Author: kellykhiz

United Nations’ World Toilet Day

“Around 2.5 billion people don’t have access to improved toilets,” UN adviser Therese Dooley said. “That’s almost a third of the global population, so we’re talking about a problem at a huge scale.”

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2 CN derailments in 2 days raises more safety concerns

Rail shipment of crude oil, defined as a dangerous good by Transportation Canada, has been increasing exponentially in recent years. According to StatsCan, shipment of crude oil increased from about 5,300 barrels a month in 2010 to over 13,000 barrels a month in 2013, a 250 per cent increase.

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