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AP investigation on slavery in the seafood industry wins Pulitzer Prize -
"Seafood from Slaves" chronicles the use of slave labor on fishing vessels in Southeast Asia. The investigation led to the release of more than 2,000 captive workers. Associated Press
The country emits more methane than previously thought -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revised its annual greenhouse gas emissions estimates to include new data on methane pollution from the oil and gas sector. The agency now says the oil and gas industry is the country's largest source of methane, accounting for one-third of total emissions. Previous reports suggested livestock was the highest methane source. Washington Post
A leak at a nuclear waste facility in Washington State has turned "catastrophic" -
A storage tank at the Hanford Site has been slowly leaking since 2011. Since then the state has been pressuring the federal government to pump out the tank's contents, which are the radioactive by-products of plutonium production. Work finally began about three weeks ago, but the pumping seems to have exacerbated the leak—it expanded significantly over the weekend and now poses a serious threat to workers and the environment. KREM
Pacific fishers won't make the Endangered Species List after all -
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined two years ago that the predators needed federal protection to save them from extinction, citing wildfires, logging, and pesticide use in the marijuana industry as major threats. But this week, the agency backtracked, saying it'll instead work on reintroductions and with landowners to protect fishers in private forests.The Oregonian
We had to check that our models were still working properly.
—Peter Langen, a climate scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute, discusses new data that show current melting across 12 percent of Greenland's ice sheet—a highly abnormal number for April.