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Climate Change Is Killing Agriculture As We Know It
Posted by Gothamist: None Given on May 22nd, 2015
Gothamist: If we don't drown or suffocate first, it's a very real possibility that life on earth will starve to death as climate change ravages planet Earth. Though it serves as the background story for Christopher Nolan's film Interstellar, the agricultural implications of climate change haven't been the face of the planetary event--polar bears are much cuter, of course--but a new documentary film from Academy Award-winning director Sandy McLeod aims to change that, bringing the human toll of drought and crop...
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Officials Confirm Fracking Caused Water Contamination In Penn Wells
Posted by Gothamist: None Given on August 29th, 2014
Gothamist: As Governor Cuomo continues to mull over the current statewide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, some disturbing fracking-related news has come out of Pennsylvania: fracking has contaminated private drinking wells a previously undisclosed 243 times over six years, according to the state's Department of Environmental Protection.
The Associated Press reported this week that the 243 cases were reported between 2008 and 2014, thanks to the DEP's "thorough review" of statewide files [pdf]. Contamination...