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In 1973 construction on a dam was begun by Syncrude Canada Ltd. to store talings left over from extracting oil from tar sands in Athabasca, Canada. Known as the Syncrude Tailings Dam, this dam may only be surpassed by the new Three Gorges dam in China in terms of capacity and according to one source [...]

Faced with possible congressional legislation to roll back the EPA’s proposed regulations on climate change, the White House has reportedly promised to veto any such legislation. This threat has not been widely reported in the press. Hence, I am mentioning it two months after the threat was made. This threat should give pause to [...]

A California Air Resources Board study suggests that air pollution kills fewer people per year in California than previously estimated. Still, the study indicates that PM 2.5 (very fine particulate dust) still kills more people than cars in that state: 9,200 per year vs. 3.400 traffic deaths per year. The calculation used is more conservative [...]