Ice surveys and neckties at dinner: Here’s life at an Arctic outpost

Danish soldiers, scientists and two very sturdy dogs are the only residents of Station Nord in Greenland. Like any remote outpost, there are quirky rules and rituals.

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Vijay K. Mathur: A carbon tax would be better than a gasoline tax

A CO2 tax distributes the burden of a tax, lessens the burden, if accompanied by reduction of other distortionary taxes, improves efficiency in markets and raises substantial amount of revenues, even if it is only levied on fossil fuels that contribute more than 90 percent of CO2 emissions.

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Minnesota regulators approve wind farm amid opposition

Minnesota regulators unanimously approved permits for a wind farm project in southern Minnesota amid opposition from local residents.

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Fresno heat and foul air set stage for Trump tailpipe debate

To test how Americans feel about its plan for rolling back car and truck pollution standards, the Trump administration will hold an initial public hearing on Monday in Fresno, California, a place where it might reasonably expect a friendly response.

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Opec predicts massive rise in oil production over next five years

Increasing demand from airlines will more than offset reductions from electric cars.

www.theguardian.com

100% renewable energy: Cleveland sets a big goal as it sheds its fossil fuel past

Cleveland joins more than 80 U.S. cities that have committed to get all their electricity from renewable sources. But in Ohio, that might be easier said than done.

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Max Franks: Let’s use carbon tax dollars for sustainable development

We can solve two problems at once if we price carbon and use revenues to meet basic needs.

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Dam breach sends toxic coal ash flowing into a major North Carolina river

Fears about the situation at Duke’s L.V. Sutton power plant near Wilmington have been growing since before Hurricane Florence made landfall.

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Hoover Dam as giant battery? The hurdles are more legal than technical

Los Angeles is proposing to build a 20-mile pipeline to transform Hoover Dam into a pumped storage hydropower project. It's certainly feasible - except for the ongoing political and legal conflict over the Colorado River.

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In Nigeria, Shell’s onshore roots still run deep

For the company that pioneered Nigeria's oil industry in the 1950s, the Niger Delta remains as important - and problematic - as ever.

www.reuters.com

Peter Dykstra: Good news and hope on an otherwise gloomy beat

We try our best to present the honest news on environment, health and climate on these pages every day.

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Brett Kavanaugh is the perfect fit for Trump’s anti-environment agenda

Kavanaugh’s environmental philosophy is industry above all else

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Governor Rick Scott deserves blame for Florida algae mess

it's understandable that Gov. Rick Scott would want to run away from his environmental record.

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Toxic algae blooms: A growing worldwide menace that generate mysterious toxins

Senior projects reporter Tony Bartelme reports that harmful algae blooms are a growing worldwide menace, and a lab in Charleston is in the thick of the search to identify unbelievably dangerous toxins.

www.postandcourier.com

North Carolina flooding soaks federal taxpayers all over again

When Hurricane Florence reached Belhaven, North Carolina, last weekend, the flooding that followed was unlike anything Ricky Credle, the mayor of the tiny coastal town had ever experienced.

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Flooding: Dam breach at Duke plant; coal ash could spill

Florence's floodwaters breached a dam holding back a large reservoir at a Wilmington power plant Friday, and coal ash from an adjacent dump could be flowing into the Cape Fear River.

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Solutions series: Wastewater and public health in the rural South

A four-part series examining a wastewater infrastructure crisis and the people searching for solutions. A joint project of the Montgomery Advertiser and the new website, Southerly.

www.montgomeryadvertiser.com

Harsh climate

The struggle to track global sea level rise.

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Coca-Cola, Walmart to cut plastic pollution in oceans

Coca-Cola, Walmart and other big multinationals pledged on Thursday to help reduce plastic pollution in the world's oceans in support of a campaign by five of the G7 industrialized nations.

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After Hurricane Florence, North Carolina's water quality will go down the toilet

Floodwaters contaminated with coal ash, human sewage, and animal waste throw the entire watershed out of balance.

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In North Carolina, hog waste pollution a familiar result. Will things ever change?

NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA —The full extent of Hurricane Florence's environmental damage isn't yet known in North Carolina, where waste from factory farms, coal ash, and other pollutants are contaminating floodwaters still on the rise after the largest East Coast deluge north of Florida in history.

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Your future home could be in a flood zone — and no one’s required to tell you

Many Americans have no idea whether their property is likely to flood.

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Research shows wind farms could divert hurricane rains

With enough wind turbines, the rainfall from Hurricane Harvey could have been reduced by 20 percent, according to a new modeling study.

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Harsh climate: The struggle to track global sea level rise

A loud rumble jolted climate scientist David Holland just before he went to slee...

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Flooding on the horizon for South Carolina, a week after Florence

esidents in Georgetown County, South Carolina, where five rivers flow into the o...

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Pollution from Mississippi River ramps up Red Tide off Florida's Gulf Coast, report says

The Mississippi River is contributing to this year's historically bad Red Tide off Florida's Gulf Coast.

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Florence flooding: Satellite image shows floodwaters polluting the Atlantic

As the Carolinas' swollen rivers crest, their "polluted floodwaters" are dumping out into the Atlantic, visibly discoloring the water offshore, federal experts have noted.

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Australia could launch legal challenge to Japan's 'scientific' whaling hunts

After a 'win for whales' at the IWC, government is urged to do more but refuses to send ship to monitor Japan's actions.

www.theguardian.com

Underwater walls could stop glaciers from melting, scientists say

Building walls on the seafloor could prevent glaciers from melting and sea levels rising due to global warming, scientists say.

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How to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Hint: the answer isn't what you think it is.

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Invasive reed poses challenge to Michigan habitat project

A proposal to use the herbicide glyphosate to at least initially knock down invasive phragmites has many local residents concerned.

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Melanie Gall, Brian J. Gerber: Relaxed environmental regulations heighten risk during natural disasters

The damage to coal ash sites from Hurricane Florence demonstrates how a community's vulnerability to natural disasters is closely linked to how stringent environmental regulations are.

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Santee Cooper working to prevent potential contamination in Waccamaw River

Santee Cooper officials have installed an AquaDam at one of their ash ponds in order to prevent potential contaminants entering the Waccamaw River.

www.wmbfnews.com

Battered, low on money, SC’s rural poor suffering from storm

Rather than evacuate to comfortable motels, many rural residents went to shelters as the storm punished their homes. Others stayed home.

www.thestate.com

Lawsuit by ex-city administrator revived against Flint mayor

"Henderson has mustered sufficient circumstantial evidence of a retaliatory motive to prevent summary judgment," reads an opinion by Circuit Judge Jane B. Stranch as part of a three-judge panel.

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State recommends lead drinking water testing at all Vermont schools

The recommendation was made in a report on a school lead testing pilot program at 16 schools around the state.

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