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What A Year: 45 Fossil Fuel Disasters The Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know About

A look back at some of the fossil fuel disasters that made headlines in 2013, along with several others that went largely unnoticed.

Emily Atkin for Think Progress
بواسطة Emily Atkin for Think Progress

While coal, oil, and gas are an integral part of everyday life around the world, 2013 brought a stark reminder of the inherent risk that comes with a fossil-fuel dependent world, with numerous pipeline spills, explosions, derailments, landslides, and the death of 20 coal miners in the U.S. alone. Despite all this, our addiction to fossil fuels will

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Hospital In Southwest China Opens Smog Clinic

Highlighting the massive problem that pollution has become in China, a smog clinic opens and treats over 100 patients in first week.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — A hospital in southwest China has opened a clinic for patients who are suffering symptoms related to smog, a doctor said Wednesday, highlighting how big a concern pollution has become for Chinese. The dedicated clinic at the Chengdu No. 7 People's Hospital has already treated more than 100 patients since opening last week. One

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It Doesn’t Take Much Global Warming To Drive Global Water Scarcity Way Up

A new study shows that even relatively small amounts of global warming could be disastrous for the global fresh water supply.

Jeff Spross for Think Progress
بواسطة Jeff Spross for Think Progress

According to new modeling by German researchers, global warming of just 2.7 degrees Celsius would inflict a “severe decrease in water resources” on 15 percent of the global population. What’s especially significant is that most of the damage gets done by relatively low amounts of global warming. The researchers at the Potsdam Institute for

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Plan For Destruction Of Syria’s Chemical Weapons

The exact text of the plan remains classified, but Syrian chemical weapons will be destroyed at sea aboard a U.S. ship.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has finalized its plan for the destruction of Syria's stockpile of weapons and precursor chemicals, with the most toxic material to be destroyed at sea aboard a U.S. ship. But factors beyond the Nobel Peace Prize-winning watchdog's control could lead to

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Haiti Faults Orphanage Run By Well-Off US Church

A Port-au-Prince orphanage financed by a pricey antique store in Manhattan failed government inspections due to overcrowding and dirty conditions.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At the Olde Good Things antique store on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a French crystal chandelier can go for tens of thousands of dollars. A marble mantel sells for more than $20,000 and hand-carved dinner tables are priced even higher. The store's Christian missionary owners offer their well-heeled customers a

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China Takes Off Into The 21st-Century Space Race

The first space race pitted the U.S. vs. the Soviet Union, but now a whole new competition has begun, and it will be a lot more interesting than the first.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
بواسطة Jeffrey Cavanaugh

This past Saturday a remarkable thing happened. A probe the size of a small car that was launched from China landed on the moon and disgorged onto its surface a rover weighing 260 pounds. The rover Yutu, whose name translates into Jade Rabbit, can carry a 44-pound payload, transmit video in real time, perform simple analyses of soil samples,

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