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Report: 40 states expect water shortages in next decade
Posted by Daily Caller: None Given on May 24th, 2014
Daily Caller: our-fifths of U.S. states are expecting to have water shortages in the near future, according to a new government watchdog report. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) review state water regulators and experts and review of water supply literature found that officials in 40 out of 50 states expect water shortages to occur in some parts of their states in the next decade. Many officials are concerned about water shortages in the future, especially in the wake of a severe drought that has hit...
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Comments Off on Report: 40 states expect water shortages in next decadeKeystone XL: Where Things Stand
Posted by Rainforest Action Network: Amanda Starbuck on May 24th, 2014
Rainforest Action Network: It`s been one month since the climate movement won a significant delay on the Keystone XL pipeline. Since then, the oil industry and their political and media backers have gotten increasingly desperate:
Oil companies tried to ram a vote on Keystone through the U.S. Senate. Last week, that effort collapsed in disarray and finger-pointing among the fossil fuel industry`s biggest political boosters.
TransCanada, the Canadian company behind Keystone, even resorted to threats to sue the U.S. government...
UK’s South England holds billions of barrels of shale oil
Posted by Bloomberg: Nidaa Bakhsh on May 24th, 2014
Bloomberg: Shale rock underneath some of the wealthiest counties in southern England may contain billions of barrels of oil, a government report said.
The Weald basin, covering counties south of London including Surrey, Sussex and Kent, may have oil in place of as much as 8.6 billion barrels, according to a report published today by the British Geological Survey. It didn’t say how much could be extracted profitably. The U.K.’s current extractable oil reserves are 3.1 billion barrels, data by BP Plc (BP/)...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on UK’s South England holds billions of barrels of shale oilAlbertans want strong action on climate change: Poll
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 24th, 2014
Edmonton Journal: The Alberta government should listen to the large majority that is calling for strong action on climate change -- not just the intense closed-door lobbying effort by oil industry, says the Pembina Institute.
A new poll by Ipsos-Reid shows that 76 per cent of Albertans want to see tough action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas industry, says the Pembina’s Simon Dyer. Only six per cent were opposed.
“It’s clear Albertans think we can have strong climate legislation and a robust...
Climate scientist describes hotter, drier Oregon
Posted by Gazette-Times: James Day on May 24th, 2014
Gazette-Times: How about a 24-inch rise in the sea level at Newport by 2100? Or an increase in temperature of up to 14 degrees Fahrenheit? Those are some of the possible effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest, as outlined by Phil Mote, who helped to write the Northwest portion of the third national climate assessment that was released May 6. Mote is an Oregon State University professor and the director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute for the Oregon University System. During a one-hour...
Pope: Destroying the Earth is a sin
Posted by MSNBC: Jane C. Timm on May 24th, 2014
MSNBC: Pope Francis made the biblical case for mitigating the effects of climate change, speaking to a massive crowd in Rome.
In his brief speech, Francis issued a dire warning about the effects of climate change.
“Safeguard Creation,” he said, according to Think Progress, “because if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us! Never forget this!”
“Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few: Creation is a gift, it is a wonderful gift...
Political rhetoric bogs down Keystone XL pipeline
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 24th, 2014
National Public Radio: RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning. Last month the Obama administration put off a decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The project has been enormously controversial. It would carry crude oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. This morning we examine what's at stake for the oil industry and for energy production. Here's NPR's Jim Zarroli.
JIM ZARROLI, BYLINE: A lot of...
Climate angst rises in Australia with record temperatures
Posted by Sydney Morning Herald: Peter Hannam on May 24th, 2014
Sydney Morning Herald: It`s official
Just after midday on Saturday, the mercury reached 23 degrees - 25 is forecast - as Sydney posted its longest warm spell in records going back to 1910, says Sarah Perkins, a leading heatwave expert at the University of NSW.
Sydney's 25.1 degrees on Friday matched the previous longest heatwave - defined as at least three consecutive days in the warmest 10 per cent for each date - of seven days set in August 1995. Including Saturday, that burst could stretch to at least 14 days....
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Climate angst rises in Australia with record temperaturesKoch brothers’ company files to develop oil sands project
Posted by Globe and Mail: Jeffrey Jones on May 24th, 2014
Globe and Mail: The Canadian oil arm of the conglomerate owned by the U.S. billionaire Koch brothers has begun initial regulatory work on a multibillion-dollar oil sands project after an asset-sales effort two years ago left it holding a number of leases.
Koch Oil Sands Operating LLC, the Calgary-based unit of Koch Industries Inc., has made an initial filing with Alberta regulators and has been in consultation with the nearby Fort McKay First Nation regarding the proposed development.
"We intend to develop...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Koch brothers’ company files to develop oil sands projectNepal glaciers shrink by quarter
Posted by News: None Given on May 24th, 2014
News: A new study by the Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) shows that the area covered by glaciers has decreased by 24 per cent between 1977 and 2010.
Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya, lead author of the report, told AFP, "the shrinking of glaciers in Nepal is definitely connected to climate change, glacial melt is a huge indicator of rising temperatures."
The Norway-funded research project led by ICIMOD took three years to complete, as scientists mapped...