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2013 Deadliest Year On Record for Manatees
Reported deaths of Florida manatees during 2013 have reached a record high, more than doubling last year’s total, according to state figures posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). A major factor driving this dramatic rise is the enormous toll from red tides, which accounted for a third of all the deaths and…
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300+ Groups Urge Climate Scientist Dr. Hansen to Rethink Support of Nuclear Power
A total of 311 U.S. and international environmental and clean energy groups said yesterday that, while they respect the climate change work of Dr. James Hansen and three of his academic colleagues, they take strong exception to the notion that nuclear power is the solution to global warming. [caption id="attachment_317386" align="alignnone" width="500"] Instead of embracing…
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Texas Supreme Court Favors Landowner Over TransCanada in Keystone XL Eminent Domain Case
The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of landowner Julia Trigg Crawford, ordering TransCanada to submit information by Feb. 6 as the justices weigh arguments to hear the case regarding eminent domain abuse. [caption id="attachment_317367" align="alignnone" width="500"] The controversial clause of eminent domain benefits oil and gas companies trying to seize private land to extract…
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2,000+ New Yorkers Rally Against Fracking at Gov. Cuomo’s State of State Address
More than 2,000 New Yorkers from every corner of the state descended on Albany today to rally against fracking outside of Gov. Cuomo’s (D-NY) State of the State address. The concerned residents pointed to a significant and rapidly growing body of science showing harms of fracking to public health and the environment, delivering a clear…
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Colbert Calls Out Climate Deniers as Polar Vortex Hits North America
Last night on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert called out climate deniers Donald Trump and Fox News for mocking global warming on account of the ‘polar vortex’ currently hitting North America. Colbert points out that the Fox & Friends report uses an unsourced photo to target Al Gore’s 2006 book, An Inconvenient Truth, selling for $1 as a way to dismiss…