The world’s largest ice skating rink is 5 miles long—but its very existence is threatened by climate change
Slush canons, snow bots, and possibly heat pumps could help preserve ice on Ottawa’s Rideau Canal as winters shrink.
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What happens when lightning strikes a power line? A world-class laboratory in Lenox recreates weather to improve the power grid
The EPRI laboratory, located at 115 East New Lenox ... that vent varies from test to test — Baker said it could be methane, acetylene or carbon monoxide, among others. Those are all gasses that have ...
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New York
Seeing stars on the Upper East Side, a spare pen to the rescue and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. Ranjani Srinivasan’s student visa was revoked by U.S ...
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Construction begins on new sewer pipe in Visalia
VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Construction work to install 400 feet of new sewer pipe began on Monday in Visalia. Shirk Avenue at Riggin Avenue is closed in both directions, just north of Ferguson Avenue.
Senate passes Trump-backed funding bill, averting a government shutdown
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s administration and the expected Senate vote on a continuing resolution to avert a ...
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How climate change could be increasing your chance of catching a virus from sewage – new study
With the increasing frequency of prolonged rainstorms and heatwaves, climate change may raise the likelihood of being exposed to sewage-associated viruses in rivers, lakes and coastal waters.
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Sewer ordinance changes require backwater valves on all new sewer lines
Mar. 12—Changes to Newton's sewer ordinances may require landowners to disconnect old service lines from the sewer main when a building is demolished and then ...
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New-build nightmare as South West Water have to drive raw sewage off new estate in tankers because it is not connected to treatment works
Furious locals are blaming South West Water for a 'monumental cock up' after a new housing development was not connected up to a sewage system. Tankers have been regularly seen in St Mabyn ...