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Trump Administration Finalizes Coal Plant Pollution Rollback

8/31/2020

The Trump administration finalized its weakening of a rule aimed at reducing polluted wastewater from coal-burning power plants that has contaminated streams, lakes and underground aquifers. The change will allow utilities to use cheaper technologies and take longer to comply with pollution reduction guidelines that are less stringent than what the agency originally adopted in 2015. It's the latest in a string of regulatory rollbacks for coal power under Trump — actions that have failed to turn around the industry's decline amid competition from cheap natural gas and renewable energy. - ABC News

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Cliff Collapse Reveals 313-million-year-old Fossil Footprints in Grand Canyon

8/29/2020

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Paleontological research has confirmed a series of recently discovered fossils tracks are the oldest recorded tracks of their kind to date within Grand Canyon National Park. In 2016, Norwegian geology professor, Allan Krill, was hiking with his students when he made a surprising discovery. Lying next to the trail, in plain view of the many hikers, was a boulder containing conspicuous fossil footprints. Krill was intrigued, and he sent a photo to his colleague, Stephen Rowland, a paleontologist at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. - National Park Service

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How a Plan to Save the Power System Disappeared

8/29/2020

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A federal lab found a way to modernize the grid, reduce reliance on coal, and save consumers billions. Then Trump appointees blocked it. - Atlantic

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Amazon Deforestation Falls Where Land Is under Indigenous Control

8/29/2020

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Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon with full ownership rights over their land saw a two-thirds decrease in the rate of deforestation on their land in the world's most important rainforest, a new study finds. - Scientific American

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Mauritius: Anger and Questions as 17 Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore

8/29/2020

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At least 17 dead dolphins have been found on the coast of Mauritius, prompting debates about whether a recent oil spill was to blame. Environmental campaigners say the deaths were either caused by the oil spill from a Japanese-owned ship or by authorities sinking part of the vessel. But the fisheries minister said "at first glance" the deaths appeared to be unconnected to the spill. He said at least two of the dolphins had shark bites.

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Why Renewables Aren’t To Blame for California’s Blackouts

8/29/2020

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Why renewables aren’t to blame for California’s blackouts It’s possible to meet the state’s growing energy needs with renewable power, experts say—but it’ll take some work. - National Geographic

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Some Farm Animals Might Have a Sense About Impending Earthquakes

8/29/2020

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Stabled animals seem to grow fidgety in the hours before an earthquake, whereas their free-range counterparts show no discernible difference in behavior. - EOS

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Exxon Mobil Dropped from the Dow After Nearly a Century

8/25/2020

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Energy giant Exxon Mobil joined the Dow 92 years ago as Standard Oil of New Jersey, and it's the oldest member of the index. Exxon's market value has sunk to $175 billion. The company has been plagued in part by claims that it deliberately concealed the damage that the oil it has long extracted and refined into gasoline was doing to the planet. - CBS News

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Grizzly Creek Fire Threatens the Colorado & Water for the Entire West

8/21/2020

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As the Grizzly Creek Fire rips through Glenwood Canyon, it endangers vital infrastructure for millions of westerners. Sediment and debris could foul the Colorado River for years to come. - Colorado Sun

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Here's How Much the US could Save if 25% of Vehicles were Electric

8/21/2020

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A chemistry-climate computer model used data from tailpipe emissions to see how they influence atmospheric chemistry, and then combined this data with another set from the EPA showing how air quality affects health. When the computers ran the calculations, the result was staggering: The US would save $17 billion a year. That's not a one-time savings, but an annual figure. - CNET

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Trump Administration Finalizes Coal Plant Pollution Rollback

Cliff Collapse Reveals 313-million-year-old Fossil Footprints in Grand Canyon

How a Plan to Save the Power System Disappeared

Amazon Deforestation Falls Where Land Is under Indigenous Control

Mauritius: Anger and Questions as 17 Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore

Why Renewables Aren’t To Blame for California’s Blackouts

Some Farm Animals Might Have a Sense About Impending Earthquakes

Exxon Mobil Dropped from the Dow After Nearly a Century

Grizzly Creek Fire Threatens the Colorado & Water for the Entire West

Here's How Much the US could Save if 25% of Vehicles were Electric

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