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Poll: over a quarter of Brits don’t believe climate change is a serious problem
Posted by Blue and Green: Charlotte Malone on June 8th, 2015
Blue and Green: A new survey has revealed that China’s population is most likely to support strong action on climate change, while the US and Britain are at the bottom of the list. The findings suggest that over a quarter of Brits think climate change is not a serious problem. The poll has been conducted ahead of country representatives meeting in Paris in December. At the UN meeting, it is hoped that an international treaty on climate change can be agreed that will limit global temperature rise to 2C above pre-industrial...
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Comments Off on Poll: over a quarter of Brits don’t believe climate change is a serious problemThink we can end California’s drought by eating differently? Think again
Posted by Grist: None Given on June 8th, 2015
Grist: There`s so much confusion about California`s drought, and a lot of my colleagues in the media, I`m sorry to say, have been amplifying that confusion. The proliferation of stories showing how much water various food products use implies that people should be eating water-thrifty foods - but that would do precisely nothing to fix the problem. The real solutions are within reach (I`ll get to those), but they will require the hard work of politics to achieve, rather than simplistic, consumer-focused...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Think we can end California’s drought by eating differently? Think againCalifornia keeps talking climate change, but who?s listening?
Posted by Sacramento Bee: David Siders on June 8th, 2015
Sacramento Bee: The outcome was never in doubt when California’s Democratic-controlled Senate last week took up – and passed – the latest package of environmental bills to come out of California.
Still, lawmakers argued a familiar litany of points for their cause.
Legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the state’s reliance on renewable energy, they said, will create green technology jobs, reduce the health effects of pollution and guard against fluctuations in the price of oil.
For...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on California keeps talking climate change, but who?s listening?Forest communities map their land using data loggers
Posted by SciDevNet: None Given on June 8th, 2015
SciDevNet: Simple data logging devices can help forest communities map their land and monitor environmental change, according to researchers running a trial.
An ongoing project by NGO the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) encourages indigenous people in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, to use portable, satellite-linked data loggers to create maps of areas that have not been mapped in great detail, or where existing maps are out of date.
These devices help communities visualise their...
Poll: Eight in 10 Worry About Climate Change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 7th, 2015
Voice of America: A new worldwide survey on climate change shows nearly 80 percent of people are 'very concerned' about the impact of global warming, and they say all nations should do their part to stop it.
The poll was taken in 79 countries by a group calling itself World Wide Views on Climate and Energy.
Ten thousand citizens met simultaneously on Saturday to debate climate change and take the survey. Organizers say it was the largest-ever global citizens meeting on the issue.
Among the results of the...
Hawaii Supreme Court to hear challenge to a permit for giant telescope
Posted by Rapid News: None Given on June 7th, 2015
Rapid News: The state Third Circuit affirmed the BLNR decision, which the Mauna Kea Hui appealed to the ICA, and on May 10 the Hui filed an application to transfer the case to the Hawaii Supreme Court.
In a victory for those challenging the planned Thirty Meter Telescope, the Hawaii Supreme Court on Friday granted a request to allow the case to bypass the Intermediate Court of Appeals and go directly to the state’s highest court.
Despite the permit given to the University of Hawaii to build their $1.4...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Hawaii Supreme Court to hear challenge to a permit for giant telescopeProtesters, telescope builders still at impasse on Mauna Kea
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 7th, 2015
Associated Press: The standoff continues between Thirty Meter Telescope and those trying to stop construction atop the sacred Hawaiian mountain. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1BSXvjR ) that it’s been more than 70 days since trailers loaded with heavy equipment ascended Mauna Kea to build one of the world’s largest telescopes, an event that was shortly followed by protests that brought the $1.4 billion project to a halt. A small group of protesters maintains a presence outside the Mauna Kea visitor...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Protesters, telescope builders still at impasse on Mauna KeaTexas company in California oil spill said leak ‘extremely unlikely’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 7th, 2015
Guardian: A Texas company whose ruptured pipeline created the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years had assured the government that a break in the line, while possible, was “extremely unlikely”.
The company also said state-of-the-art monitoring could quickly detect possible leaks and alert operators, documents show.
Nearly 1,200 pages of records, filed with state regulators by Plains All American Pipeline, detail a range of defences the company established to guard against crude oil spills...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Texas company in California oil spill said leak ‘extremely unlikely’Air Pollution, Drought Triples Cancer Risk Estimate for Cali Residents
Posted by Sputnik: None Given on June 7th, 2015
Sputnik: The South Coast Air Quality Management District said residents in southern California are now at the highest risk of developing cancer in the state. Following the state officials' report, these regulators approved new rules affecting their region which accounts for about 11,000 square miles inhabited by almost 12 million people including those in Los Angelas.
Factories, oil refineries, and other stationary sources of air pollution in southern California may soon have to adhere to tighter restrictions....
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Air Pollution, Drought Triples Cancer Risk Estimate for Cali ResidentsFarmers Union publishes reports on climate change effects on agriculture
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 7th, 2015
Billings Gazette: It’s been seven bruising political years since farm organizations dared utter the “c word” when discussing extreme weather and drought, but farmer Alan Merrill says climate change can’t go unmentioned any longer. “We’re just trying to educate people that it is here, and maybe if there is something we can do about it, as people living on farms or people living in cities, we should take a look at it,” Merrill told The Gazette. Merrill is president of the Montana’s Farmers Union. The group began publishing...
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