Environment
Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us on brilliant “Cosmos” voyage
March 14, 2014One of the new features of this "Cosmos" is the use of animation to teach science history. I'm hoping the show will try to be less Eurocentric about science history and will talk about non-European scientists...
Read moreScientists warn California could experience megadrought
March 11, 2014Although the storm system that brought precipitation to LA is going to help combat the drought in the short-term, weather officials don't believe it will have a lasting effect. The drought is a product of climate...
Read moreIs Los Angeles poised to ban fracking?
March 7, 2014It would halt all forms of "extreme well stimulation," including fracking, and require an independent multi-agency study be conducted exploring the economic, environmental, and health impacts of such drilling operations.
Read moreHundreds arrested at White House in XL pipeline protest
March 5, 2014In a dramatic sign of growing opposition to construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, 398 students were arrested March 2 after they chained themselves to the White House fence.
Read moreAfter gas explosion, Chevron offers victims free pizza
February 28, 2014The Chevron-owned fracking well shot flames into the air with a powerful boom, starting a fire that burned intensely for four days afterward before it was extinguished.
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