"Will The Apocalyptic Doomsday Clock Move Closer To Midnight?" [1]
"The apocalypse may be near. The Doomsday Clock may move closer to midnight on Thursday amid increasingly tense relations between world powers."
"The apocalypse may be near. The Doomsday Clock may move closer to midnight on Thursday amid increasingly tense relations between world powers."
"Rupture of 138,600 gallons is ‘not a major disaster’ but environmental advocates say it highlights their fears about the Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects".
"Every year or two, the Jersey Shore tends to get flooding as severe as this week. But by midcentury, the Shore should expect floods this bad every month, on average, according to projections summarized in a new U.S. government report."
"A dangerous weekend weather system killed at least 18 people in the U.S. South, with Georgia officials reporting more than a dozen deaths on Sunday after severe thunderstorms and tornadoes buffeted several states."
"The tiny village of Newtok near Alaska's western coast has been sliding into the Ninglick River for years. As temperatures increase — faster there than in the rest of the U.S. — the frozen permafrost underneath Newtok is thawing. ... Now, in an unprecedented test case, Newtok wants the federal government to declare these mounting impacts of climate change an official disaster."
"At a time of heightened focus on U.S. cybersecurity risks, the Energy Department released a comprehensive report on the nation’s rapidly changing electrical grid Friday that calls for new action to protect against evolving threats."
"Powerful storms packing heavy rain and snow will lash the U.S. West on Tuesday, a day after thousands of people fled their homes to escape floods, forecasters said."
"Forecasters expect another half foot of rain to soak central and northern California and the Sierra Nevada mountains through early Tuesday, coming on the heels of powerful storms that walloped the state and other parts of the U.S. west on Sunday."
"Louisiana is losing its coast at a rapid rate because of rising sea levels, development and sinking marshland. Officials are trying to rebuild those marshes and the wetlands, but much of the coast can't be saved."
"Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday signed a law inspired by a Beachwood fire captain, which will make it easier for firefighters to get worker's compensation and pension benefits when they are diagnosed with cancer."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/will-apocalyptic-doomsday-clock-move-closer-midnight
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[4] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[6] http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/25/three-minutes-midnight-doomsday-clock-end-of-the-world-trump-climate-change/97045540/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/iowa-oil-spill-marks-pipeline-risks-after-trump-revives-major-projects
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada
[11] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/25/oil-spill-iowa-trump-keystone-dakota-access-pipeline
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wednesday-january-25-2017-federal-workers-told-halt-external-communication-first-week
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
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[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/storms-continue-slamming-us-south-after-killing-least-18
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[18] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-south-idUSKBN1560S2
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/alaskan-village-citing-climate-change-seeks-disaster-aid-relocate
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
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[22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-doe-report-warns-changing-%E2%80%98threat-environment%E2%80%99-electric-grid
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[24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/powerful-storms-head-us-west-after-thousands-flee-floods
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
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[27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/more-rain-snow-forecast-us-storm-brings-floods-california
[28] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-idUSKBN14S0WJ
[29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/louisiana-history-washes-away-sea-levels-rise-land-sinks
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[31] http://www.npr.org/2017/01/04/505320391/louisiana-history-washes-away-as-sea-levels-rise-land-sinks
[32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/kasich-signs-law-recognizing-firefighter-cancer-job-illness
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes
[37] http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/01/gov_john_kasich_signs_law_that.html
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[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster?page=300
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