disasters
Indonesia tsunami death more than 800 and rising
October 1, 2018PALU, Indonesia - Residents too afraid to sleep indoors camped out in the darkness while victims recounted harrowing stories of being separated from their loved ones after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that unleashed waves...
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From the standpoint of water
September 24, 2018Trump says Hurricane Florence was very wet, “from the standpoint of water.” Environment writer Marc Brodine shares a few more perspectives, "from the standpoint of water."
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Ravaged by deforestation, Borneo loses nearly 150,000 orangutans in 16 years
September 21, 2018"To prevent further decline and continued local extinctions of orangutans, humanity must act now."
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Trump’s climate change denial imperils all of us
September 19, 2018The effects are already here, visible in the scorching heat experienced across the country, fires in the West, drought in the South, storms in the East.
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Trump’s claim that politics inflated Puerto Rican death toll rebutted
September 19, 2018“By doubling down on egregious falsehoods, it’s easy to see why the president is hemorrhaging respect and approval in the polls."
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