"Corpses Strewn, People Missing a Week After Dorian Hit the Bahamas"
"MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas — The corpse was lying on its back, dressed in black shorts and a red shirt, arms outstretched, face toward the sky."
Source: NY Times, 09/09/2019
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Grijalva Asks Expanded Probe of Interior Political Review of FOIA Records
"The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee requested a government watchdog investigate additional details in its ongoing probe of the Interior Department’s new public records policy, which allows political appointees to review and potentially withhold documents from release."
Source: The Hill, 09/09/2019
"NOAA Staff Warned In Sept. 1 Directive Against Contradicting Trump"
"Nearly a week before the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publicly backed President Trump over its own scientists, a top NOAA official warned its staff against contradicting the president."
Source: Washington Post, 09/09/2019
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"Public Lands: FBI Reverses Course On Bundy's Gun"
"The FBI yesterday approved anti-government activist Ammon Bundy for purchase of an AR-15 rifle, reversing its initial rejection days after the Idaho resident staged a social media campaign on his quest for a new firearm."
Source: Greenwire, 09/06/2019
"The ‘Blob’ Is Back: New Marine Heat Wave Emerges Off West Coast"
"A massive marine heat wave that caused record warming of ocean waters off the West Coast five years ago, sending salmon numbers crashing and malnourished sea lions washing up on beaches across California and other Pacific states, is back, scientists said Thursday."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 09/06/2019
Trump DOI Broke Law By Using Entrance Fees To Keep Parks Open: GAO
"The Interior Department broke federal spending law when it dipped into national park fees to keep its most popular sites operating during this winter’s partial federal shutdown, the Government Accountability Office concluded Thursday."
Source: Washington Post, 09/06/2019
"As Disasters Multiply, Billions in Recovery Funds Go Unspent"
"The Trump administration is sitting on tens of billions of dollars in unspent recovery money meant to help Americans recover from disasters, leaving people less able to rebound from the effects of Hurricane Dorian and other storms."
Source: NY Times, 09/06/2019
"Hog Waste Fears Raised Again as Dorian Approaches North Carolina"
"Environmental groups are watching dozens of lagoons of swine waste stored directly in Hurricane Dorian’s path in North Carolina with growing trepidation, fearful that a breach will release millions of gallons of manure."
Source: Bloomberg, 09/06/2019
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