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8351. March 17, 2010 | Reuters
ANALYSIS - Toxic waste weighs on revival of nuclear industry, USA
WASHINGTON - Reviving the U.S. nuclear industry could get hung up on the political minefield of how to handle the security, legal and environmental risks posed by a growing mountain of radioactive waste... 8352. March 17, 2010 | The Seattle Times
Broken water main leads to gas leak in West Seattle, USA
About a hundred households in West Seattle remained without water Monday night after a water-main break turned into a natural-gas leak, authorities said... 8353. March 17, 2010 | The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney homes evacuated after gas leak, Australia
More than 100 properties were evacuated in Sydney's Surry Hills after a backhoe at a work site ruptured a gas main today... 8354. March 17, 2010 | Upstream Online
Segat gas leak forces evacuation, Indonesia
A gas leak at Energi Mega Persada’s Segat field in Indonesia’s Bentu production sharing contract (PSC) has led to the evacuation of non-essential site personnel from the affected well location... 8355. March 16, 2010 | The Journal Sentinel
Olympia Resort employee hurt in chemical explosion, USA
An employee at Olympia Resort & Conference Center in Oconomowoc suffered a burn and fractures to her hand and forearm in a chemical explosion Tuesday morning, police and medical officials said... 8356. March 16, 2010 | BBC
River Lea pollution 'caused illness', residents say, UK
Almost 100 people have reported feeling ill to Thames Water after the contamination of the River Lea in north-east London last month, it has emerged... 8357. March 16, 2010 | Perthshire Advertiser
Toxic chemical spillage into River Tay, UK
COMPANIES and individuals handling chemicals were reminded by environment watchdog SEPA yesterday of the “devastating effect” they can have on watercourses... 8358. March 16, 2010 | THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Shiloh Road in Windsor closed by gas leak, UK
Shiloh Road, east of Highway 101, has been shut down because of a natural gas leak that was caused by construction work, officials said... 8359. March 16, 2010 | Science Daily
Chemicals That Eased One Environmental Problem May Worsen Another, ScienceDaily
Chemicals that helped solve a global environmental crisis in the 1990s -- the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer -- may be making another problem -- acid rain -- worse, scientists are reporting... 8360. March 16, 2010 | UNEP
Climate Change to Securing Sustainable Employment Key Issues Facing the Arab Region, UNEP
Multiple challenges are facing the Arab region from climate change and food insecurity to decreasing water availability and unemployment according to a new assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)... 8361. March 15, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
Timor Sea, the voiceless, Timor-Indonesia-Australia
"Montana oil spill polluted Timor Sea", Indonesian media reported last month. The news reveals the environmental consequences surrounding the explosion at the Montara Drilling Station in Australian territory in Aug. 21, 2009. .. 8362. March 15, 2010 | China Daily
Sorting the waste crisis, China
Yang Changjiang is one of the few residents in the city who takes responsibility for his garbage. Ever since the beginning of February, Yang and his high school daughter routinely go to their balcony after meals to clean, sort, weigh and recycle their trash... 8363. March 15, 2010 | China Daily
A poisoned sense of duty, China
China has an unfortunate recent history of scandals involving people sickened or killed by contaminated food... 8364. March 15, 2010 | Hindostan Times
Six of family hurt in gas leak fire, three critical, India
New Delhi, Six people of a family sustained serious burn injuries Monday when a fire broke out in their east Delhi house due to a gas leak, fire department officials said... 8365. March 13, 2010 | China Daily
Victim 'admits to injecting mercury' in Sprite poisoning, China
Beijing - A man who first claimed to be poisoned when drinking a Sprite soft drink has admitted to putting mercury in the beverage container, the Beijing News reported on Friday... 8366. March 12, 2010 | Courant
Report: Alcohol Use Played Role In Deadly Bridgeport Fire, USA
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Connecticut fire investigators say a Bridgeport woman had been drinking alcohol before she and her three young children died in a fire last November, and that likely played a role in her inability to escape... 8367. March 12, 2010 | The Journal Gazette
Huntington refinery contains fuel-tank spill, USA
About 230,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from an overflowing holding tank at a Huntington refinery early Thursday... 8368. March 12, 2010 | UNEP
Climate change and POPs focus of new international study, UNEP
Parma (Italy) – The UNEP Stockholm Convention Secretariat has announced a major international study into the influence of climate change and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on human health and the environment... 8369. March 12, 2010 | AFP
Pollution contaminating shellfish, China
BEIJING - CHINA'S coastal waters are increasingly polluted by everything from oil to pesticides, contaminating the nation's marine life including the shellfish supply, state press reported on Friday... 8370. March 11, 2010 | Herald Sun
Man dies after being overcome by gas leak in the cellar of the Royal Mail Hotel in Birregurra, west of Geelong, Australia
A MAN has died in the cellar of a country pub in Birregurra, west of Geelong, after being overcome by leaking gas in the cellar...urra-west-of-geelong/story-e6frf7jo-1225839485181 8371. March 11, 2010 | Xinhua
Gas leak blast kills 1 in residential building in north China, China
A gas leak has resulted in a blast killing one person Wednesday in a residential building in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said... 8372. March 11, 2010 | San Francisco Chronicle
SANTA CLARA FIRE Big blaze at electronics recycler, USA
Instead of being recycled, a heap of computer and electronic parts in Santa Clara burned and melted Wednesday in a fire that had officials urging nearby workers to stay inside, away from the fumes... 8373. March 11, 2010 | KSTP TV
1 hurt in chemical spill in New Brighton, USA
One person suffered minor injuries after a chemical spill Thursday afternoon in New Brighton. Police say it happened on the second floor of Transoma medical supply company... 8374. March 11, 2010 | WATE
Crews extinguish fire at oil disposal facility in West Knoxville, USA
KNOXVILLE - Firefighters extinguished a fire at an oil disposal facility in West Knoxville Thursday morning... 8375. March 11, 2010 | THE CLARION-LEDGER
Greenville herbicide plant fire investigated, USA
GREENVILLE — The state fire marshal’s office will join the investigation into a fire in a building at a herbicide plant in Greenville...
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