Violent Storms Leave Several Dead And Thousands More Without Power

January 31, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Violent Storms Leave Several Dead And Thousands More Without Power ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A violent storm system that spawned deadly tornadoes in the South delivered torrential rain and dangerous winds to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, leaving at least three people dead and tens of thousands without electricity as swollen rivers threatened flooding.  Continue reading... Crews Work To Clean Up Mississippi River Oil Spill Missouri Lawmakers: Agenda 21 Details Will 'Make Your Hair Fall Out' New England Fishing Quotas Slashed Domestic Cats Kill Billions Of Mice And Birds Per Year, Study Estimates Tornadoes In Georgia And Tennessee Cause Widespread Destruction (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) Adairsville, Georgia Tornado: Southeast Battered By Deadly Storm (LIVE UPDATES) 'Pet Restrooms' In China To Be Public Bathrooms For Animals Invasive Species The U.S. Gave The World, Including Lobsters, Raccoons And Bullfrogs Puppy Bowl 2013: Real Winners Are The Animal Shelters Meet The Quokka, The Happiest Animal In The World (PHOTOS) Hedgehogs Linked To Salmonella Outbreak In Several States BRIAN CZECH Confessions of a Closet Football Fan The NFL has a huge and growing ecological footprint in an age when the planet and the grandkids can't afford it. Continue reading... LUCY EMERSON-BELL The New Climate Reality: Expensive, Destructive, and Coming in Hot Call us crazy but wouldn't it make more sense to consider a long-term investment in our future through embracing renewable energy, funding innovative technologies and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, rather than "reconstruction efforts" or throwing money at the problem after the fact? Continue reading... CARL SAFINA Kenya 3: Collaring an Elephant to Help Against Poaching Researchers are trying to build an "alarm collar." It's a new kind of collar that can show if an elephant is up, down, or running. They hope to eventually use that information to more quickly dispatch rangers to try to catch poachers before they get too far. Continue reading... BRAD JOHNSON Opponents of Sandy Relief Should Form the 'Jackass' Caucus Former Sen. Al D'Amato has called the opponents of Sandy relief a "bunch of jackasses." It's a term they should embrace. I recognize that many potential members of the Caucus may not seem qualified -- after all, they have requested assistance when disasters have struck their districts in the past. Continue reading... KERRY TRUEMAN The Flaming Faucet That Ignited the Mothers Project: A Conversation With Angela Monti Fox Angela Monti Fox is a psychotherapist and social worker by vocation, but she's also an activist by what you might call an accident of birth -- she's the mother of filmmaker Josh Fox, whose 2010 Emmy award-winning documentary Gasland exposed the perils of hydraulic fracturing. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.