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During the night of August 4 and into the early morning hours of August 5, @MarathonPetroCo's El Paso Refinery emitted thousands of pounds of hazardous compounds. Residents reported headaches, nausea and some left their homes to escape the fumes.
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"Even a moderately strong El Niño during the next 12 to 18 months could drive the average global temperature to about 1.7 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level, climate scientist @DrJamesEHansen told Inside Climate News. Hansen doubts the world will meaningfully cool back down to below the 1.5 degree Celsius mark after the El Niño fades."
The coming El Niño could permanently alter the climate, scientists warn. via @insideclimate
e360.yale.edu/digest/super-e…
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A man worth $253,000,000,000 bought a 150-year-old American newspaper - heralded for breaking Watergate and the Pentagon Papers - and flushed it down the toilet for no reason.
Democracy Dies in Darkness.
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"A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response" by @KileyBense, @BBerwyn, @keerti_gopal, @LeeHedgepeth & @LisaSorg for @InsideClimate News: insideclimatenews.org/news/2…
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Plus, check out my story on climate corridors and miles and miles of undeveloped wilderness in Western Maine -- come for the photos, stay for the trout and tales of 1800s logging practices
insideclimatenews.org/news/1…
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“Water is the new oil” as Texas cities square off over aquifer pipeline plans
Fast-growing Georgetown plans to pump 89 million gallons a day from the Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer but the project is being fought by Bryan, College Station and Texas A&M University, which depend on the same water.
tinyurl.com/4e8rdw3k by @DylanBaddour via @TexasTribune











