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Keystone Public Comments Won't Be Public

Mon, 1 Apr 2013 23:20:00 GMT

Keystone Public Comments Won't Be Made Public, State Department Says

InsideClimateNews.org

When the State Department hired a contractor to produce the latest environmental impact statement for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, it asked for a Web-based electronic docket to record public comments as they flowed in each day. Thousands of comments are expected to be filed by people and businesses eager to influence the outcome of the in...
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Livestock falling ill in fracking regions

Sun, 2 Dec 2012 14:14:00 GMT

Livestock falling ill in fracking regions

nbcnews.com

After drilling began just over the property line of Jacki Schilke’s ranch in the northwestern corner of North Dakota in 2009, in the heart of the state’s booming Bakken Shale, cattle began limping, with swollen legs and infections. Cows quit producing milk for their calves, they lost from 60 to 80 pounds in a week and their tails mysteriously dropped off. Eventually, five animals died, a...
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U.S. Satellite Plans Falter, Imperiling Data on Storms

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:29:00 GMT

NYTimes.comWASHINGTON — The United States is facing a year or more without crucial satellites that provide invaluable data for predicting storm tracks, a result of years of mismanagement, lack of financing and delays in launching replacements, according to several recent official reviews. The looming gap in satellite coverage, which some experts view as almost certain within the next few years, could result in shaky forecasts about storms like Hurricane Sandy, whi...
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Why We Won and How We Are Losing

Tue, 2 Oct 2012 17:57:00 GMT

From Start to Finish: Why We Won and How We Are LosingTruth-Out.org (Op-Ed)Paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall ends his recent book about the "Masters of the Planet" with such reflection:[A]part from death, the only ironclad rule of human experience has been the Law of Unintended Consequences. Our brains are extraordinary mechanisms, and they have allowed us to accomplish truly amazing things; but we are still only good at anticipating — or at least of paying atten...
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Scientists ask to keep their work out of court

Tue, 2 Oct 2012 16:19:00 GMT

Scientists ask for legal safeguards to keep their work out of courtARStechnica.comHow much privacy is the scientific process entitled to? During the course of their work, researchers produce e-mails, preliminary results, and peer reviews, all of which might be more confused or critical than the final published works. Recently, both private companies with a vested interest in discounting the results, and private groups with a political axe to grind have attempted to ...
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