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Can You Tell If a ‘Bomb Train’ Is Coming to Your Town? It’s Complicated

Mon, 02/27/2023 - 12:20

Gizmodo : Environment

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disaster2caccident, Environment, norfolksouthern, dangerousgoods, grist, railtransportbycountry, railtransport

Why a California Beach Town Just Banned Balloons

Fri, 02/24/2023 - 08:45

Gizmodo : Environment

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Environment, aeronautics, liftinggas, toyballoon, hydrogentechnologies, chadnelsen, balloon

REI Will Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ From Clothes and Cookware in 2024

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 10:08

Gizmodo : Environment

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rei, chemistry, mikeschade, fluorosurfactant, fjallraven, perfluorooctanesulfonicacid, Environment

The Train Derailment in Ohio Was a Disaster Waiting to Happen

Tue, 02/21/2023 - 10:24

Gizmodo : Environment

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derailment, rickhind, Environment, railroadswitch, dangerousgoods, track, conductor

Any Way the Wind Blows

Mon, 02/20/2023 - 09:00

Gizmodo : Environment

This story was originally published by Grist, in collaboration with the Houston Chronicle and the Beaumont Enterprise.

criteriaairpollutants, exhaustgas, acidrain, miltonfuston, bradgoldstein, colincox, billkoch

Homes in Flood Zones Are Overvalued by Billions, Study Finds

Fri, 02/17/2023 - 08:20

Gizmodo : Environment, Economy

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flood, disaster2caccident, Environment, hydrology, grist, physicalgeography, weather

‘This Is Absurd’: Train Cars That Derailed in Ohio Were Labeled Non-Hazardous

Wed, 02/15/2023 - 09:04

Gizmodo : Environment

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disaster2caccident, chemicalsafety, connorspielmaker, tiffanikavalec, mikedewine, naturalenvironment, materialpersonnel

Tesla Co-Founder’s Startup Gets $2 Billion to Boost EV Battery Production

Mon, 02/13/2023 - 08:42

Gizmodo : Environment

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tesla, Environment, electricvehiclebattery, jennifergranholm, nathaniyer, lithium ionbattery, tesla2cinc

The ‘Last Ice Area’ Is Already Disappearing

Fri, 02/10/2023 - 12:00

Gizmodo : Environment

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arctic, iceshelf, climatehistory, physicalgeography, milne, elizabethwebb, seaice

How Big Tech Rewrote the Nation’s First Cell Phone Repair Law

Thu, 02/09/2023 - 10:29

Gizmodo : Economy

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consumerprotection, ipad, jakeegloff, davidedmonson, Microsoft, jessajones, gaygordon byrne

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