MORNING READS: -Scientists have discovered plumes of methane gas rising from the seafloor under the Arctic, and believe it’s a result of global warming. The potential danger of large amounts of methane that had been locked up in the ice being released as it melts is enormous, as a pound of methane has approximately twenty times the warming power of a pound of carbon. -The US terror “watch list” has expanded dramatically during Barack Obama’s presidency, and Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux report for The Intercept that 40 percent of the people on it have “no recognized terrorist group affiliation.” -Reuters reports that the “State Department is increasing security at some American embassies in anticipation of the public release of a long-awaited Senate report” detailing the CIA’s use of torture. Those stories and others, in our Morning Reads.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:28:53 +0000
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