Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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“Evil Dead” is more dead than evil
April 9, 2013Five friends head to a cabin deep in the woods, where they find a sinister book that unleashes a demonic force, which proceeds to pick them off one by one.
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Arkansas oil spill paints town black, pipeline risks exposed
April 2, 2013Exxon Mobil's Pegasus pipeline ruptured March 29, spewing thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude throughout the town of Mayflower, Ark.
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Recovery underway for Minnesota oil spill, but what lessons learned?
March 29, 2013On March 28 in western Minnesota, a mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed, leading to a spill of about 15,000 gallons of crude.
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Cold spring linked with melting sea ice
March 26, 2013Across large portions of North America and Europe, the beginning of spring has been cold. Scientists have now attributed that to the intense loss of Arctic sea ice caused by climate change.
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GOP plans to litter budget with anti-environment amendments
March 22, 2013Republicans plan to attach 110 anti-environment amendments to the Senate budget bill, not merely in the interest of climate change denial, but as a way of giving gifts to big corporations.
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Just outside of Vegas, coal plant gambles with lives
March 21, 2013For years, the NV Energy-owned Reid Gardner coal plant just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada has been poisoning the Moapa tribe of Paiute Native Americans.
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Exhibit exposes coal’s impact on communities
March 5, 2013The "Climate of Uncertainty" exhibit, explorong the negative impact humans are having on the environment, continued at the DePaul Art Museum with an event called "Coal Country and Beyond."
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Three coal plant shutdowns a victory for health and climate
February 26, 2013Energy giant AEP announced it would be shutting down three coal-fired power plants in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky after growing pressure and opposition by environmentalists.
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