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Republican debate: Candidates talk climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 11th, 2016
CBS News: With Thursday night's GOP debate set in Miami, where concerns about rising sea levels and the effects of climate change are more acute than in many parts of the country, moderator Jake Tapper asked the Republican candidates to outline their position on climate change. The question came from Miami Mayor Tomás Pedro Regalado.
Here's what Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich said when they were asked about the issue--and how businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz feel about...
United Kingdom: Tree planting ‘can reduce flooding’
Posted by BBC: Roger Harrabin on March 11th, 2016
BBC: Planting trees around rivers could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20%, new research suggests. A study for the Environment Agency concludes that trees round a feeder stream can slow the rush of rainwater and save properties from flooding. But it warns that natural flood prevention methods do not always work. And it urges a strategic approach because foresting a whole catchment would be counter-productive. The report - from the universities of Birmingham and Southampton - says...
Oregon residents vote ‘no’ on canyonlands conservation
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 11th, 2016
Reuters: Voters in a rural southeastern Oregon county have registered their opposition to proposals to expand federal protective status within 2.5 million acres of scenic canyonlands near the wildlife refuge recently occupied by anti-government militants. The referendum follows calls by an environmental group to designate the area as a conservation zone, a move local ranchers and many others in the area perceive as a potential land grab by the federal government. Of more than 6,300 ballots cast in the non-binding...
Japan marks fifth anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster
Posted by Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Rachel Mealey on March 11th, 2016
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Decontamination workers observed a moment of silence to mourn the victims of the 2011 tsunami. (Reuters/Kyodo) Related Story: Japan's PM announces 'safe' reactors to be turned back on Related Story: The ghosts of Fukushima: Reflections five years on Related Story: Fukushima survivors rebuild new life in deserted town Map: Japan
Ceremonies have been held across Japan to mark five years since one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded spawned a monster tsunami, killing more than 18,000 people...
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Comments Off on Japan marks fifth anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disasterFlint-Like Lead Hazards May Be Lurking In Private Water Wells
Posted by Huffington Post: M.B. Pell and Joshua Schneyer on March 10th, 2016
Huffington Post: In this town of 2,800 just south of the Canadian border, residents have long worried about the water flowing from their taps.
The water in one household is so corrosive it gutted three dishwashers and two washing machines. Another couple's water is so salty the homeowners tape the taps when guests visit. Even the community's welcome center warns travelers, "Do Not Drink The Water.'
So, when the water crisis in Flint, Michigan happened, Stephanie Weiss and husband Andy Greene feared that, as...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Flint-Like Lead Hazards May Be Lurking In Private Water WellsVegetarian food companies finally get their own lobbyist in D.C
Posted by Grist: None Given on March 10th, 2016
Grist: When the giant companies that dominate U.S. meat, dairy, and egg production want something in Washington, they lean on armies of lobbyists, which are financed by flush trade groups like the North American Meat Institute, the National Pork Producers Coalition, the National Chicken Council, and the National Cattlemen`s Beef Association. But who speaks up for seitan chops on the Hill?
Until recently, essentially no one, says longtime food industry critic and researcher Michele Simon. And so she has...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Vegetarian food companies finally get their own lobbyist in D.CPennsylvania families win $4.24M verdict against gas driller
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 10th, 2016
Associated Press: A federal jury awarded two couples nearly $4.25 million on Thursday after finding one of the largest natural gas drillers in Pennsylvania polluted their well water.
The verdict came at the end of a bitter and long-running federal lawsuit pitting homeowners in the village of Dimock against Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
Dimock was the scene of the most highly publicized case of methane contamination to emerge from the early days of Pennsylvania’s natural-gas drilling boom. State regulators...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Pennsylvania families win $4.24M verdict against gas drillerIn Flint Crisis, New Model For Environmental Journalism
Posted by Yale Environment 360: Cynthia Barnett on March 10th, 2016
Yale Environment 360: Last summer, investigative journalist Curt Guyette found himself knocking on doors of families in Flint, Michigan, carrying not only a pen and notebook, but water-testing kits. Residents realized there was something wrong with their drinking water after the city’s state-appointed emergency manager had switched its source to the Flint River in the spring of 2014 to save money. Michigan officials insisted the water was safe. Guyette, the first investigative reporter in the nation hired by an American...
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Posted by Climate Home: Ed King on March 9th, 2016
Climate Home: US president Barack Obama and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau will sign off on a series of climate measures when they meet on Thursday say officials.
“There are a number of areas of potential co-operation,” lead US climate envoy Todd Stern told reporters in a briefing call this week.
These include a commitment to “reduce methane emissions by 40 to 45% below 2012 levels by 2025 in the oil and gas sector,” he said.
Further carbon slashing measures including boosting clean electricity...
Honduras: Anti-dam Activists Call for Justice in Cáceres Killing
Posted by Environment News Service: None Given on March 9th, 2016
Environment News Service: Indigenous leaders fighting against dams worldwide have issued a joint call for a prompt, thorough and independent investigation into the death of indigenous leader Berta Cáceres of Honduras. In a statement today, anti-dam activists expressed their grief and anger over the killing of Cáceres, 45, defender of the rights of the Lenca people. She was murdered in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras, last week. The coordinator and co-founder of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras, Cáceres was...
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