Study opens new questions on how the atmosphere and oceans formed

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A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found seawater cycles throughout Earth’s interior down to 2,900km, much deeper than previously thought, reopening questions about how the atmosphere and oceans formed.
A popular theory is that the atmosphere and oceans formed by releasing water and gases from Earth’s mantle through volcanic activity during the planet’s first 100…

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March 2, 2017 at 11:29PM

The three ironies of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests

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Guest post by David Middleton Dakota Access Protest Backfires For Standing Rock By Irina Slav – Feb 22, 2017 The months-long protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline project has seriously hurt the revenues of a casino operated by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe – the tribe that initiated the protests as a portion of […]

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March 2, 2017 at 11:19PM

White House Considers Breaking Trump’s Promise To Withdraw From The Paris Agreement

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The White House is still deciding whether or not it will honor one of President Donald Trump’s biggest campaign promises regarding energy policy — to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. “Trump’s advisers have not yet fleshed out a detailed position on whether the U.S. should stay in the Paris agreement,” a source told Politico. […]

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March 2, 2017 at 11:08PM

Activist’s Violent History Threatens To Derail Anti-Pipeline Movement

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Environmentalist groups are scrambling for cover after a prominent anti-pipeline activist with a long violent criminal history was arrested in West Texas for using a fake ID and breaking parole in California. Law enforcement officials in Presidio County, Texas arrested, fingerprinted, and confirmed that they had in custody Pedro Rabago Gutierrez, a man who had […]

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March 2, 2017 at 11:08PM