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Border Patrol keeps immigration checkpoints open as Hurricane Harvey shuts down Texas
As Texans in the Rio Grande Valley prepare for Hurricane Harvey, the U.S. Border Patrol said its checkpoints north of the border will remain open.
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Trump’s proposed cuts to weather research could make it much harder to prepare for storms
The cuts would cripple NOAA’s ability to keep afloat its satellites and data-gathering activities, affecting those depending on it when planning for snowstorms and hurricanes.
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Hurricane Harvey aims for the Texas fracking boom’s favorite port
Corpus Christi’s oil infrastructure has grown tremendously over the past decade.
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Zinke doesn’t want to eliminate our beautiful national monuments, so he’s shrinking them
The Interior secretary is planning to make some changes.
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A Texas-size flood threatens the Gulf Coast, and we’re so not ready
As much as 40 inches of rain could hit parts of Texas and Louisiana. Meteorologists are getting worried.
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Researchers took on Exxon’s dare to prove it misled the public about climate change
Exxon “contributed quietly to the science and loudly to raising doubts about it.”
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Trump axed a federal climate panel, turning a blind eye to public safety
“We didn’t see this coming.”
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Trump halted a study of coal’s health effects in Appalachia
This is bad news for people living near mountaintop coal removal sites.
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Online startup Crowd Cow wants to disrupt the meat market. The stakes have never been higher.
The online sensation provides “steak holders” with slick marketing and ranchers with new customers. But is its promise overcooked?
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California defies Trump claim that environmental regulation kills economic growth
The state's example suggests that the president's deregulation spree isn't necessary.
