Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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Today in eco-history: Ruins of Pompeii discovered
April 1, 2014"The excavation of Pompeii brought to light not just individual buildings and artifacts, but an urban fabric."
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Texas oil spill worsens as it travels down coast
March 28, 2014Strong winds have worsened matters, causing the oil to spread across a wider distance. This spill not only threatens birds and other large animals in the bay, but also seafood species like shrimp, blue crab and...
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After collision, Texas ship channel awash in oil
March 25, 2014The collision sent 170,000 gallons of oil into the body of water that connects the Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico and deals with up to 80 vessels per day. The oil quickly spread into...
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Fracking encroaches on Pennsylvania forests
March 21, 2014Five activists were arrested Mar. 20 in Pennsylvania's Tiadaghton State Park for protesting fracking operations there. Blocking the only access point to a wellpad, they chained themselves to barrels of concrete.
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Loss of life in Harlem the price paid for crumbling infrastructure
March 19, 2014It's no coincidence that the collapsed buildings were served by a 127 year-old gas main; those in the labor movement are feeling the unfortunate burden of vindication.
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Scientists warn California could experience megadrought
March 11, 2014Although the storm system that brought precipitation to LA is going to help combat the drought in the short-term, weather officials don't believe it will have a lasting effect. The drought is a product of climate...
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Is Los Angeles poised to ban fracking?
March 7, 2014It would halt all forms of "extreme well stimulation," including fracking, and require an independent multi-agency study be conducted exploring the economic, environmental, and health impacts of such drilling operations.
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After gas explosion, Chevron offers victims free pizza
February 28, 2014The Chevron-owned fracking well shot flames into the air with a powerful boom, starting a fire that burned intensely for four days afterward before it was extinguished.
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