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Can anyone break Russia’s hold on Europe’s gas?
Posted by Christian Science Monitor: David J. Unger on September 14th, 2013
Christian Science Monitor: In Europe, they want cheaper natural gas to jumpstart an economy crippled by high energy costs. They aren't getting what they want from their current suppliers – namely Russia, which provides Europe with almost a third of its gas. But the global energy landscape is shifting, loosening Russia's tight grip on European markets.
"The European gas market at this moment is somewhat depressed due to its economy," David Goldwyn, former special envoy for international energy affairs under Secretary of...
Colorado Flooding: Did Climate Change Play A Role In Recent Disaster?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 14th, 2013
Climate Central: The Boulder, Colo. area is reeling after being inundated by record rainfall, with more than half a year’s worth of rain falling over the past three days. During those three days, 24-hour rainfall totals of between 8 and 10 inches across much of the Boulder area were enough to qualify this storm as a 1 in 1,000 year event, meaning that it has a 0.1 percent chance of occurring in a given year.
At least four people have been confirmed dead so far, and thousands have been evacuated from their homes...
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Comments Off on Colorado Flooding: Did Climate Change Play A Role In Recent Disaster?United States: 234 remain ‘unaccounted for’, rescuers slowly gain ground
Posted by Daily Camera: Mitchell Byars on September 14th, 2013
Daily Camera: Search and rescue teams on Saturday took full advantage of a break in the torrential rain that has been hammering Boulder County as more than 1,200 people have been evacuated so far in the wake of a 100-year flood in what officials said may be the largest aerial rescue since Hurricane Katrina.
With weather conditions improving , rescue teams were able to send helicopters into the mountain towns of western Boulder County as well as high-clearance vehicles into the town of Lyons to evacuate stranded...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on United States: 234 remain ‘unaccounted for’, rescuers slowly gain groundClimate change prompts new concerns about Delta tunnels, Sacramento water supply
Posted by Sacramento Bee: Matt Weiser on September 14th, 2013
Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council this week stepped up its critique of a plan to build two giant water diversion tunnels in the Delta, warning that it may harm the city's ability to access drinking water in the decades ahead.
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan, as the tunnel project is formally known, is being pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown and a contingent of major water suppliers, mostly in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley. The goal is to improve water delivery to farms and cities south of...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Climate change prompts new concerns about Delta tunnels, Sacramento water supplyFour dead in Colorado floods amid rescues, scenes of devastation
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 14th, 2013
Reuters: National Guard troops plucked stranded residents out of danger by helicopter and hauled them out of an inundated community in military trucks on Friday as the death toll from the worst floods to hit Colorado in decades rose to four with 80 people still unaccounted for.
Taking advantage of a break in torrential rains that have unleashed floodwaters up and down the state, Guard members rumbled into the hard-hit town of Lyons through waist-high water and went door to door to pull out up to 2,000...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Four dead in Colorado floods amid rescues, scenes of devastationColorado’s “Biblical” Flood in Line with Climate Trends
Posted by Climate Central: Andrew Freedman on September 14th, 2013
Climate Central: The Boulder, Colo. area is reeling after being inundated by record rainfall, with more than half a year's worth of rain falling over the past three days. During those three days, 24-hour rainfall totals of between 8 and 10 inches across much of the Boulder area were enough to qualify this storm as a 1 in 1,000 year event, meaning that it has a 0.1 percent chance of occurring in a given year.
At least three people have been confirmed dead so far, and thousands have been evacuated from their homes...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Colorado’s “Biblical” Flood in Line with Climate TrendsJudge Blocks Shipment of Oil Equipment Through Idaho Forest
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 14th, 2013
New York Times: A federal judge ordered a halt on Friday to more shipments of immense loads of oil field equipment through a national forest in north-central Idaho, pending a broad review of effects on the route.
The review will be conducted by the United States Forest Service in consultation with the Nez Perce Indians, whose tribal rights and lands near the forest route were central to the judge's ruling.
The case was brought by the Nez Perce tribe and an environmental group, Idaho Rivers United, charging...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Judge Blocks Shipment of Oil Equipment Through Idaho ForestColorado’s Historic Flooding Claims Four Lives
Posted by Environment News Service: None Given on September 14th, 2013
Environment News Service: Four people have died and at least 80 others are unaccounted for today as heavy rain adds to the flood waters that have forced the evacuation of some areas of Boulder and several nearby towns. The National Weather Service said Boulder has had 13.55 inches of rain since the storm began. Torrential rain and flooding is affecting a 150-mile stretch of the state`s Front Range.
Boulder officials today found the body of a woman who was washed away; Thursday they recovered the body of her male companion....
#FearlessSummer: How the Climate Change Battle Got Ferocious
Posted by Yes!: Kristin Moe on September 13th, 2013
Yes!: In Richmond, Calif., over two hundred people sat down at a Chevron oil refinery and refused to leave. Outside Boston, Mass., they were handcuffed at the state`s largest coal plant. On Seneca Lake in New York, they paddled a flotilla of kayaks across the water to protest a natural gas storage facility. In Utah, and Texas, and West Virginia, and in other places across the country, they simply placed their bodies in front of the land they wanted to protect.
This has been a #FearlessSummer: three...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on #FearlessSummer: How the Climate Change Battle Got FerociousNew Study Once Again Proves Mountaintop Removal is Simply Not Worth It
Posted by EcoWatch: Brian Sewell on September 13th, 2013
EcoWatch: To meet current U.S. coal demand through surface mining, an area the size of Washington, DC--about 68 square miles--would need to be mined every 81 days, according to a new study.
We talk a lot about the external costs of mountaintop removal. And by understanding the true costs that coal puts off on the landscapes, water and communities of Central Appalachia, it’s abundantly clear that the costs far outweigh the benefits to all but a few.
But still we hear arguments about the need for a balance...
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