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Leaking Underground CO2 Storage Could Contaminate Drinking WaterDurham NC (SPX) Nov 15, 2010 Leaks from carbon dioxide injected deep underground to help fight climate change could bubble up into drinking water aquifers near the surface, driving up levels of contaminants in the water tenfold or more in some places, according to a study by Duke University scientists. Based on a year-long analysis of core samples from four drinking water aquifers, "We found the potential for contamination is real, but there are ways to avoid or reduce the risk," says Robert B. Jackson, Nicholas Professor of ... read more |
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 Russia, Japan, China firms in billion dollar fertiliser deal Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday oversaw the signing of a one-billion-dollar deal with Japanese and Chinese firms for a fertiliser plant, despite diplomatic tensions with Tokyo. ... more | .. |
 Film on climate change bad boy says 'Cool It' over panic Humanity has what it takes to adapt to global warming and there's no need to panic: so goes the message in a new documentary on the bad boy of the climate change debate, Bjoern Lomborg. ... more | .. |
 Deadly Indonesian volcano eases off: government Indonesia's most active volcano began to ease off Sunday after killing 242 people in a series of violent blasts over more than two weeks, a volcanologist said. ... more | .. |
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 Bangladeshi cholera experts fly to Haiti A team of Bangladeshi cholera experts left for Haiti on Saturday to help the quake-ravaged nation fight an epidemic of the water-borne disease, officials said. ... more | .. |
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