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ABC News: ‘Scientists Say Human-Caused Climate Change Is … Creating More … – ThinkProgress
Posted by ABCNews: Joe Romm on June 30th, 2013
ABCNews: A very good ABC News story from last week:
Here`s the transcript:
And once again tonight, flooding, tornadoes, hail, and fire as the nation takes another punch from mother nature and climate. ABC`s Clayton Sandell shows us what the weather and climate are doing and what it`s costing us.
Reporter: This tornado spotted near dix, nebraska.
Just part of a weather juggernaut today pounding the plains and midwest. In minnesota, 60-mile-an-hour winds flipped big rigs. And were powerful enough...
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New US study inflames South Africa’s fracking debate
Posted by Mail & Guardian: Sarah Wild on June 30th, 2013
Mail & Guardian: A new study in the United States that links hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to high concentrations of methane in drinking wells has reignited the South African debate about the controversial technique for extracting natural gas.
South Africa's plan to drill for natural gas in the Karoo Basin, which could pave the way towards increasing its energy independence and boosting the economy, has been met with vociferous opposition from civil and environmental lobby groups.
They say that the government...