Yellowstone River oil spill clean-up hindered by ice at site of pipeline break

One week after a pipeline spilled nearly 40,000 gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone River and contaminated a Montana city’s water supply, clean-up crews have made little progress in their efforts to remove the oil from the partially frozen river.

The site of the pipeline break, six miles upstream from the high-plains city of Glendive, Montana, is almost entirely capped in ice, complicating efforts to retrieve the oil and slowing the response process. The cause of the spill remains under investigation.

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Climate Change and Iceland, the inevitable reported in Guardian

Iceland is rising because of climate change, with land freed by the melting of the ice caps rebounding from the Earth at a rate of up to 1.4in per year.
The downside? Researchers believe the extra uplift could be behind an increase in volcanic activity, with three Icelandic eruptions in the last five years shutting down flights and spewing ash in the air.
In new research published in Geophysical Research Letters, scientists from the University of Arizona and the University of Iceland found the earth’s crust rising at a much faster rate amid the greater warming of the last 30 years.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/30/climate-change-lifting-iceland-volcanic-eruptions

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Solar energy to power our future. South Africa plans big

Solar energy to power our future. South Africa plans big

How to go green? Just ask, says expert | Local News | St. Albert Gazette

How to go green? Just ask, says expert | Local News | St. Albert Gazette