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Soil carbon storage not the climate change fix it was thought, research finds

Soil’s potential to soak up planet-warning carbon dioxide has been overestimated by as much as 40%, say scientists Hopes that large amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide could be buried in soils

September 22, 2016
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Dakota Access Blackout Continues on ABC, NBC News

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The Sacred Stone Camp established by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota has brought together thousands of demonstrators in opposition to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 1,172-mile conduit designed to carry some 200 million barrels of crude oil per year from fracking fields in North Dakota to Southern Illinois. An unprecedented coalition of hundreds of Native American tribes has faced down attack dogs and pepper spray in defense of sacred and historic sites, irreplaceable water

September 22, 2016
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State of Emergency: Charlotte NAACP & Protesters Demand Police Release Video of Keith Scott Shooting

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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory has declared a state of emergency in the city of Charlotte, where protests continued for a second night after Tuesday’s fatal police shooting of 43-year-old African American

September 22, 2016
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Protests Call for Arrest of Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby for Fatal Shooting of Terence Crutcher

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We go to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the community is reeling over video footage showing a white police officer shooting and killing 40-year-old African American Terence Crutcher while his hands were in the

September 22, 2016
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Tulsa Still Faces Historical Trauma from 1921 Riot That Left 300 Dead on Black Wall Street

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As protests continue over the police killing of Terence Crutcher, we look at how Tulsa, Oklahoma, is no stranger to racial strife. On May 31, 1921, a white mob killed as

September 22, 2016
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Connecticut State Troopers Unwittingly Film Themselves Fabricating Charges Against Protester

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Did Connecticut state troopers unwittingly record themselves fabricating charges against a protester? That’s what a new lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Connecticut claims. On September 11, 2015, Connecticut resident

September 22, 2016
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Soil carbon storage not the climate change fix it was thought, research finds

Dakota Access Blackout Continues on ABC, NBC News

State of Emergency: Charlotte NAACP & Protesters Demand Police Release Video of Keith Scott Shooting

Protests Call for Arrest of Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby for Fatal Shooting of Terence Crutcher

Tulsa Still Faces Historical Trauma from 1921 Riot That Left 300 Dead on Black Wall Street

Connecticut State Troopers Unwittingly Film Themselves Fabricating Charges Against Protester

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