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North Carolina’s Outer Banks ‘ban’ rising seas
Posted by Sky News: Dominic Waghorn on July 12th, 2014
Sky News: Politicians in the United States have been accused of trying to make rising sea levels illegal. When scientists in North Carolina predicted global warming will cause a rise of at least a metre by the end of the century in the seas off the Outer Banks it caused uproar among businesses and property owners. The Banks are a 200-mile (320-km) long, narrow and very low-lying spit of land stretching into the Atlantic Ocean. They are hugely popular with holidaymakers and hugely vulnerable to global warming....
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Don’t Call Them “Climate Deniers.” Call them “Climate Optimists.”
Posted by Mother Jones: Will Oremus on July 12th, 2014
Mother Jones: Las Vegas is parched. A 14-year drought has left Lake Mead, the local water source, dangerously low. It has dropped 100 feet in the past decade. If it drops 12 more feet, federal water rationing rules will kick in. Some climate scientists predict that will happen in the next year. And most believe the situation will only worsen over time.
The view from inside Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, however, is considerably rosier. That's where scientists, activists, and bloggers have assembled...
NY High Court’s Local Ban Decision is No Basis Greenlighting Fracking
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 12th, 2014
Energy Collective: When the New York State Court of Appeals ruled last week that municipalities have the right to use their zoning codes to ban fracking, my reaction was one of intense relief and celebration. But I immediately became concerned that the pro-fracking elements would try to salvage something from their defeat by claiming that the decision somehow provided a justification for Governor Cuomo to greenlight fracking in the state. A column over the weekend by Fred LeBrun in the Albany Times Union made pretty...
Canadian environment groups, natives challenge Enbridge pipeline
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 12th, 2014
Reuters: A coalition of environmental groups launched a second legal challenge against Enbridge Inc's Northern Gateway crude oil pipeline on Friday, asking a Canadian court to quash federal approval that they say was based on a flawed report. The same group filed a lawsuit in January over a preliminary approval by the Joint Review Panel, which found the C$7.9 billion ($7.36 billion) project posed little risk to the environment provided Enbridge complied with 209 conditions. The Canadian government green...