Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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Fukushima-type reactor in Vermont gets the axe, concerns remain
January 13, 2015A nuclear power plant near the town of Brattleboro is being shut down thanks to local environmental activism.
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From Idaho to Utah, “wolf massacre” continues
January 6, 2015"Rewarding shooters, including young children, with prizes takes us back to an earlier era of wanton killing that so many of us thought was a closed chapter."
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Top 10 books of 2014: a holiday reading list
December 16, 2014The holidays are upon us in earnest. It's an ideal time to put down the smartphone or iPad and curl up with a good book.
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Activists protest oil drilling in Canary Islands
December 9, 2014Canarians and tourists formed a giant 'SOS' on a beach in Spain's Canary Island of Fuerteventura protesting oil drilling.
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Alberta pipeline hits swamp with over 15,000 gallons of oil
December 3, 2014Yet another major spill in the routinely oil-plagued Alberta, Canada, has left the swamps of Red Earth Creek polluted.
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GOP kills Florida solar, takes the sun out of Sunshine State
December 2, 2014"Florida already ranks in the bottom half of the nation for energy efficiency, and now will only fall farther behind, costing families and businesses in the process."
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Ursula LeGuin says up with fantasy, down with capitalism
November 25, 2014"Right now, I think we need writers who know the difference between the production of a market commodity and the practice of an art."
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Keystone XL struck down for now
November 19, 2014The Keystone XL pipeline is down, but not out; despite losing in the Senate, Republicans threatened to bring the bill back next year.
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