Big Sur Parks Shut As California Wildfire Threatens Coast
California wildfire forces Big Sur park closures amid peak tourist season. Fire near Big Sur expands to 30 square miles with 10 percent containment. 7,500 daily visitors cut off as smoke drifts over the Pacific Coast Highway. A separate Wyoming blaze jeopardizes hundreds of homes while Bridger-Teton fires grow. Local resident Jim Newby laments smoky ocean views.
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Remains of lost Spanish fort found on South Carolina coast
Archaeologists locate San Marcos fort on Parris Island near Hilton Head, first capital of Spanish Florida. Researchers Chester DePratter and Victor Thompson used ground penetrating radar to map a 15 acre Santa Elena site, confirming the 1577 fort as part of the Santa Elena settlement.
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AGs Refuse Subpoenas in Climate Probe Fight
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Massachusetts AG Maura Healey declined Tuesday to comply with House Science Committee subpoenas for records tied to investigations into alleged ExxonMobil climate misrepresentation. Committee chair Lamar Smith warns of further action as rights and investigations clash amid a broader GOP push on climate science.
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Environmental groups oppose Energy East pipeline plan
Environmentalists and groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club oppose TransCanada s Energy East Pipeline a 4600 kilometer route moving crude from tar sands in Western Canada to Eastern refineries and Gulf Coast markets They warn of spills across rivers streams and lakes and potential devastation to coastal tourism and fisheries if an accident occurs along the Atlantic continental shelf and East Coast segments.
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