Scientists assemble a remarkable 140-year record of water quality in the River Thames that details the inexorable rise of nitrate pollution.
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Thames water quality re-analysed
A former mine boss is among those charged over last year’s Pike River mining disaster in New Zealand, one of the country’s worst mining disasters.
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NZ mine boss charged over tragedy
A $50 million art project, “Over the River,” will suspend nearly six miles of fabric panels along a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River.
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U.S. Approves Christo’s ‘Over the River’ Project in Colorado
At the Conowingo Hydroelectric Dam in northeast Maryland, the barbarians are at the sluice gates. Sediment, millions of tons of it, has flowed down the 440-mile Susquehanna River for more than 80 years and massed at the dam. And now a reservoir built to hold it is filling up. The threat to the Chesapeake Bay came into sharp focus when Tropical Storm Lee produced record flows in the river in September, forcing officials to open the gates. Four million tons of sediment rushed through in about four days, equal to what the bay normally gets in four years. Half the bay’s blue-green waters appear as beige as coffee with cream in recent satellite images . Read full article > >
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Susquehanna dam’s sediment has officials fearing for the Chesapeake Bay
A 60-year-old woman on Sunday became the third person to die as a result of a helicopter crash last month in New York’s East River, said a spokeswoman for the city’s medical examiner’s office.
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NY chopper crash claims third victim
A medieval ship discovered on the banks of the River Usk in Newport in 2002 could be a step closer to finding a home.
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Search for home for medieval ship
Alice Hoffman may be the most uneven writer in America. A trip through her enormous body of work — for adults and young people — is a jarring ride, from the loveliness of “ Illumination Night ” to the schlockiness of “ The River King .” Hang on tight and you’ll swerve from the quiet power of her short stories in “ Local Girls ” to the groaning hokiness of “ The Ice Queen .” In bestseller after bestseller, she explores women’s subjects and feminist themes, especially ancient and modern expressions of witchcraft. Sometimes, the results are practically magic; sometimes, they’re practically laughable. Read full article > >
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Book review: Alice Hoffman’s ‘Dovekeepers’ builds on lives of Jewish heroines
An agreement would give the United Nations a site for a new building and allow the city to finish an East River esplanade.
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United Nations and New York City Seek Land Deal
The source of pollution which has turned a stretch of the River Neath orange is identified, says the Environment Agency.
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‘Orange’ river cause identified
PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR STATION, Md. — With the Navy’s Blue Angels and their F/A-18 Hornets arrayed in a neat line behind him, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that they would perform in the Labor Day Air Expo using a 50-50 mix of a plant-based biofuel and conventional fuel. “It’s part of our process to move to alternative energy all across the Navy,” Mabus told reporters gathered on the sun-baked runway before him on Sept. 1. “The main reason we’re moving toward alternative fuels in the Navy and the Marine Corps is to make us better war fighters.” Read full article > >
The Environment Agency releases a list of the 10 most improved rivers in England and Wales, which includes the Thames, the River Taff in south Wales and the Mersey Basin.
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‘Most-improved’ rivers revealed
Comedian David Walliams is set to swim the entire length of the River Thames in just eight days for Sport Relief.
A man is missing after a tug boat overturned on the River Thames in south-east London.
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VIDEO: Man missing after Thames capsize
U.S. Approves Christo’s ‘Over the River’ Project in Colorado
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011Susquehanna dam’s sediment has officials fearing for the Chesapeake Bay
Monday, November 7th, 2011Book review: Alice Hoffman’s ‘Dovekeepers’ builds on lives of Jewish heroines
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