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Want stop worst effects global warming? Give up beef rather than car
Posted by Daily Kos: VL Baker on July 30th, 2014
Daily Kos: Droughts, floods, ocean acidification, rising seas, loss of species etcetera; we are hearing about the severe effects of global warming on a daily basis. What we are not hearing as much about is what we can do about it. There are solutions which don't require risky geo-engineering. Our lives are going to change. Our food, travel and our homes are in for a major energy transition. The faster this is done the less damage is done to our planet and the more chance we have of moving our species forward...
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NOAA: Climate change is increasing nuisance flooding in Md
Posted by WBAL: None Given on July 30th, 2014
WBAL: Climate change and rising sea levels are affecting Maryland, and they're causing an increase in so-called nuisance flooding.
According to a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Baltimore and Annapolis top the list of U.S. cities where this is happening, and researchers said the problem is only going to get worse.
"Nuisance flooding is just that. It's a pain in the you-know-where. It's just enough flooding to cause a problem," said Insta-Weather PLUS meteorologist...
In Detroit’s water wars, a pause that refreshes
Posted by Grist: Heather Smith on July 30th, 2014
Grist: Tuesday, as I drove around Detroit interviewing people about the city`s water crisis, my email kept filling with congratulatory messages.
"I`m excited to let you know about a big win that happened today in Detroit," read one, from the organizers of Netroots Nation, the conference that helped call attention to the biggest and most celebrity-bedazzled protest the crisis has seen so far. "Control of the Detroit Water and Sewage Department (DWSD) has been returned back to the hands of the people....
Green groups too white and too male compared to other sectors report
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 30th, 2014
Guardian: Environmental groups do a worse job than the business and sports sectors in welcoming and promoting minorities and women, a new report has found.
The report by University of Michigan professor, Dorceta Taylor, was the most exhaustive survey to date on the state of diversity among the nearly 300 independent groups and government agencies making up America’s environmental movement.
The report found:
More than 70% of the presidents and board chairs of environmental groups were male. At the...
Delta tunnel plan blasted by key environmental group
Posted by San Francisco Chronicle: Carolyn Jones on July 30th, 2014
San Francisco Chronicle: The state's plan to build a pair of 35-mile tunnels under the Delta would cause the extinction of winter-run Chinook salmon, steep declines in dozens of other species and devastate water quality in San Francisco Bay, an environmental group said Wednesday.
"This project would be a major step in the wrong direction," said Gary Bobker, policy analyst for the Bay Institute, which submitted its 250-page findings this week to the state's Department of Water Resources as it updates its Bay Delta Conservation...
Record low July temperatures in southern U.S., Alabama at 49 degrees
Posted by Reuters: David Beasley on July 30th, 2014
Reuters: Record-breaking low temperatures across the southern United States on Wednesday made July feel more like October, with the mercury dipping to 49 degrees Fahrenheit in Alabama.
In Atlanta, the low was 59 degrees, breaking the previous record of 61 degrees set in 1936, according to the National Weather Service. The normal low for Atlanta is about 71 degrees, the National Weather Service said.
“It was a pretty chilly morning, very pleasant out,” said Jessica Fieux, an Atlanta-based National Weather...
Hundreds evacuated as Romanian floods wreak havoc
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 30th, 2014
Reuters: One person died and three others were missing after heavy rain caused floods in southwest Romania over the past three days, forcing hundreds of villagers to flee their homes, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. Heavy rainfall broke river banks in the affected counties of Gorj, Valcea, Arges and Teleorman, about 200 kilometers west of the capital Bucharest. Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea said 400 people were rescued from 1,100 homes in the area and given temporary shelter in nearby schools...
Environmental groups lag nation in diversity
Posted by New American Media: Ngoc Nguyen on July 30th, 2014
New American Media: Mainstream environmental groups are not mirroring the increasing racial diversity in the United States, according to a new report.
While minorities make up 36 percent of the population, they account for no more than 16 percent of the staff of environmental organizations -- a figure that hasn't budged much in several decades.
The report's author Dorceta E. Taylor, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment, says more diverse hiring reflects...
German water supply threatened as climate change boosts droughts
Posted by Bloomberg: Stefan Nicola on July 30th, 2014
Bloomberg: German water supplies will become increasingly threatened this century as climate change raises the risk of droughts and water shortages in the country. While Germany is considered water-rich, more water evaporates than falls as rain in the eastern part of the country, according to a report by a German parliamentary committee. Average temperatures may rise 3.5 degrees Celsius by 2100, resulting in more precipitation in the winter and less in the summer, the authors wrote. “This will worsen the...
White House announces pact to help ag battle climate
Posted by Des Moines Register: Christopher Doering on July 30th, 2014
Des Moines Register: The White House announced a partnership Tuesday with Monsanto, Walmart and other companies to better use data to make agriculture and the country's food system more resilient in responding to the growing impact of climate change. The initiative, part of the Obama administration's push to increase public backing for its climate change agenda, would connect farmers, food distributors and agricultural businesses with data, tools, and information to understand how climate change is impacting their operations...