Oklahoma Senators Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief

huffingtonpost.com 9 hours ago

WASHINGTON -- As frantic rescue missions continued Monday in Oklahoma following the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through the state, it appeared increasingly likely that residents who lost homes...

 
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How To Help Oklahoma

huffingtonpost.com 9 hours ago

A massive tornado touched down Monday in Moore, Okla., near Oklahoma City, leveling the area to little more than debris...

 
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Obama Signs Oklahoma Disaster Declaration

huffingtonpost.com 6 hours ago

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma as the state recovers from a massive tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, killing dozens and...

 
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The Tornado In Oklahoma Is This Parent's Living Nightmare

huffingtonpost.com 9 hours ago

In my nightmares, I can't get to my children. The parents of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma are living that nightmare.

 
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Marine Harvest agrees to limit pesticides and seal killings

guardian.co.uk 5 hours ago

The company, which grows 25% of Scottish farmed salmon, will join Aquaculture Stewardship council's strict new scheme

 
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Sarah Palin: 'Global Warming My Gluteus Maximus'

huffingtonpost.com 14 hours ago

Global warming isn't happening, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) argued over the weekend, pointing to the fact that it was snowing in Alaska in May...

 
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Biofuels a boon for Brazil's rural poor, but obstacles remain elsewhere

guardian.co.uk 5 hours ago

While biofuels have facilitated slow but positive change for farmers in Brazil, other countries have been less successful. Paige McClanahan reports

 
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Climate Change-Related Heat Deaths To Spike In New York City, Study Projects

huffingtonpost.com 4 hours ago

From Climate Central's Andrew Freedman: An increasing number of New Yorkers are likely to die from heat-related causes as global warming causes more extreme heat events, according to a new study...

 
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Freak snowstorm hits Gander, N.F on Victoria Day weekend

cnews.canoe.ca 17 hours ago

While Ontarians were lounging on beaches and barbecuing on the Victoria Day weekend, Newfoundlanders were digging out after a freak snowstorm buried parts of the province under about two feet of snow.

 
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WATCH: Tornadoes Rip Through Central U.S.

huffingtonpost.com 9 hours ago

Storms tore across the Midwest on Sunday and Monday, with multiple tornadoes reported in Oklahoma.

 
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The mammoth's lament: How cosmic impact sparked devastating climate change

sciencedaily.com 11 hours ago

Research finds evidence of a major cosmic event near the end of the Ice Age. The ensuing climate change forced many species to adapt or die.

 
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PHOTOS: Tornadoes Wreak Havoc On Central U.S.

huffingtonpost.com 9 hours ago

At least one tornado touched down near Oklahoma City Monday, leaving behind a wake of destruction. The twister hit only one day after a similar tornado killed two in Shawnee.

 
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Not just blowing in the wind: Compressing air for renewable energy storage

sciencedaily.com 16 hours ago

A comprehensive study into the potential for compressed air energy storage in the Pacific Northwest has identified two locations in Washington state that could store enough Northwest wind energy...

 
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Nation's biggest uranium mine planned in New Mexico

grist.org 2 hours ago

Companies from Japan and Canada want to build the mine on land held sacred by Native Americans, and the U.S. Forest Service may just say OK.

 
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Amazon River exhales virtually all carbon taken up by rainforest

sciencedaily.com 14 hours ago

Woody plant matter is almost completely digested by bacteria living in the Amazon River. This tough stuff plays a major part in fueling the river's breath...

 
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Amazon deforestation rate up 88 percent over last year

treehugger.com 14 hours ago

Despite a steady decline in deforestation in recent years, the latest figure suggests indicate a change of direction.

 
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'Whodunnit' of Irish potato famine solved

sciencedaily.com 5 hours ago

An international team of scientists reveals that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-19th century.

 
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Obama Administration Promises Help After Tornado Devastation

huffingtonpost.com 9 hours ago

WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is assuring Oklahoma's governor that the Obama administration will provide all possible help to the state after a massive tornado tore...

 
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LOOK: 200-Pound Black Bear Rescued From Tree With Fire Ladder

huffingtonpost.com 14 hours ago

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — It was a bigger-than-average tree rescue for firefighters in Colorado Springs...

 
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New NOAA report examines national oil pollution threat from shipwrecks

sciencedaily.com 11 hours ago

NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard a new report that finds that 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. seafloor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation's coastal marine resources...

 
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15 Incredible Cat Photobombs

huffingtonpost.com 19 hours ago

Cats are stealthy, sly and crafty creatures, so it’s no surprise that they’ve mastered the highly coveted skill of photobombing.

 
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Parasitic wasps use calcium pump to block fruit fly immunity

sciencedaily.com 12 hours ago

Parasitic wasps switch off the immune systems of fruit flies by draining calcium from the flies' blood cells, a finding that offers new insight into how pathogens break through a host's defenses...

 
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Swedish Design Makes Castor Oil Cool

treehugger.com 13 hours ago

Dirk Winkel's slick desk lamp uses a fossil-free bio plastic.

 
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Q&A With Fish 2.0: Beyond Seafood Business as Usual

huffingtonpost.com 9 hours ago

Converting fish waste into food. Powering fish farms in the desert...

 
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Heat-related deaths in Manhattan projected to rise: Killing season may push into spring and fall

sciencedaily.com 15 hours ago

Researchers say deaths in Manhattan linked to warming climate may rise some 20 percent by the 2020s, and, in some worst-case scenarios, 90 percent or more by the 2080s...

 
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7 Very Wrong Things About Climate Science And Energy In House Science Chair Lamar Smith’s WashPost...

thinkprogress.org 12 hours ago

Rep. Lamar Smith, the new chair of the House Science and Technology Committee, wrote an op-ed in today’s Washington Post that contains several misrepresentations of fact...

 
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Origins of life: In early Earth, iron helped RNA catalyze electron transfer

sciencedaily.com 15 hours ago

A new study shows how complex biochemical transformations may have been possible under conditions that existed when life began on the early Earth...

 
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Bacteria use hydrogen, carbon dioxide to produce electricity

sciencedaily.com 18 hours ago

Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of carbon.

 
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Ant study could help future robot teams work underground

sciencedaily.com 11 hours ago

Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect whose painful bites and extensive networks of underground tunnels are...

 
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See what it's like to be eaten by a Grizzly bear in Alaska (video)

treehugger.com 18 hours ago

Ever wondered what it's like to be eaten by a grizzly bear? Probably not... Except maybe in a nightmare. In any case, it's now possible to see (if not feel) what it's like from the safety of your home...

 
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PHOTO: LARGEST Python Ever Caught In Florida!

huffingtonpost.com 14 hours ago

A Miami man captured, killed, and reported the largest Burmese python ever caught in Florida, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials...

 
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Why we need to put the fish back into fisheries

sciencedaily.com 16 hours ago

Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world’s oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish...

 
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Inside A Dozen Cool NYC Offices Open For Visits This Week

ny.curbed.com 16 hours ago

There's constant chatter about New York City's ever-growing technology sector—some even predict a general migration of trend-setting entrepreneurs and programming gurus from Silicon Valley to the Big...

 
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Comment of the Day

ny.curbed.com 13 hours ago

"I find the floor plans puzzling. There is a wall between the kitchen and the great room, but no formal dining room, inviting your dinner party guests to gaze across...

 
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New Dallas firm buys up three energy companies with $425M investment

bizjournals.com 8 hours ago

New Dallas firm buys up three energy companies with $425M investment

 
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