Environment
For some river towns, flood protection is simply too costly
April 8, 2019Most communities on America’s rivers have some sort of flood protection — usually a concrete wall or an earthen levee. But a few places such as Clarksville do not.
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Green New Deal pushing climate change into mainstream media
April 5, 2019Climate change coverage in much of the mainstream media was abysmally low in 2018. It’s been tilting upward in the first quarter of 2019.
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How Fukushima nukes are still killing our climate, our planet, ourselves
April 3, 2019Eight years ago this week apocalyptic radiation clouds began pouring out of Fukushima, Japan.
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New York becomes second state to ban plastic bags
April 3, 2019In passing the ban, New York follows California, which was the first state in the nation to ban plastic bags in 2016.
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Ocasio-Cortez to talk Green New Deal with Kentucky coal miners
March 29, 2019Ocasio-Cortez said the struggles of people in towns which have in the past relied on coal mines as major economic drivers are "very close to [her] heart. Folks may not think of that because I'm from...
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