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Live Science: An important seismic event imperceptible to humans has begun in the Pacific Northwest as predicted, according to the government agency Geological Survey of Canada. The chance of a major earthquake is 30 times higher now for a roughly two-week period, but the odds are still remote, scientists say. The event is called episodic…
...Read MoreSome of the worlds largest and oldest trees have been saved the saw after a federal judge issued an injunction and questioned the lumber companies reasons for not cutting the trees when originally given permission. Mercury News: “A federal judge halted the Bush administration’s bid to keep logging 2,000 acres in Giant Sequoia National Monument,…
...Read MoreUnion Democrat: A falling boulder killed a 42-year-old Modesto woman and injured her young son Saturday as they were enjoying a family fishing trip at Pinecrest Lake. The family was fishing with friends on a granite slope below a popular hiking trail that rims the lake when a boulder the size of a small SUV…
...Read MoreOye. Look at what’s been found in my own backyard. Union Democrat: The U.S. Forest Service has re-leased a plan for fixing an abandoned uranium mine near Kennedy Meadows that is leaking radioactive material into a nearby creek. The plans, released Friday, call for putting radioactive dirt and rock back into the pit from which…
...Read MoreMercury News: A judge ruled Monday that a fire-control plan for Giant Sequoia National Monument violated federal law because the blueprint, which includes logging the preserve that is home to two-thirds of the world’s largest trees, did not undergo an environmental review. U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer ruled that the U.S. Forest Service failed…
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