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During the most important year for climate news, TV coverage fell
Posted by Guardian: Dana Nuccitelli on March 7th, 2016
Guardian: Media Matters for America has published a report detailing US broadcast news coverage of climate change in 2015, and their findings are stunning.
2015 was a banner year for climate news. February, June, October, November, and December were each their respective hottest months on record, and 2015 shattered the record for hottest year. The pope delivered a climate encyclical. Investigative journalists at Inside Climate News discovered that Exxon knew about the dangers of human-caused global warming...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 7th, 2016
Reuters: China's carbon emissions did not peak in 2014 and are still increasing, China's senior climate change envoy, Xie Zhenhua, said at a press briefing in Beijing on Monday.
Xie said the government's pledge that emissions would peak "around 2030" is based on national conditions and has a direct relationship with the country's stage of economic development.
A study published on Monday said China's emissions, the world's highest, may have peaked in 2014.
Pakistan’s biggest threat isn’t terrorism, it’s climate change
Posted by Gulf News: Sualiha Nazar on March 6th, 2016
Gulf News: For decades, Pakistan has struggled to manage urgent crises, ranging from infrastructure woes to terrorism. While its policies focus on short-term conventional threats, a potentially devastating danger lurks in the shadows: Climate change. As the impact of global warming continues to grow, the political and economic instability it brings will threaten Pakistan’s security. The Pakistani government must prioritise its response to climate change in order to mitigate environmental threats and prevent...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Pakistan’s biggest threat isn’t terrorism, it’s climate changeLeonardo DiCaprio the ‘eco warrior’ flew on private jet from NY to LA SIX times in SIX weeks
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 6th, 2016
Daily Mail: He's a high profile advocate of environmental causes, believes the world must act now to combat the effects of global climate change and is producing documentaries about endangered species.
But accusations of hypocrisy have also dogged Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, 40, with detractors accusing him of not practicing what he preaches.
Now with RadarOnline reporting Friday that he took six private jet flights in just six weeks last year, it may prove hard for the actor to justify the need...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Leonardo DiCaprio the ‘eco warrior’ flew on private jet from NY to LA SIX times in SIX weeksDirty water isn’t just a Flint problem
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 6th, 2016
LA Times: Two days before primary voters go to the polls in Michigan, Democrats will bring the Bernie Sanders-Hillary Clinton debate road show to the put-upon city of Flint on Sunday, where they will doubtlessly discuss the city's well-publicized water crisis. Sanders and Clinton can take turns blaming Republican state officials for their sluggishness in protecting residents from the dangerous levels of lead that leached into their tap water, the result of a temporary cost-saving switch from a tried-and-true...
Water utilities serving American cities use tests downplay contamination
Posted by Guardian: Jessica Glenza and Oliver Milman on March 6th, 2016
Guardian: Water utilities in some of the largest cities in the US that collectively serve some 12 million people have used tests that downplay the amount of lead contamination found in drinking water for more than a decade, a Guardian analysis of testing protocols reveals.
In the tests, utilities ask customers who sample their home’s water for lead to remove the faucet’s aerator screen and to flush lines hours before tests, potentially flushing out detectable lead contamination. The distorted tests, condemned...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Water utilities serving American cities use tests downplay contaminationDoes a ‘Western diet’ increase risk of Alzheimer’s disease?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 6th, 2016
ScienceDaily: Recent research has established associations between certain environmental factors, including eating a western diet and being sedentary, with an increased susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease. In fact, it is estimated that a combination of diet and inactivity contributes to as many as 25% of Alzheimer's cases. Nonetheless, little is known about the exact disease mechanisms and how or why this increasingly common middle-age lifestyle can play such a big role in subsequent cognitive function. In...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Does a ‘Western diet’ increase risk of Alzheimer’s disease?Bill Gates Calls For ‘Energy Miracle’ In 15 Years. Do Experts Agree?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 5th, 2016
National Public Radio: The annual letter from the Gates Foundation calls for an "energy miracle" - the creation of a cheap and clean source of energy to get power to the 1.2 billion people on the planet without electricity.
"We need to try lots of crazy-seeming ideas so we can find a few that help us solve the world's energy challenge," Bill Gates writes in the letter, urging today's high school students to take on this task.
We asked people who work on energy issues in the developing world: In your mind, what would...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Bill Gates Calls For ‘Energy Miracle’ In 15 Years. Do Experts Agree?Estrogen in birth control pills has a negative impact on fish
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 5th, 2016
ScienceDaily: A new doctoral thesis from Lund University in Sweden shows that hormones found in birth control pills alter the genes in fish, which can cause changes in their behaviour. The thesis also shows that nurse midwives, who are the main prescribers in Sweden, lack information about the environmental impact of hormonal birth control methods, which may affect the advice they provide.
The hormone ethinyl-estradiol (EE2) is an active substance in many birth control pills which affects aquatic organisms...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Estrogen in birth control pills has a negative impact on fishEthiopia Forgotten Drought
Posted by Nazret: John Campbell on March 5th, 2016
Nazret: El Niño was first discovered in the 1600s when fishermen noticed that in some years, water temperatures in the Pacific became warmer than usual. Hence, according to the National Ocean Service, El Niño today refers to “large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction linked to a periodic warming in sea surface temperatures across the central and east-central Equatorial Pacific.” These anomalous weather patterns vary across regions, ranging from heavy rainfall and flooding to severe drought.
The...