Mary Anne Campbell I just heard from a client who trains her horses in North Dakota. She has another side of this story from the other people who live in this community. While I absolutely stand with the principles being defended at Standing Rock, I think it’s very apparent this year that [...]
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A FACEBOOK DIALOG ON STANDING ROCK
Teaching Trump That Weather is Real
Eyes in the sky: Cutting NASA Earth observations would be a costly mistake David Titley, Pennsylvania State University A retired rear admiral warns President-elect Trump against cutting NASA’s Earth observations, which provide essential data for weather forecasters, businesses, scientists and[...]
November 27th, 2016 - 1:50 pm § in Environment, Misc.
The Impasse in North Dakota
Will Winter Wilt the Protests? At some point, facts become less important than the symbolism of protest. The facts about real environmental damage or legal issues relating to property do not matter in North Dakota. A bridge has become the front line of this fight. Passionate news flares across FAC[...]
November 22nd, 2016 - 12:06 am § in Environment, Misc.
Oh Canada: No to Coal
Canada plans to phase out coal-powered electricity by 2030[...]
November 16th, 2016 - 5:14 pm § in Environment, Misc.
Liberal Hypocrisy in Indian Country
And while Native Americans often took a leading role in the protests, one could also argue that their concerns were often being exploited for other activists’ agendas. A couple of weeks AT (Ante Trump) The Ave published the facts about the Standing Rock Protests. In summary, the pipeline issue was[...]
November 13th, 2016 - 7:56 pm § in Environment, Misc.
The Perils of Fracking: Texas Quake
Study identifies 2012 U.S. quake as “man-made” SAN FRANCISCO, (Xinhua) — A new study has identified a 4.8-magnitude earthquake in East Texas in 2012, the largest recorded in the region, as man-made event triggered by the injection of large volumes of wastewater from oil an[...]
November 7th, 2016 - 5:12 am § in America, Environment
Radical Republicans
Senator Mark Kirk‘s statements denying climate change were not only confusing, but also historically and scientifically inaccurate. We were glad to se…e him come out and clarify his views on climate change today, but we want him to take the next step. It’s time for Senator Kirk to [...]
October 31st, 2016 - 9:12 am § in Environment, Misc.
Dakota Pipeline: How we got here
Jonathan Tong FACEBOOK In case you didn’t know, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was originally supposed to run north of the state capitol of Bismarck, but was rejected by the city partly because of threats to its water supply. The company then rerouted the pipeline to cross under the Miss[...]
October 11th, 2016 - 6:41 am § in Environment, Misc.
Mass Graves in Haiti
Reuters Hurricane Matthew toll in Haiti rises to 1,000, dead buried in mass graves By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti started burying some of its dead in mass graves in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a government official said on Sunday, as cholera spread in the devastated[...]