Sequoyah Fuels Corporation site before and after nuclear waste removal. (Photo courtesy of Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People) by Native News Online Staff / Native News Online GORE, Okla. — A semitrailer quietly left the former Sequoyah Fuels Corporation site near Gore this week, hauling away the last of
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Yellowstone Streams Recovering Thanks to Wolf Reintroduction
Photo: Blacktail Deer Creek courtesy of Oregon State University. by Steve Lundeberg / Science Daily The findings, published today in Ecohydrology, are important because they highlight the role big predators play in the health of aquatic and riparian ecosystems. Robert Beschta and William Ripple of the OSU College of Forestry
Next Generation ‘May Never See the Glory of Coral Reefs’
Bleached coral in Guam in 2017. Photograph: David Burdick/AP by Jonathan Watts / The Guardian Undersea forests, bleached and killed by rising ocean temperature, might disappear in a few decades, experts warn. Children born today may be the last generation to see coral reefs in all their glory, according
Stop Biodiversity Loss or We Could Face Our Own Extinction, Warns UN
Deforestation in Indonesian to make way for a palm oil concession. Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Greenpeace by Jonathan Watts / The Guardian The world has two years to secure a deal for nature to halt a ‘silent killer’ as dangerous as climate change, says biodiversity chief. The world must thrash out a
Fishermen Petition State to Control Pollution on California’s Wildest Salmon River
Submitted post. Smith River, CA – Today the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Institute for Fisheries Resources, and Environmental Law Foundation petitioned California’s State Water Resources Control Board to regulate large scale pesticide pollution from lily bulb farms in the Smith River’s estuary. The Smith River in far Northern
Mountain Valley Pipeline Ordered to Halt Construction at Stream Crossings
By Appalachian Voices staff UPDATE: On October 22, the Pittsburg District of the Army Corps of Engineers suspended a third water-crossing permit on the project, effectively halting all construction through waters of the entire 303-mile path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline is now halted
Water Protectors Lock-Down Dallas Mansion of Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners
from L’eau Est La Vie October 20, 2018 Water Protectors shut down ETP shareholders meeting days after ETP security sunk two boats filled with journalists and Water Protectors in the swamps of the Atchafalya Basin DALLAS, TEXAS 10/19 – On Friday morning, Water Protectors locked themselves to gates at the
Hurricane Michael Brings New Threat to Florida’s Victims: Toxic Red Tide
Damage from Hurricane Michael is seen in Mexico Beach, Florida. Photograph: AP by Richard Luscombe/The Guardian If destroyed homes, lost livelihoods and mass power outages were not enough to be dealing with, Florida’s victims of Hurricane Michael are facing another potential problem – the state’s toxic red tide. In the days