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Hurricane Helene misinformation --Fact checks.

Mon, 2024-10-07 17:39 — mike kraft

Fact checking falsehoods about FEMA funding and Hurricane Helene Rumors, misinformation and lies about the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene have run rampant since the storm made landfall, especially around FEMA funding. NPR

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The claims have become so widespread that FEMA set up a response page to debunk many falsehoods around how disaster funding works and what the agency’s response has been. ...

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Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought--study

Thu, 2024-01-25 12:00 — mike kraft

Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of the severe drought in the Amazon last year that sent rivers to record lows, isolated hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of endangered dolphins. AP News

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Following Supreme Court decision, Supreme Court curtails federal power, Biden administration weakens clean water protections

Tue, 2023-08-29 17:59 — mike kraft

After Supreme Court curtails federal power, Biden administration weakens clean water protections The Biden Administration weakened protections for wetlands on Tuesday. Federal officials were forced to make the change after the Supreme Court's decision in May that sharply limited the federal government's power to regulate wetlands. AP News

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Global Warming causes problem of more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains--study

Wed, 2023-06-28 19:54 — mike kraft

Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains. Scientists say that’s a problem A new study says climate change is turning major snowfalls into more extreme rain over mountains, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year and long-term water shortages. AP News

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At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change-- new study

Tue, 2021-10-12 12:22 — mike kraft

At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change, new study shows Researchers used machine learning to analyze more than 100,000 studies of weather events and found that four-fifths of the world’s land area has suffered impacts linked to global warming. Washington Post

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ADDITIONAL REPORTING: How a Coronavirus Mutation in Minks Could Wreak Havoc on Vaccine Development

Sat, 2020-11-07 16:52 — mike kraft

How a Coronavirus Mutation in Minks Could Wreak Havoc on Vaccine Development A new strain of SARS-CoV-2 in Danish minks is raising fears among public health experts. Matt Miller Slate Magazine

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Toledo Bend Project - Joint Operation

Sun, 2017-06-25 10:13 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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A LIST OF INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR THE TOLEDO BEND PROJECT . . .

Toledo Bend Project - Joint Operation - Documents
http://www.tbpjo.org/PublicRelicensing/documents.aspx

Sabine River Authority of Texas - Newsfeeds - Basin Information and News
http://www.sratx.org/newsfeeds/default.asp

Sabine River Authority of Louisiana - Current Lake Levels (see left sidebar)
http://www.srala-toledo.com

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Transparency an Issue in Texas Flooding Consequences

Mon, 2016-06-06 17:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Photo: El Paso Times - (CLICK HERE to view additional photos)

texashillcountry.com - by Spring Sault - May 30, 2016

The existence of a number of aerial photos showing flood-related oil spills on a state-run website was revealed in an El Paso Times story by Marty Schladen last month, followed shortly by state officials ordering the photos removed from the website operated by the University of Texas at Austin.

Until the Times’ story was published, the photos weren’t common knowledge to the public and identified possible environmental damage caused by flooding in oil drilling areas, including fracking sites. . . .

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Texas Flooding Overflows Oil Wells, Fracking Sites

Mon, 2016-06-06 16:59 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Photo: El Paso Times - (CLICK HERE to view additional photos)

texashillcountry.com - by THC Staff - May 6, 2016

The recent Texas flooding has overwhelmed oil wells and fracking sites, overflowing crude oil and chemicals into rivers statewide.

With the onset of storms finally subsiding, state officials have begun to assess the entirety of the damage caused by the flooding that occurred across the state.

As KIII reported, “state emergency management officials have taken dozens of photographs that show sheens and plumes spreading from tipped tanks and flooded production sites” of the Sabine River flood on the Louisiana-Texas border.

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