Tuesday, November 14, 2017

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Climate Change Journalist Warns: 'Mother Nature Is Playing By Different Rules Now'


 

Small company from Trump Interior chief's hometown wins massive contract to restore Puerto Rico's power


 

Whitefish Energy contract bars government from auditing deal


 

Jeff Goodell: Big Coal's Dirty Secrets


 

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from a Secret World


 

FEMA cites ‘significant concerns’ over Whitefish Energy deal in Puerto Rico


 

FEMA Denies Role in $300M Whitefish Puerto Rico Contract: The agency says the contract raises ‘serious concerns’ after several congressional committees opened investigations.


 

PED to adopt science standards ‘in their entirety’


 

Wind, Rain, and Fire: Will Extreme Weather Events Affect How Teachers Cover Climate Change?


 

Review: ‘Bill Nye: Science Guy,’ a Portrait of a Fighter for Facts


 

Clinton Foundation: 76-Ton Airlift of Medicine and Medical Supplies Lands in Puerto Rico


 

U.S. Response to Storm-Hit Puerto Rico Is Criticized by U.N. Experts


 

Tesla delivers solar power to Puerto Rico hospital


 

Source: FBI opens inquiry into Whitefish's Puerto Rico contract


 

Alaska Orders Review of All North Slope Oil Wells After Spill Linked to Permafrost: Thawing permafrost cracked the casing on a BP oil well earlier this year, starting a leak that continued for days.


 

BLM Advisory Board Votes to Shoot up to 90,000 Wild Horses


 

Carbon dioxide is gushing into Earth’s atmosphere at record pace


 

"It Will Be A Disaster": Puerto Rico To Run Out Of Cash On October 31


 

EPA: Water at Puerto Rico Superfund site is fit for consumption


 

US backs out of global oil anti-corruption effort


 

Blockbuster Assessment: Humans Likely Responsible For Virtually All Global Warming Since 1950s


 

Harrison Ford: ‘We’ve got people in charge of important s--- who don’t believe in science’


 

There’s another Standing Rock brewing in Minnesota


 

How Monsanto Captured the EPA (And Twisted Science) To Keep Glyphosate on the Market: Since 1973, Monsanto has cited dubious science, like tests on the uteri of male mice, and the EPA has let much of it slide.


 

Out-Going NOSB Member Calls Out Corporate Agribusiness and Organic Fraud


 

Smells Like Environmental Racism: That stench permeating Detroit? It’s other cities’ burning trash.


 

Saving the Deep Blue Yonder


 

A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution


 

States of Denial: Trump insists that climate change isn’t real.  From crop failures to killer storms, his Southern supporters are paying the price.


 

Eric Trump’s brother-in-law promoted at Department of Energy


 

It takes a village to heal America; it takes a village to heal the Earth


 

How to Cool the Earth & Restore Life-giving Climate


 

EU Fails to Agree on Glyphosate License Renewal


 

Official Complaint on Monsanto Non-Compliance With EU Transparency Rules


 

Regeneration: Moving Beyond Gloom and Doom on USDA Organic Standards


 

Big meat and dairy’s supersized climate footprint


 

Climate change could force more than a billion people to flee their homes, says major health report: The movement of people is set to cause an international health crisis, the research from The Lancet suggests


 

1,200 Percent Increase of Weed Killer in Your Body


 

Exclusive: The Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Its Strategic Plan.  A leaked draft of a five-year plan reveals how the DOI will prioritize “energy dominance” over conservation.


 

In Puerto Rico, a sinkhole of rebuilding struggles


 

Frustration Mounts Over Puerto Rico's 'New Normal' As Federal Troops Leave The Island


 

FEMA has plan to transport PR hurricane survivors - but few takers


 

New Allegations Challenge the Environment Record of Top U.N. Official: Environmental group claims Amina J. Mohammed authorized illegal exports of endangered rosewood during her term as Nigeria’s environment minister.


 

Letters From the October 23, 2017, Issue: Calling out the climate criminals… A dangerous savior complex…… Carrying a tune…


 

How Fox Keeps Evading the Truth: Even the Daily Mail sometimes admits it’s wrong. Why not Fox News?


 

Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer?  This could be the company’s “Big Tobacco” moment.


 

The New Coal Crisis: By loosening environmental regulations, Trump risks making a serious public-health hazard critical.


 

Paleo Politics: What made hunter-gatherers give up freedom for civilization?


 

Are You Ready For Corporate America’s Robot Economy?  It’s to be a plutocratic utopia designed by and for the corporate elite.


 

Why the Symbolism Behind Coal Is Still So Powerful: “Guns. Coal. Freedom.”


 

The Wrong Choice for Iowa State: Ag Dean Opposes Transparency, Sustainability


 

States take on Ryan Zinke for allowing coal companies to rip off taxpayers


 

JACKSON: Government isn’t stepping up in Puerto Rico


 

Scotland Investigating Trump Resort’s Damage To Coastal Dunes: The golf club was supposed to protect the environment and boost the economy. It did neither.


 

Congress Wants to Stop Pipeline Protests by Prosecuting Activists as Terrorists

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