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Deep-sea mining goes to court, a year in climate reporting, oyster-adorned singers, and more! The Monday Morning Salvage: December 11, 2017.

Posted on December 11, 2017 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • 2017 Year in Climate. It’s been a wild, woolly years of climate highs and policy lows.
    • How Americans Think About Climate Change, in Six Maps.
    • Climate Change Is Complex. We’ve Got Answers to Your Questions.
    • As Climate Changes, Southern States Will Suffer More Than Others.
    • Miles of Ice Collapsing Into the Sea.
  • Fossils of Congress, featuring real, non-elected fossils, found around DC, might be my new favorite thing.
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Six question for PCS Phosphate regrading the proposed sulfur melting facility at the Morehead City Port

Posted on July 22, 2011July 22, 2011 By Andrew Thaler 2 Comments on Six question for PCS Phosphate regrading the proposed sulfur melting facility at the Morehead City Port
Conservation

For background, please see our original post – Secrets and Sulfur at the Morehead City Port. Over the last two days, I’ve dug through the PCS Phosphate Environmental Assessment, checked out some of the press reports, and talked to an insider from their Aurora facility. After pouring through what little data is available, I have six concerns that I would like to see addressed before this project is approved.

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Secrets and Sulfur at the Morehead City Port

Posted on July 21, 2011July 21, 2011 By Andrew Thaler 9 Comments on Secrets and Sulfur at the Morehead City Port
Conservation
Proposed site. Wetlands indicated in purple. From the PCS Phosphate EA.

The news caught us by surprise. PCS Phospate, a division of Potash Corp. and one of the largest suppliers of fertilizer in the world is planing to build a Sulfur processing plant in Morehead City. Seemingly overnight, it had grown from a few rumors to an announcement that the final permitting and funding process was already underway. Initial planning began almost a year ago, and an environmental assessment was produce in in December 2010, but at no point during this year of closed door meetings was there ever a public review. The first official notice occurred when an adjacent landowner was informed of the expansion.

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