Disasters
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Study finds earthquakes continue for years after gas field wastewater injection stops | Margaret Allen
Study area for the DFW Airport earthquake sequence. Yellow triangles are the 2008-2009 SMU operated stations. Blue asterisks are the earthquakes reported by the 2013-2016 SMU earthquake catalog, ...
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On Repairing/Rebuilding 100,000+ Damaged Houses | Charles Hugh Smith
Texas National Guard soldiers arrive in Houston, Texas to aid citizens in heavily flooded areas from the storms of Hurricane Harvey. (Photos by Lt. Zachary West, 100th MPAD) Almost lost in all the ...
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Hurricanes Highlight Failure to Enforce Flood Insurance Rules | Christopher Flavelle
Hurricane Irma over the Virgin Islands at peak intensity on September 6, 2017 as the second most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of sustained winds. MODIS image captured by NASA’s Aqua ...
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Massive sunspots and huge solar flares mean unexpected space weather for Earth | Alexa Halford, Brett Carter and Julie Currie
Two sunspots that can be seen with eclipse glasses have the potential to impact Earth's technology and Weather Sept. 7, 2017 (The Conversation) -- If you still have your solar viewing glasses from ...
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Harvey Wasn’t Just Bad Weather. It Was Bad City Planning | Peter Coy and Christopher Flavelle
A family in Katy, just west of Houston, floats on an inflatable mattress. PHOTOGRAPHER: PHILIP MONTGOMERY FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK Houston exulted in sprawling, hands-off growth. That’s no way to ...
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Get Ready For The First Shocks Of Trump's Disaster Capitalism | Naomi Klein
Hurricane Katrina, Aug. 29, 2005. (NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Jan. 24, 2017 (The Intercept) -- We already know that the Trump administration plans to deregulate markets, ...
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Hurricane Mathew vs. Shock and Awe of Empire | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 26, 2016 On Friday, Oct. 7, we were awaiting the hurricane named Mathew that was fast approaching Daytona Beach, Florida. My wife and ...
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Activism is a Job! | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. (“Occupy this Book” excerpt) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 28, 2014 (The following is an edited excerpt from Occupy this Book: Mickey Z. on Activism, which can be ...
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Bhopal: 30 Years of Struggle and Survival | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Interview with Reena Shadaan Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “If you believe in corporate accountability, environmental health and justice, social justice, reproductive ...
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Ebola still rampant in three African countries, death toll near 4,000 - WHO | Tom Miles
GENEVA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 3,879 people out of 8,033 cases by the end of Oct. 5, with no evidence that the epidemic was being brought under control in ...
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The Buffalo Wind | John Michael Greer
Oct. 1, 2014 (Archdruid Report) -- I've talked more than once in these essays about the challenge of discussing the fall of civilizations when the current example is picking up speed right outside ...
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