Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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U.S.
GOP sets oil pipeline as condition for payroll tax cut for workers
December 16, 2011Republicans are holding payroll tax cuts hostage to their scheme to approve an environmentally devastating oil pipeline extension.
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World
Chilling discovery: Arctic ice releases deadly greenhouse gas
December 14, 2011Methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, has been found by scientists in deadly, bubbling plumes on the surface of the Arctic Ocean.
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U.S.
Poisoned water, endangered turtles: the shell-shocking effects of fracking
December 13, 2011On Dec. 8, for the first time, federal environmental experts linked underground water pollution with fracking,
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U.S.
Scientists may give Earth some sunscreen
December 7, 2011Apparently, the world could use some sunshades. At least, that is one of the many options being considered.
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U.S.
Kentucky church attacked interracial couples
December 5, 2011A Kentucky Church voted to ban interracial couples from joining its congreration. Fortunately the ban has since been overturned.
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U.S.
Jobless enter Capitol, demand benefits extension
December 1, 2011Two hundred unemployed workers marched into the halls of Congress yesterday and served their lawmakers with 75,000 signatures on petitions demanding extension of unemployment benefits for the six million Americans about to lose them.
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World
UN summit talks global warming
November 30, 20112011 is, so far, the world's tenth warmest year on record, despite the warming being masked by cooling La Nina conditions.
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U.S.
Air Force welcomes Wiccans and pagans
November 29, 2011In Colorado Springs, Colo., the U.S. Air Force Academy has dedicated an $80,000 outdoor worship center to followers of alternative religions.
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