The Youth Group vs a Pipeline

The Youth Group That Launched
a Movement at Standing Rock

In the fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline, Native American
activists achieved one of the most galvanizing environmental
victories in years — and it all began with a group of teenagers.

Standing Rock - Started with a Youth Group 

Silent Spring and Malaria

https://nyti.ms/2koTzVQ

Road Salt and Ohio's Tropical Sea

From PBS Newshour - July 23rd/.

"JUDY WOODRUFF: Now to our NewsHour Shares, something that caught our eye that might be of interest to you, too.

Every winter, millions of tons of salt are spread across the country’s roads and sidewalks. Much of it comes Ohio’s Whiskey Island Salt Mine.

Elizabeth Miller of WVIZ/PBS ideastream in Cleveland reports.

ELIZABETH MILLER: When old man winter rears his icy head, there’s one thing that keeps Ohio from becoming a virtual slip ‘n slide: salt. A natural deicer, over 17 million tons of rock salt was spread over roads and sidewalks in the United States during the particularly fierce winter of 2015.

But where does it all come from? The answer might surprise you.. "

Read on to the answer