Environmental Disasters

Hydrochloric acid spills after road accident in E China

Fifteen tonnes of toxic hydrochloric acid was spilled Friday when a tractor-trailer overturned on a mountain road in Wenzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, the city's fire department said. The road was closed after the...

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Drilling proposal worries conservationists, tourism officials

BY JIM WAYMER • FLORIDA TODAY • November 22, 2009 Oil spills kill fish, birds and tourist reservations. He said those currents could deliver any future oil spills from the Gulf of Mexico to the Space Coast, just as they do with...

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Ex-navy officer may head KPT; experts oppose ‘decision’

Sunday, November 22, 2009 By Hina Mahgul Rind KARACHI: Speculations that a retiring naval officer will be appointed to head the biggest port of the country has perturbed industry officials who say that an experienced...

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Chemical spill forces evacuation of day care

A chemical spill forced the evacuation of a drop-in day care. Fargo fire crews were called to the Tons of Fun day care on 13th Avenue South Friday afternoon around 4:40. They found that the dry cleaner next door, Camelot...

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Veg*n Climate March, Sat 5 Dec `09 in London

The livestock industry is responsible for many of the environmental catastrophes facing the planet, including the biggest contributor to climate change! Governments must STOP subsidising this industry which we need to...

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Cause of Huge Wyo. Refinery Spill Happened Before

DEQ documents: Huge Sinclair Refinery spill reprised 2007 floating tank roof collapse By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Writer CHEYENNE, Wyo. November 20, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment A storage tank roof that...

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Vt. nuke critics renew campaign against relicense

A sign on a railroad overpass expresses someone's opinion about the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Berlin, Vt., Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Hoping to sway lawmakers, two of the state's most famous residents and one of its...

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Incompetent fire chief given $74,000 payout (The West Australian)

The bureaucrat whose "incompetent" and "foolhardy" decision led to the death of three truck drivers in the Boorabbin inferno will escape disciplinary action because he was allowed to leave his job with a golden handshake last...

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Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Awarded Stand-By Oil Spill Recovery Services Contract by...

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. PIRAEUS, Greece, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW - News) today announced its Belgian subsidiary, Aegean Bunkers at Sea N.V., has been...

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Depleted Uranium and the Medical Mismanagement of Gulf War Veterans

The United States insists that weapons containing depleted uranium (DU) pose no health hazards to exposed populations. This charade persists because an artful propaganda matrix has infiltrated and corrupted certain aspects of...

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