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'Horses and stuff were flying'

Source: The Age

12:35pm:Here's the latest information we have on the tornado: Fifty one people are confirmed dead. At least 20 of those are children. The toll is expected to rise. It touched down at 2.56pm on Monday local time. Moore, po ...
Full article at: The Age  More like this  1 day ago, 9:19pm CDT

Sea Turtle Comeback in a Corner of the Caribbean

Source: International Herald Tribune

In years past, poachers from Grande Riviere and nearby towns would ransack the turtles' buried eggs and hack the critically threatened reptiles to death with machetes to sell their meat in the market. Now, the turtles are the fo ...
Full article at: International Herald Tribune  More like this  3 days ago, 9:54am CDT

April Showers

Source: Environmental News Network

They say "April showers bring May flowers" and this year, April really did live up to its expectations of bringing down the rain. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the av ...
Full article at: Environmental News Network  More like this  4 days ago, 7:03am CDT

States to get initial money from Japanese tsunami cleanup fund

Source: FOX News

April 8, 2013: A Japanese boat that washed up is seen in Crescent City, Calif.AP JUNEAU, Alaska – The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 e ...
Full article at: FOX News  More like this  4 days ago, 12:26am CDT

Fishermen told: Don't blame observers

Source: SouthCoastToday.com

BOSTON — The top regulators of New England's sagging fishing industry have asked fishermen not to take out their frustrations on the onboard catch observers who monitor what they pull up or throw back. The request came in an open letter t ...
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SMAST lands $3.1M in scallop research grants

Source: SouthCoastToday.com

NEW BEDFORD — Scallop research grants totaling $3.1 million have been awarded to the UMass School for Marine Science and Technology, NOAA Fisheries Service announced Friday. That represents a sharp increase ov ...
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Two Bering Sea pollock processors lied about catches, feds say

Source: Anchorage Daily News

A Seattle-based seafood company faces more than $2 million in fines after its employees on two Bering Sea catcher-processor vessels tampered with scales used to weigh fish hauls, according to federal fisheries managers. The National Oceanic and Atmo ...
Full article at: Anchorage Daily News  More like this  4 days ago, 9:54pm CDT

Texas sues BP, others over oil spill

Source: KOAT

Texas on Friday became the latest state to sue BP, Halliburton and others tied to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, alleging the parties "engaged in willful and wanton misconduct" and seeking penalties ...
Full article at: KOAT  More like this  4 days ago, 9:22pm CDT

Keep the Arctic Cold: Why the Rush to Drill Must Be Stopped

Source: AlterNet.org

After the June 6 issue (with my letter) went to the printer a few significant things happened that relate to the letter that I’ll mention here briefly. On May 10, the White House published a 13-page document, “National Strategy for the Arctic Region.” I ...
Full article at: AlterNet.org  More like this  4 days ago, 6:42pm CDT

Is Tornado Intensity Increasing? (Op-Ed)

Source: LiveScience.com

This image of Texas taken by the GOES East satellite at 0045Z on May 16, 2013, shows the vicinity around Granbury, Texas, approximately 21 minutes before the NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center received a tornado report, at 0106Z. CR ...
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