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Pollution: Ganges River

May 06 2012 01:00 AM | eds in Pollution

The river has caused the spread of infections and diseases.

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“Climate” Report = Things Are Not Great

Aug 04 2016 01:55 PM | eds in Pollution

2015 was not only the warmest year on record, . . . but also saw several other records broken, . . . records that we didn’t really want to see broken In addition: . . . . . . greenhouse gases were highest on record, . . . . . . global surface temperat...

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Beijing: Pollution Was Just Too Much

Mar 27 2015 10:30 PM | eds in Pollution

Beijing to close its last remaining coal plant in 2016. . . . pollution is now the #1 cause of social unrest in China. 03-27-2015 Source: Beijing: Pollution was just too much

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Global #carbon Emissions Above 2 °C

Nov 15 2017 02:00 PM | eds in Pollution

Global carbon emissions will increase in 2017, . . . after 3 stable years of little-to-no growth, . . . according to new research published this week, . . . growing by 2% over 2016 levels, and . . . predicted to increase again in 2018, . . . meaning th...

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Ocean Acidification

Nov 17 2013 12:50 AM | eds in Pollution

When it comes to climate change, . . . the invisible elephant in the room is ocean acidification. . . . Climate scientists have long considered it a legitimate concern, . . . but only recently has it been found, that the rate increase and . . . ecologi...

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#water Filter

Aug 09 2017 12:45 PM | eds in Pollution

Rice University Researchers, . . . have developed a simple water filtration material, ...so effective that a single gram of it can treat up to . . . 83,000 liters of contaminated water, . . . after which it can be washed with vinegar and reused. https:...

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Coal-Mercury Pollution. Are We Heading For A Fall?

May 20 2012 12:00 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Pollution

"Mass extinctions during catastrophic climate change were caused by huge mercury levels, Canadian scientists say. Now, researchers at the University of Calgary have published a paper in the Geology journal, which blames massive mercury levels from...

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Solar Power Reduce's Pesticide Use In India

Jan 06 2014 11:45 PM | eds in Pollution

Consisting of a tray on which a paste of castor oil and shampoo mix is smeared; . . . . . . two 5 watt bulbs, . . . . . . small solar panel, and . . . . . . battery, the device attracts fruit borer and whitefly then traps them in the sticky mix. The r...

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What Co2 Emissions?

Jul 07 2014 03:40 AM | eds in Pollution

What accounts for the global fossil-fuel-related CO2 emissions? . . . 44% Coal, (mainly used for electricity generation) . . . 36% Oil, (mainly used for transportation) . . . 20% Natural gas, (mainly used for electricity and heating) Crop ecologists h...

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Climate Change: "on The Record"

Jun 13 2016 02:05 PM | eds in Pollution

Bob Inglis: We Are All on the Record, on Climate Change

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Environmental Disaster

Jan 23 2015 04:40 AM | eds in Pollution

Problem: One of the worst environmental disasters in Israel’s history, . . . between 3 and 5 million liters of raw crude oil, . . . gushed from a burst pipeline near the Evrona Nature Reserve, . . . in the Arava Desert on December 3 last year. Solutio...

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Picture Of Climate Change

Dec 19 2012 01:35 PM | eds in Pollution

Since 1991, there have been peer-reviewed articles on global warming . . . 13,950 say it's human-caused, . . . 24 rejected it. Source: warning-this-picture-may-cause-climate-change

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Is Clean Coal A Lost Cause?

Oct 27 2016 05:00 PM | eds in Pollution

The US Department of Energy (DoE), . . . first started sponsoring clean coal technology, back in the late . . . 1990s, and more than . . . $7.5bn of the federal budget has been allocated to supporting its development To date, not a single commer...

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India's Pollution Is So Bad

Nov 09 2016 02:00 PM | eds in Pollution

The smog smothering millions in the Indian capital of New Delhi is so thick, . . . it's over 40 times what's considered safe by the World Health Organization, . . . over 6 times the limit set by Indian law, and . . . plainly visible from spac...

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Deniers Vs Science

Apr 19 2015 11:00 PM | eds in Pollution

The Global Warming Skeptics VS The Scientific Consensus. 04-19-2015 Source: Deniers VS Science

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America's Dirtiest Power Plants

Sep 15 2013 01:10 AM | eds in Pollution

Here are America's top polluting power plants. 2013-09-13 Source: List.PDF MotleyFool

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Beijing, China: Issues First Ever 'red Aler...

Dec 07 2015 08:10 PM | eds in Pollution

In an online statement, the city government said, . . . all outdoor construction work must stop on red alert days, . . . while also urging schools to close. The notice, issued after days of heavy smog last week, . . . also places traffic restrictions...

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Pure Water, Bicycle

Jan 11 2013 07:25 PM | eds in Pollution

Bike 2.0, is cheaper to maintain, than existing systems of . . . water acquisition, . . . sanitation and . . . transportation. Source: cost-effective-water-bicycle Bike Stand Pumping Filtration Transportation

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Environment: How To Gather Data On It

Mar 19 2012 09:15 PM | eds in Pollution

Web access to global data and models to help monitor the environment, . . . Faster, Better and Cheaper . . . anywhere in the world. Source: eurogeoss

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Already Past Point Of No Return: #climate

Nov 15 2017 01:50 PM | eds in Pollution

In 1992, . . . 1700 scientists, penned an open letter entitled, . . . “The World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity.” Human activities, . . . inflict harsh and often irreversible damage, on the: . . . . . . environment, . . . . . . critical resources, an...

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#fukushima Fries Clean-Up Robot

Feb 11 2017 02:10 PM | eds in Pollution

Radiation levels, on TEPCO's robot, . . . inside the containment vessel, of reactor No. 2, at Fukushima, reached . . . 530 sieverts per hour, . . . a level high enough, . . . to kill a human within seconds. It now appears, that this initial estima...

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#chernobyl's Damaged Nuclear Reactor

Feb 11 2017 02:40 PM | eds in Pollution

April, 26, 1986, . . . No. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl plant experienced a catastrophic meltdown, .. . sending long plumes of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere. An untold number of people, . . . suffered from various radiation-related healt...

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What's Your Plan, For The Next 17 Years?

Apr 19 2015 10:05 PM | eds in Pollution

How much time do we have, . . . before we break our "Carbon Budget." 04-19-2015 Source: What's your plan, for the next 17 years?

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How To Fix Climate Change

Jul 18 2015 07:30 PM | eds in Pollution

How to fix Climate Change

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#pollution: Health Costs

Jul 29 2017 03:10 PM | eds in Pollution

New Delhi, India, costs in 2013 and 2014: . . . . . . $16.9 billion dollars, on Oil, Gas, and Coal subsidies, and . . . . . . $140.7 billion dollars, on air pollution linked health costs. 7-29-2017 Source: #Pollution: Health costs

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