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Amgen hazmat fire burns worker in South San Francisco, officials say	16.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: Breaking News
A worker was seriously burned Wednesday in a fire at biotech firm Amgen while he was collecting hazardous waste, authorities said.
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Life-sized Barbie house unveiled in Berlin	15.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Barbie house will have to be guarded by police after feminist groups said they would picket the pink, plastic villa To some it would be a dream home, albeit a slightly kitsch one. To others it resembles a (very pink) house of horrors that has no place in a modern city. On Thursday , the first life-sized Barbie house to be unveiled in Europe is opened in Berlin and will have to be guarded by police after feminist groups and leftwing activists said they would picket the plush plastic villa, calling it "sexist propaganda". Built on a slice of industrial wasteland sandwiched between a railway and communist housing blocks in north-east Berlin, for €15 (£13) young Barbie fans can explore 2500 square metres (26,900 square feet) of the iconic doll's realm. They can try on her clothes, bake cup cakes in her kitchen, stroll along her catwalk, even hang out in her living room. Electronic armbands and LED touchscreens are meant to enhance the experience, say organisers, who have described it as a ...
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EPA begins review of 16 NE Superfund sites	13.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
EPA begins review of 16 NE Superfund sites
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Nations agree to new ban on flame retardant, tighter export controls on other materials	11.5.2013	Star Tribune: World

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Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls	10.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls
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Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls	10.5.2013	Twincities.com: Nation
GENEVA—A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter requirements for disclosing information about exports of four other chemicals.
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Oil barrel needs to be disposed of properly	7.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Oil barrel needs to be disposed of properly
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Drumbeat: May 4, 2013	4.5.2013	The Oil Drum
A City That Turns Garbage Into Energy Copes With a Shortage Oslo, a recycling-friendly place where roughly half the city and most of its schools are heated by burning garbage — household trash, industrial waste, even toxic and dangerous waste from hospitals and drug arrests — has a problem: it has literally run out of garbage to burn. The problem is not unique to Oslo, a city of 1.4 million people. Across Northern Europe, where the practice of burning garbage to generate heat and electricity has exploded in recent decades, demand for trash far outstrips supply. “Northern Europe has a huge generating capacity,” said Mr. Mikkelsen, 50, a mechanical engineer who for the last year has been the managing director of Oslo’s waste-to-energy agency. Yet the fastidious population of Northern Europe produces only about 150 million tons of waste a year, he said, far too little to supply incinerating plants that can handle more than 700 million tons. “And the Swedes continue to build” more plants, he ...
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Big Oil Profits—and Tax Breaks—Remain High Despite Sequestration Cuts	3.5.2013	Think Progres
Big Oil Profits—and Tax Breaks—Remain High Despite Sequestration Cuts
State: Parachute Creek pipeline spill may violate waste-disposal laws	2.5.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
State: Parachute Creek pipeline spill may violate waste-disposal laws
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Fridley Superfund site to become business campus	1.5.2013	Twincities.com: News
A Minneapolis developer known for cleaning up industrial sites has plans to turn Fridley's biggest and most polluted parcel into a sprawling business campus.
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Oslo Journal: Oslo Copes With Shortage of Garbage It Turns Into Energy	30.4.2013	NYT > World
Oslo Journal: Oslo Copes With Shortage of Garbage It Turns Into Energy
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GE sues utility as dredging restarts on Hudson	30.4.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
GE sues utility as dredging restarts on Hudson
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You are a guinea pig (Cached)	29.4.2013	Le Monde Diplomatique
A hidden epidemic is poisoning America. The toxins are in the air we breathe and the water we drink, in the walls of our homes and the furniture within them. We can't escape it in our cars. It's in cities and suburbs. It afflicts rich and poor, young and old. And there's a reason why you've never read about it in the newspaper or seen a report on the nightly news: it has no name — and no antidote. The culprit behind this silent killer is lead. And vinyl. And formaldehyde. And asbestos. And (...) - Open page
How You became a Guinea Pig for the Chemical Corporations (Rosner and Markowitz) (Cached)	29.4.2013	Informed Comment
David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz write at Tomdispatch.com A hidden epidemic is poisoning America. The toxins are in the air we breathe and the water we drink, in the walls of our homes and the furniture within them. We can’t escape it in our cars. It’s in cities and suburbs. It afflicts rich and poor, [...]
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Garbage worker sues Redwood City construction firm over toxic waste accident	26.4.2013	San Jose Mercury News: News
A garbage worker who was exposed to toxic fumes after hazardous waste dumped into a trash bin exploded is suing a Redwood City construction company.
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Non-profits, businesses join for river cleanup	25.4.2013	Vail Colorado: Our World
Editor's note: This column, submitted by Vail Resorts, showcases the nonprofits that the company supports through its Vail Resorts Echo program. EAGLE COUNTY - With restoration, research and education projects spanning 970 ...
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Commercial and industrial waste and recycling workshop	23.4.2013	Planet Ark News
The NSW Environmental Protection Authority and the Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of NSW are teaming up to help businesses and councils reduce waste and recycle more. Find out how your organisation could benefit...
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TCAAP deal an opportunity, with real risks	21.4.2013	Twincities.com: Opinion
The deal is closed, and Ramsey County has completed purchase of the largest parcel of developable land within its borders.
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TCAAP Superfund site now belongs to Ramsey County	17.4.2013	Twincities.com: Local
Despite objections of some neighbors, Ramsey County has completed the $28 million purchase of the remainder of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in Arden Hills -- the state's largest Superfund site.
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