"Death on the Dakota Access"
"An investigation into the deadly business of building oil and gas pipelines."
Source: Pacific Standard, 09/17/2018
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"Illinois: Nuclear Subsidies Triumph Over Legal Challenges"
"A federal court delivered a major victory to the nuclear power industry yesterday, upholding an Illinois policy designed to boost nuclear plants in the state."
Source: EnergyWire, 09/17/2018"ICESat: Space Will Get Unprecedented View Of Earth's Ice"
"The American space agency has launched a laser into orbit to measure the condition of Earth's ice cover."
Source: BBC News, 09/17/2018Some of Washington’s Biggest Trees Are Dying; Scientists Don’t Know Why
"Something is killing bigleaf maples — Washington's biggest broadleaf tree — and scientists can't stop it. They don't even know what's causing it."
Source: Tacoma News Tribune, 09/17/2018"The Hidden Resilience of ‘Food Desert’ Neighborhoods"
"Researchers and scholars are exploring the plight—and the power—of urban communities struggling to meet their nutritional needs and asking hard questions about how the debate is framed."
Source: Civil Eats, 09/17/2018"Hurricane Florence Strikes North Carolina: Dozens Awaiting Rescue"
"Hurricane Florence lashed the North Carolina coast early Friday morning, leaving major flooding, damage to homes and businesses, at least 150 people stranded in storm surge and more than 300,000 homes and businesses without power."
Source: Weather Channel, 09/14/2018"Gas Explosions, Fires Rock Lawrence, Andover, N. Andover"
"A series of gas explosions one official described as "Armageddon" left at least 10 people injured and ignited fires in at least 39 homes in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover Thursday, forcing entire neighborhoods to evacuate and drawing first responders from as far away as Boston and Manchester, N.H., as crews scrambled to fight fires and turn off gas and electric lines to prevent further damage."
Source: Lowell Sun, 09/14/2018"Trump Turns Back To Maria, Falsely Says Dems Inflated Toll"
"As Hurricane Florence bore down on the U.S. on Thursday, President Donald Trump angrily churned up the devastating storm of a year earlier, disputing the official death count from Hurricane Maria and falsely accusing Democrats of inflating the Puerto Rican toll to make him “look as bad as possible.”"
Source: AP, 09/14/2018Florence’s Unusual Extremes Worsened by Climate Change, Scientists Say
"Hurricane Florence lumbered toward the Carolinas on Thursday as a slow-moving giant, churning up a powerful storm surge that could reach 13 feet at high tide and devastate hundreds of miles of shoreline. ... The hurricane was unusual for a variety of reasons—and it was being made worse by climate change, a team of scientists said Wednesday."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/14/2018Thousands Of Homeowners In Florence’s Path Do Not Have Flood Insurance
"Thousands of homeowners in inland North and South Carolina stand to be inundated by Hurricane Florence’s drenching over the next few days, but hardly any of them carry federal flood insurance, leaving them at risk of a devastating loss, with little prospect of help from the federal government."
Source: McClatchy, 09/14/2018Idle Wells Threaten Tribes While Energy Companies, Regulators Do Little
"Someone from Orlinda Benally’s family has come to the Chuska Mountains to graze their sheep in the shade provided by the aspen and pine trees every summer for longer than she can remember."
Source: Investigate West, 09/14/2018"House Panel Approves Bill To Boost Park Funding"
"A House committee voted Thursday to advance a landmark bipartisan bill to boost funding for national parks and public lands, using money from oil drilling and other energy production."
Source: The Hill, 09/14/2018"Supreme Court: Murkowski To Mull Kavanaugh's Record On Tribes"
"Sen. Lisa Murkowski is scrutinizing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's record on tribal issues, as pressure grows from Alaska Natives to oppose President Trump's latest pick for the high court."
Source: Greenwire, 09/14/2018Teachers Group Confronts Climate Denial: Politics Out of Science Class
"In response to what it sees as increasing efforts to undermine the teaching of climate science, the nation's largest science teachers association took the unusual step Thursday of issuing a formal position statement in support of climate science education."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/14/2018"Alaska: Salmon 'In The Trees.' But In The Rivers? 'Not As Much'"
"SOLDOTNA, Alaska — A dozen sockeye salmon thrashed against the rope clipped to Darrel Williams' coveralls last month as he waded along a 60-foot fishing net in the Kenai River."
Source: Greenwire, 09/14/2018
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