Thursday, 27 September 2018

Energy and Environment: Across the Arctic, lakes are leaking dangerous greenhouse gases. And one lake is behaving very strangely

Energy and Environment
With Chris Mooney
 
Across the Arctic, lakes are leaking dangerous greenhouse gases. And one lake is behaving very strangely
Maybe it's just an anomaly – or maybe it's something worse.
EPA orders extensive cleanup of radioactive waste site near St. Louis
The West Lake Landfill contains thousands of tons of radioactive material from the World War II-era Manhattan Project that was dumped at the site in the 1970s.
 
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The Energy 202: North Carolina floods thrust Trump coal deregulation back into spotlight
The Trump administration has sought to relax rules on the way coal ash is stored.
 
Dam breach sends toxic coal ash flowing into a major North Carolina river
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A land transformed by water: North Carolina, before and after Hurricane Florence
Entire communities, including housing developments, shopping centers, farms, forests and roads, are engulfed by water.
 
At this rate, Earth risks sea level rise of 20 to 30 feet, historical analysis shows
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