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Drought persists in U.S. Plains, no harm seen from cold snap
Posted by Reuters: Sam Nelson on January 22nd, 2013
Reuters: Dry weather persists in the Plains and western Midwest leading to concern about the fate of the 2013 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop and seedings of the corn and soybean crops, an agricultural meteorologist said on Tuesday.
"The main issue in North America is the dryness in the southern Plains," said John Dee, a meteorologist for Global Weather Monitoring.
Dee said it would be dry in the Plains and Midwest this week followed by light precipitation of 0.20 inch to 0.60 inch early next week then...
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Universities Teaming Up to Assess Health Impacts of Gas Drilling
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 22nd, 2013
New York Times: A Green Blog post by Jon Hurdle describes what looks like a helpful new academic initiative to assess potential health impacts of the country`s gas-drilling boom:
Taking a Harder Look at Fracking and Health
PHILADELPHIA – A coalition of academic researchers in the United States is preparing to shine a rigorous scientific light on the polarized and often emotional debate over whether using hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas is hazardous to human health.
Some five years after the...
Government hypocrisy on major projects will lock in climate chaos
Posted by Greenpeace: None Given on January 22nd, 2013
Greenpeace: Government hypocrisy on major energy projects is fueling climate change and placing populations at risk, Greenpeace International said as it released a new report revealing the alarming threat posed by a planned massive global increase in emissions from coal, oil and gas projects. The 14 carbon intensive projects highlighted in the Point of No Return report range from massive coal expansion in Australia, China, the US and Indonesia, to oil expansion in the tar sands of Canada, the Arctic and Brazil...
Millions still need aid in Pakistan’s “forgotten” crises
Posted by AlertNet: Megan Rowling on January 22nd, 2013
AlertNet: Millions of Pakistanis still need humanitarian assistance due to three consecutive years of monsoon flooding, persistent insecurity and government restrictions on aid workers, which are worsening poverty and hunger across the country.
The latest data shows that nearly 60 percent of the population of around 190 million are food insecure, meaning they do not eat enough nutritious food each day to lead a healthy, active life, according to the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP).
They include flood-hit...
Canadian resource firms step up legal fight against green groups
Posted by AlertNet: Kristen Courtney on January 22nd, 2013
AlertNet: Risks are growing for climate and environmental activists who take a stand against Canadian firms involved in the resource extraction and energy businesses, because companies are increasingly using the law to fight back.
On Dec. 5 2012, lawyers for EthicalOil.org, a lobby group that supports the exploitation of oil sands, sent a fax to the Canada Revenue Agency alleging that the Sierra Club of Canada Foundation was flouting tax laws and urging the agency to investigate. EthicalOil.org has hit...