Two Months Later, Arkansas Residents Still Hurting From ExxonMobil Spill

June 3, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Two Months Later, Arkansas Residents Still Hurting From ExxonMobil Spill More than two months after ExxonMobil's 65-year-old Pegasus pipeline burst and spewed a gusher of thick Canadian tar sands oil through Mayflower, AR, and into a marsh on Lake Conway—the state’s most popular fishing spot—residents are still complaining of health problems and are worried about poisonous impacts on wildlife and the environment. Many locals and some scientists have little faith in the continuous rosy assurances from Exxon and the Unified Command that testing results show the environment is safe and that tar sands oil has not contaminated the lake.  Continue reading... Death Toll In Oklahoma Storms Rises To 14 U.S. Expands Search To Unveil GMO Wheat Mystery Remembering The Storm Chasers Texas Farmer Stung To Death By Terrifying Killer Swarm PHOTO: A Sloth In A Bowl! WATCH: Crazy Video Of Car Caught In Oklahoma Tornado Three Dead Tigers Found On Reserve Within One Week WATCH: Hundreds Of Sloths Rescued After Home Destroyed WATCH: Cicada Time-Lapse Video Will Make You Cry Texas Farmer Stung To Death By Terrifying Killer Swarm WATCH: Adorable Kid Realizes Where Meat Comes From PATRICIA HOFFMAN Keeping the Lights on for Americans: Modernizing the Nation's Electric Grid A reliable and resilient electric grid is essential to meeting the rapidly-evolving needs of an increasingly digital society. Continue reading... STEVEN COHEN The Centrality of the Politics of Energy The energy policy debate is growing in intensity and it is important to understand its fundamental causes. In my view, there are two main factors to understand: our addiction to energy and the concentration of economic and political power in the energy business. Continue reading... MATTHEW STEIN Tornado Survival Tips Though nothing can guarantee absolute safety in the path of a tornado, understanding something about the nature of tornadoes, safety tips for surviving a tornado strike, and which common folklore is to be trusted or ignored, will improve your chances for making the right decision. Continue reading... TOM WEIS The Keystone XL Shuffle Given that we just passed 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, it is time for every big national environmental group to demand that President Obama extinguish this 485-mile carbon bomb fuse, before it's too late. Continue reading... PHILIP RADFORD Why North Carolina's 'Moral Mondays' Matter for Democracy and the Planet Every Monday for the past month, North Carolina citizens from across the spectrum have gathered at the State House in Raleigh to protest the pro-corporate, anti-rights agenda of the legislature's newly elected Republicans. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003