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Oil terminal a concern as Alaska volcano rumbles (AP)

Oil terminal a concern as Alaska volcano rumbles

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- An Alaska volcano continued to rumble Tuesday amid new concerns that eruptions and mud flows will damage a nearby oil terminal where about 6 million gallons of crude are stored. The 10,200-foot Mount ...





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2 small eruptions occur at Alaska volcano (AP)

2 small eruptions occur at Alaska volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted at least twice Wednesday as officials from a pipeline company assessed conditions at a nearby oil storage facility to determine whether to remove its contents.


Alaska's Mount Redoubt has another large eruption (AP)

Alaska's Mount Redoubt has another large eruption

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(AP) -- The Mount Redoubt volcano had another large eruption Saturday after being relatively quiet for nearly a week.


Missile defense test aborted when target fails

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Missile Defense Agency says a planned test of a ground-based missile defense system in Hawaii was aborted because the target missile failed.


Alaska volcano erupts twice, ash soars 65,000 feet (AP)

Alaska volcano erupts twice, sends ash 12 miles up (Update)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted several times Thursday, spewing a more than 12-mile-high cloud that could drop ash on Anchorage for the first time since the volcano began erupting Sunday night.


Study confirms untold levels of oil sands pollution on the Athabasca

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

After an exhaustive study of air and water pollution along the Athabasca River and its tributaries from Fort McMurray to Lake Athabasca, researchers say pollution levels have increased as a direct result of nearby oil sands ...


Tanker spills oil in San Francisco Bay

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A ruptured fuel line on a Panamanian-registered tanker released oil into San Francisco Bay before dawn on Friday, authorities said.


Bringing the Biodiesel

Technology / Energy

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For some people, "biodiesel" might seem like a novelty product for which only hybrid car-driving tree huggers wouldn't mind paying a premium.


Expedition observes hundreds of marine creatures in oil slick

Expedition observes hundreds of marine creatures in oil slick

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The area affected by the Montara oil spill off the Kimberley coast contains a huge amount of marine life, including some of the most iconic and threatened species in the ocean, according to ...


LA to turn sludge into electricity

Technology / Energy

created Apr 06, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (35) | comments 0

Los Angeles wants to turn wastewater sludge into energy using a process that would cut greenhouse emissions and reduce truck traffic.


Flaxseed oil and osteoporosis

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Animal studies suggest that adding flaxseed oil to the diet could reduce the risk of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women and women with diabetes, according to a report to be published in the International Journal of Fo ...



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