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Mild Winter Could Hurt Western States Water Supply
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 13th, 2012
National Public Radio: Across much of Colorado, Utah, Montana and northern California, the snowpack is at less than half the average. There are concerns the skimpy snowpack won't fill the reservoirs and rivers. Millions of people depend on melting snow for their drinking water and farms.
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Biofuels Land Grab: Guatemala’s Farmers Lose Plots and Prosperity to “Energy Independence”
Posted by Scientific America: Eitan Haddok on January 13th, 2012
Scientific America: Echoes from armed raids still seem to resound in this valley, eight hours north of the capital city. In early 2011 military and paramilitary forces forcibly evicted 13 communities of indigenous Mayan peasants—some 300 families were dispossessed of disputed land they had been living on for three years to secure the property rights of one powerful local family, the Widmanns, and its agribusiness company Chabil Utzaj. "They came in great numbers and heavily armed," says 18-year-old Tecla Kuxh while...
Toward a National Coastline Policy
Posted by New York Times: Cornelia Dean on January 13th, 2012
New York Times: The United States has thousands of miles of coastline, and more than half of its population lives in counties bordering oceans or the Great Lakes - areas administered by a hodgepodge of federal, state or other agencies, often with conflicting goals.
For years, environmental groups and expert panels have called for federal oversight for these areas.
On Thursday, the idea took a step forward when the White House issued a National Ocean Policy action plan for regulations governing stewardship...