Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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Environment
What’s behind Greenland’s black snow?
February 7, 2018It sounds like something out of post-apocalyptic fiction, but the dark snow falling on land ranging from the Arctic to the Himalayas is quite real. The material found in the snow is comprised of dust and...
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Trump’s fracking plans put Nevada, West Virginia in crosshairs
November 16, 2017“We won’t let Nevada’s water and wildlife be sacrificed for oil industry profits."
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Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and the storm of climate denial
September 8, 2017How many superstorms will it take before the climate deniers - congressional reps and Trump among them - realize the danger they pose?
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Leaked climate report reveals the truth Trump won’t accept
August 9, 2017What do federal scientists do when the presidential administration ignores - and actively works against - their climate research? They leak a draft copy of their study before President Trump can hide the results.
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Trump pulls out of Paris climate accord
June 1, 2017President Trump may make a decision that would widen a rift between the U.S. and its allies, as well as take an enormous step backward in the fight against climate change.
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Amid Trump’s war on climate, a March for Science approaches
April 5, 2017The March for Science campaign gathered 1.3 million supporters on Facebook and Twitter within a week of its inception, but what began as a social media movement will soon take the form of a mass demonstration...
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Natural gas leak leaves Alaska’s Cook Inlet in deep trouble
March 21, 2017The pipeline belongs to a gas production facility built in 1964 by Shell, the most ancient of 16 offshore oil and gas platforms that currently take up residence in the Cook Inlet.
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Arctic temperatures soar as sea ice shrinks
March 15, 2017The shrinking ice is damaging the livelihoods of indigenous people and endangering wildlife.
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