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Updates from Senator Barbara Boxer

the Net economy wrote 3 days ago: CONGRESS WATCH America The Beautiful – The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, … more →

Tags: regulations, Congress Watch, Government, united states, United States Senate, United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Earth Sciences, Geology

Fourth earthquake rumbles through East Texas

raptureimminent wrote 1 week ago: May 27, 2012 – TEXAS - The fourth earthquake in 16 days hit East Texas early Saturday. No injuries o … more →

Tags: Earthquakes, Earthquake, Texas, East Texas, United States Geological Survey, Stephen F. Austin State University, timpson, Shreveport Louisiana

Another Ban On Hydraulic Fracturing3 comments

jpgreenword wrote 1 week ago: (For those who are not familiar with the technique, hydraulic fracturing is the process by which mil … more →

Tags: hydraulic fracturing, climate change, Coal, Methane, Gasland, fracking, Ban on hydraulic fracturing, Vermont Governor Shumlin, France

Faults discovered near Lake Tahoe could generate earthquakes ranging from 6.3 to 6.9

raptureimminent wrote 1 week ago: May 25, 2012 – NEVADA  – Results of a new U.S. Geological Survey study conclude that faults west of … more →

Tags: Earthquakes, united states, lake tahoe, Nevada, Sierra Nevada, California, Tahoe-Sierra, Fault (geology)

News Mash:Thrust quakes happening in ways they're generally not supposed to happen...cheescake anyone?7 comments

anguishedrepose wrote 1 week ago: The general news media can ignore it all they want to… It won’t change facts. That being … more →

Tags: Nature&Environment, Food, News Mash, Depression, Cheesecake, Depression & Eating, shallow earthquake, sumatra earthquakes

Quake shakes Italy leaves 4 dead

IJR News Staff wrote 1 week ago: New quake rattles Italy after earlier tremor kills 7 From Barbie Nadeau, For CNN A rescuer walks nea … more →

Tags: Latest world news, Everything Internet, Breaking News Headlines, World News, NATO, Italy, franco gabrielli, FINALE EMILIA, Civil Protection Department

John Wesley Powell and Indian Affairs

chipetawrite wrote 2 weeks ago: The Powell-Ingalls Special Commission meeting with Southern Paiutes near St. George. Standing figure … more →

Tags: Research, John Wesley Powell, G.W. Ingalls, Nachfes, Winnemucca, Seguit, Kanosh, john k. hillers, Four Great Western Surveys

Panetta seeks ratification of the Law of the Sea Convention

Eric Watkins wrote 3 weeks ago: By Eric Watkins LOS ANGELES, May 9 – If U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta has anything to do … more →

Tags: Arctic, Article 82, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, China, Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, Drilling, Gas, International Seabed authority, ISA

Stream temps not warming as fast as atmosphere

Bob Berwyn wrote 1 month ago: Researchers surprised at finding streams cooler than expected Study suggests stream temps may not wa … more →

Tags: Climate and Weather, Environment, Global Warming, rivers, water, Climate, Oregon State University, Rivers, stream temperatures

Technical Announcement: From Decade to Decade: What’s the Status of our Groundwater Quality?

fulltextreports wrote 1 month ago: Technical Announcement: From Decade to Decade: What’s the Status of our Groundwater Quality? Source: … more →

Tags: Environment

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petchary wrote 1 month ago: Reblogged from Repeating Islands: The Department of Marine Resources informs the public that the two … more →

Tags: Environment, Americas, Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas, Biology, manatee, West Indian manatee, Nassau

3.8 quake rocks Devore, California

IJR News Staff wrote 1 month ago: Earthquake registering 3.8 strikes southern California By Michael Martinez and Kara Devlin, CNN The … more →

Tags: Latest U.S. News, Everything Internet, Breaking News Headlines, California, San Bernardino County, San Andreas Fault, 3.8 earthquake, DeVore, Lucy Jones

How Did Dinosaurs Get Miles Under the Earth?2 comments

John Malcolm wrote 1 month ago: By Bob Unruh | April 25, 2012 | WND Bob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after spending nearly three decades … more →

Tags: Agenda 21, Global Government, abiotic oil, Artificial Scarcity, Attorney General, bakken formation, Canada, chemists, Coal

Studies find more chemicals, medications in drinking water

WRC559 wrote 1 month ago: Tiani Jones wkrn.com April 25, 2012 A study has found what starts out in someone else’s personal med … more →

Tags: News, United States Geological Survey, united states, drinking water, Tennessee, toilet, Bathroom cabinet, Hydrology

Small Earthquake, Aftershock Hit San Jose Area

bdisbrow wrote 1 month ago: SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – A small earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.2 rattled an area nea … more →

Tags: News, Local, san jose, Earthquake, map, quake, Fault

Earthquakes in Central U.S. Tied to Fracking1 comment

turcanin wrote 1 month ago: Over the past few years, the number of earthquakes in the usually seismically calm central United St … more →

Tags: the blog, United States Geological Survey, Earthquake, Seismological Society of America, hydraulic fracturing, npr, University of Memphis, safe drinking water act, fracking

Small Earthquake Rattles Walnut Creek Area

carloscbs5 wrote 1 month ago: WALNUT CREEK (CBS SF) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.4 shook the Walnut Cre … more →

Tags: Local, News, Earthquake, quake, USGS, Walnut Creek

USGS Releases Global Estimate for Undiscovered, Technically Recoverable Conventional Oil and Gas Resources

fulltextreports wrote 1 month ago: USGS Releases Global Estimate for Undiscovered, Technically Recoverable Conventional Oil and Gas Res … more →

Tags: Energy, INTERNATIONAL

Morning Shot: April 17, 2012

Robert Turner wrote 1 month ago: Birthday Shots Today’s birthday shot goes out to my very good friend and inspiration Dr. Will Braun, … more →

Tags: Civil Rights, Politics, GLBT, Friends, DC, Potpourri, Sen. Joe Lieberman, DCist, roll call


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