Hurricane Evacuation Plans Create New Worries During Pandemic : Shots - Health News In Florida, officials fear widespread confusion when stay-at-home policies conflict with evacuation orders, and they worry about the coronavirus spreading in crowded shelters.Heard onFromToggle more optionsRobin Rokobauer doesn't like to chance it. When there's a hurricane, she almost always evacuates. Rokobauer lives in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the 153-mile-long Indian River Lagoon. Her mother is 93. "She's got to have flushing toilets," Rokobauer says of her...…Hurricane Evacuation Plans Create New Worries During Pandemic : Shots - Health News In Florida, officials fear widespread confusion when stay-at-home policies conflict with evacuation orders, and they worry about the coronavirus spreading in crowded shelters.Heard onFromToggle more optionsRobin Rokobauer doesn't like to chance it. When there's a hurricane, she almost always evacuates. Rokobauer lives in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the 153-mile-long Indian River Lagoon. Her mother is 93. "She's got to have flushing toilets," Rokobauer says of her...WW…

A federal bankruptcy judge in West Virginia could soon decide whether to allow the Blackjewel coal mining company, once the nation’s sixth-largest coal producer, to shed responsibility for thousands of strip-mined acres, setting up a potential crisis over clean-up and reclamation of the land.Bankruptcy Court Judge Benjamin Kahn will hold a hearing Wednesday in Charleston on the West Virginia-based company’s liquidation plan, which calls for the abandonment of nearly 200 mining permits in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee. Most of them are in eastern Kentucky, where the...…A federal bankruptcy judge in West Virginia could soon decide whether to allow the Blackjewel coal mining company, once the nation’s sixth-largest coal producer, to shed responsibility for thousands of strip-mined acres, setting up a potential crisis over clean-up and reclamation of the land.Bankruptcy Court Judge Benjamin Kahn will hold a hearing Wednesday in Charleston on the West Virginia-based company’s liquidation plan, which calls for the abandonment of nearly 200 mining permits in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee. Most of them are in eastern Kentucky, where the...WW…

This story is part of a series focusing on the climate records of candidates in  in November's elections.At a Glance: . Growing seasons are changing and there are that heavier rains are causing more flooding. Scientists have warned that it will get worse down the road, with crop yields and dangerous on strip-mined mountain landscapes.Sign up forOur stories. Your inbox. Every weekend.he should have done more to promote a transition away from coal. "show vote"—engineered for Democrats—on his own version of the Green New Deal, McConnell he believed in human-caused climate...…This story is part of a series focusing on the climate records of candidates in  in November's elections.At a Glance: . Growing seasons are changing and there are that heavier rains are causing more flooding. Scientists have warned that it will get worse down the road, with crop yields and dangerous on strip-mined mountain landscapes.Sign up forOur stories. Your inbox. Every weekend.he should have done more to promote a transition away from coal. "show vote"—engineered for Democrats—on his own version of the Green New Deal, McConnell he believed in human-caused climate...WW…

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect an announcement on Wednesday by Memphis Light, Gas and Water regarding its relationship to the TVA.municipal power companies serving cities like Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga into signing new contracts that, unlike previous ones, would prevent them from ever again negotiating with TVA for cheaper, cleaner electricity, the lawsuit claims in federal court in Memphis. weakening by shortening and limiting environmental reviews.TVA spokesman Scott Brooks responded that the contracts are long-term partnerships developed at the...…Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect an announcement on Wednesday by Memphis Light, Gas and Water regarding its relationship to the TVA.municipal power companies serving cities like Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga into signing new contracts that, unlike previous ones, would prevent them from ever again negotiating with TVA for cheaper, cleaner electricity, the lawsuit claims in federal court in Memphis. weakening by shortening and limiting environmental reviews.TVA spokesman Scott Brooks responded that the contracts are long-term partnerships developed at the...WW…

  the science used to establish federal air pollution regulations that have helped cities like Louisville clean up their historically dirty and deadly air quality.a current energy mix that is 80 percent coal and 19 percent natural gas. Indiana was still reliant on coal for 70 percent of its electricity in 2018, to the U.S. Energy Information Agency.. The study has 15 authors, including researchers from the University of California, Berkeley; Harvard University; University of Texas; and Propeller Health, in San Francisco.Across the country, electricity generation continues its...…  the science used to establish federal air pollution regulations that have helped cities like Louisville clean up their historically dirty and deadly air quality.a current energy mix that is 80 percent coal and 19 percent natural gas. Indiana was still reliant on coal for 70 percent of its electricity in 2018, to the U.S. Energy Information Agency.. The study has 15 authors, including researchers from the University of California, Berkeley; Harvard University; University of Texas; and Propeller Health, in San Francisco.Across the country, electricity generation continues its...WW…