Tag: Energy
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Sea Levels Are Set for Continuing Rise
Sea-level rise may be slow to show its hand but once it really starts, researchers say, it will keep going for centuries, with baleful effects. For each degree by which the Earth warms, they believe, sea levels will probably rise by over two meters.
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Breaking: Unlimited Arsenic and Other Poisons Dumped Daily Into U.S. Waters
Today a coalition of environmental organizations and clean water groups released an eye popping new report highlighting the public health threats of toxic water pollution from coal-fired power plants. Environmental experts from Waterkeeper Alliance …
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12 Arrested at Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion Site in Michigan
Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands (MI-CATS) took direct action near Stockbridge, MI, yesterday, to halt construction of the Tar Sands pipeline 6B expansion project of Canadian corporation Enbridge …
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China Imposes Anti-Dumping Duties On US Polysilicon Manufacturers
The solar energy trade war between China and the US continues to grow — China will now be imposing anti-dumping import tariffs of up to 57% on solar-grade polysilicon from the US and South Korea, according to a recent announcement from China’s Ministry of Commerce. The import tariffs — which will not affect European polysilicon…
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New Pipeline Threatens Wetlands in Gulf Coast Communities
In a region still scarred by the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Plains Southcap LLC is building a pipeline meant to carry conventional crude oil from Alabama to Mississippi, threatening waterways in both states.