In Los Angeles this week, three city council members blamed fracking for an earthquake, though they are not actually certain whether any fracking has occurred. In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio is continuing his fight to crush charter schools that
Though they do not actually know whether there is any hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) happening in Los Angeles, three members of the city council have introduced a resolution that blames tracking for Monday’s 4.4-magnitude earthquake, the Los Angeles Times reports. Last month,
The marketing gurus at Legendary took a page out of Rahm Emanuel’s playbook. The former Obama administration official once declared, “you never want to let a serious crisis go to waste.” Legendary took advantage of today’s 4.4 earthquake in the
Local news anchors different reactions as a 4.4-magnitude earthquake shook the Los Angeles area on Monday morning… Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
A 4.7-magnitude earthquake hit west Los Angeles this morning shortly before 6:30 a.m., waking the city up with a start and rocking vehicles back and forth during the morning commute. No significant damage was reported. A 4.7 magnitude earthquake occurred
The Associated Press is reporting that officials involved in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are “increasingly certain” that someone with aviation experience shut off the plane’s communications and flew it out into the Indian Ocean. The reports
Scientists who don’t believe in catastrophic man-made global warming should be put in prison, a US philosophy professor argues on a website funded by the UK government. Lawrence Torcello – assistant professor of philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology, NY,
Three years ago, a massive 9.0-magnitude offshore earthquake rocked Japan and generated a massive tsunami that eventually knocked out the Fukushima nuclear power plant and caused widespread destruction. Today, Californians are bracing for a similar event, as new research indicates
(AFP) — Two residential buildings in Manhattan collapsed in an explosion on Wednesday, killing two women and injuring at least 17 other people as a serious fire spewed out thick smoke, officials said.The explosion struck a building at 116th Street
Three years ago today, an earthquake-induced tsunami devastated Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power complex. The flooding knocked out power required to cool reactors and their spent fuel pools, causing dangerous – and continuing – radioactive contamination. Unfortunately, unless we act quickly,
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The snow and ice dumped by an unusually severe winter storm were melting, once-frigid temperatures were rising and residents of South Carolina and Georgia finally had begun to relax. Then the earth shuddered. A small earthquake
The same group that bombed Russia three times in Volgograd is now asking their followers to pray for a major earthquake in Sochi, Russia. The Caucasus Emirate wants an Islamist State in Russia’s North Caucasus. “All who are able to
As the U.S.Chamber of Commerce renews their efforts to pass the Senate’s stalledimmigration overhaul that includes legalizing millions of illegal aliens, theU.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) continues its history oftrying to kick out taxpaying, crime-free, professional legalimmigrants–including earthquake engineers
There will be two seismometers installed at CenturyLink field for Saturday’s NFC playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints in Seattle, home to the NFL’s loudest stadium. The last two times New Orleans has played in
(AP) 2-year renovation starts for Capitol’s famous domeBy CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated PressWASHINGTONA world-famous symbol of democracy is going under cover, as workers start a two-year, $60 million renovation of the U.S. Capitol dome. Curved rows of scaffolds, like Saturn’s rings, will
(AP) Study: Yellowstone magma much bigger than thoughtBy MATT VOLZAssociated PressHELENA, Mont.The hot molten rock beneath Yellowstone National Park is 2 1/2 times larger than previously estimated, meaning the park’s supervolcano has the potential to erupt with a force about
Not only did Seattle Seahawks fans set a noise record for an outdoor stadium in Seattle’s 34-7 thumping of New Orleans on Monday night, but the raucous fans in the NFL’s toughest stadium for visitors also registered a magnitude 1
This Thanksgiving was more politicized than any in recent memory. More than the last one, after Barack Obama won re-election after four disappointing years. More than the 2008 Thanksgiving, which happened right after that bitterly contentious campaign, and when Slate.com
CBC News: A volcanic eruption has raised an island in the seas to the far south of Tokyo, the Japanese Coast Guard and earthquake experts said. Advisories from the coast guard and the Japan Meteorological Agency said the islet is
On Tuesday, former Marxist-turned-conservative icon David Horowitz spoke at the Heritage Foundation to mark the launch of what will be a ten-volume compendium of his writings on leftism, The Black Book of the American Left. In his wide-ranging speech, Horowitz
(AP) Japan nuke agency urges drastic steps at FukushimaBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOIn their first meeting since Japan created a new, more independent nuclear agency 13 months ago, the top regulator urged the head of the utility that runs the crippled
(AP) 7.3-magnitude quake rocks Japan; no damage reportsBy MARI YAMAGUCHI and KEN MORITSUGUAssociated PressTOKYOAn earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck early Saturday off Japan’s east coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and Japan’s emergency agencies issued a tsunami advisory for the
(AP) Death toll in Philippines quake reaches 110By BULLIT MARQUEZAssociated PressCEBU, PhilippinesThe death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippine island of Bohol reached 110 Wednesday with only three people pulled alive from rubble. The three were
BBC News: Six workers at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant have been doused in radioactive water, its operator says. The incident happened after a worker removed a pipe connected to a water treatment system at the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company
