon.
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Efforts to plug Porter Ranch-area gas leak worsened blowout risk, regulators say
2016-01-15 15:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Southern California Gas Co.'s effort to plug its leaking natural gas well involves higher stakes than simply stopping the fumes that have sickened many residents of Porter Ranch. The company also is trying to avoid a blowout, which state regulators said is now a significant concern after a seventh attempt to plug the well created more precarious conditions at the site. If a blowout occurs, highly flammable gas would vent directly up through the well, known as SS25, rather than dissipating as...
Diageo says sales trends improved, foreign exchange hit worsened
2015-09-23 12:39:40| Beverages - Topix.net
The maker of Smirnoff vodka, Guinness beer and Johnnie Walker whisky said sales volume has grown by a mid single-digit rate, reflecting improved growth trends and an easy comparison with a year-earlier period that saw weak performance, particularly in the United States. "The year has started well and performance is in line with our expectations," said Diageo Chief Executive Ivan Menezes in a statement on Wednesday.
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Global Warming Has Worsened California Drought By Roughly 25 Percent, Study Says
2015-08-20 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Rising temperatures driven by climate change have measurably worsened the California drought by increasing evaporation rates and exacerbating the state's lack of rainfall by up to 27 percent, according to a study from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. While natural weather variations are largely thought to have caused the state's precipitation deficit, rising temperatures appear to be intensifying the situation by driving moisture from plants and soil into the air. The new study...
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