Environmental Disasters

Ignatieff's new chief of staff aims to turnaround image

OTTAWA - Michael Ignatieff isn't a Tim Horton's kind of guy - and that suits his new chief of staff just fine. Peter Donolo has spent his first week on the job reminding Liberals that party icon Pi...

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Wetlands disaster at the mouth of the Murray

MARIAN WILKINSON ENVIRONMENT EDITOR November 23, 2009 Weighed down and drowned ... a tubeworm invasion of the lakes is slowly killing the freshwater turtles. Photo: K.F Walker THE collapse of the Coorong wetlands at the mouth...

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Three treated for gas inhalation

Three people received treatment after inhaling toxic fumes from a chemical spill in Lower Hutt this morning.The poisonous gas formed after containers of sodium hypo-chloride and the herbicide Roundup leaked at the XL...

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Fire agencies to split $40 million if bill passes

How money allotted for fuels reduction from a multimillion dollar bill introduced in the Senate last week will reach individual Lake Tahoe fire agencies is a mystery. Senators from Nevada and California introduced the $415...

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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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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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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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Chemical Hazard List for the Chemical Industry

When we are dealing with chemicals in the workplaces, we will be exposed to the chemicals-associated potential hazards that would harm our health and safety, environment and plant facilities. Adequate...

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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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