Environment
Today in history: atom bomb successfully tested 70 years ago
July 16, 2015On this day in 1945, the Manhattan Project came to an explosive end as the first atom bomb was successfully tested in New Mexico.
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Environmentalists, railroad workers protest oil trains
July 15, 2015Environmentalists and rank-and-file railroad workers took to the streets protesting continued transportation of oil trains.
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After nine-year star trek, NASA spacecraft passes Pluto
July 14, 2015Applause erupted at NASA's New Horizons control center in the wake of the eponymous spacecraft's flyby of Pluto.
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Will damaged vessel put the freeze on Shell’s Arctic drilling?
July 14, 2015This incident offers further vindication for what environmentalists have been saying all along: that accidents are unavoidable in this ecologically sensitive region.
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Apache Stronghold caravan seeks to save sacred site from mining giant
July 10, 2015They say that Oak Flat will be "damaged" by the mine. "Damaged" is an understatement. A two mile wide, 1,000 foot deep crater will result from the mining.
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