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Poll: Eight in 10 Worry About Climate Change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 7th, 2015
Voice of America: A new worldwide survey on climate change shows nearly 80 percent of people are 'very concerned' about the impact of global warming, and they say all nations should do their part to stop it.
The poll was taken in 79 countries by a group calling itself World Wide Views on Climate and Energy.
Ten thousand citizens met simultaneously on Saturday to debate climate change and take the survey. Organizers say it was the largest-ever global citizens meeting on the issue.
Among the results of the...
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Hawaii Supreme Court to hear challenge to a permit for giant telescope
Posted by Rapid News: None Given on June 7th, 2015
Rapid News: The state Third Circuit affirmed the BLNR decision, which the Mauna Kea Hui appealed to the ICA, and on May 10 the Hui filed an application to transfer the case to the Hawaii Supreme Court.
In a victory for those challenging the planned Thirty Meter Telescope, the Hawaii Supreme Court on Friday granted a request to allow the case to bypass the Intermediate Court of Appeals and go directly to the state’s highest court.
Despite the permit given to the University of Hawaii to build their $1.4...
Protesters, telescope builders still at impasse on Mauna Kea
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 7th, 2015
Associated Press: The standoff continues between Thirty Meter Telescope and those trying to stop construction atop the sacred Hawaiian mountain. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1BSXvjR ) that it’s been more than 70 days since trailers loaded with heavy equipment ascended Mauna Kea to build one of the world’s largest telescopes, an event that was shortly followed by protests that brought the $1.4 billion project to a halt. A small group of protesters maintains a presence outside the Mauna Kea visitor...
Texas company in California oil spill said leak ‘extremely unlikely’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 7th, 2015
Guardian: A Texas company whose ruptured pipeline created the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years had assured the government that a break in the line, while possible, was “extremely unlikely”.
The company also said state-of-the-art monitoring could quickly detect possible leaks and alert operators, documents show.
Nearly 1,200 pages of records, filed with state regulators by Plains All American Pipeline, detail a range of defences the company established to guard against crude oil spills...
Air Pollution, Drought Triples Cancer Risk Estimate for Cali Residents
Posted by Sputnik: None Given on June 7th, 2015
Sputnik: The South Coast Air Quality Management District said residents in southern California are now at the highest risk of developing cancer in the state. Following the state officials' report, these regulators approved new rules affecting their region which accounts for about 11,000 square miles inhabited by almost 12 million people including those in Los Angelas.
Factories, oil refineries, and other stationary sources of air pollution in southern California may soon have to adhere to tighter restrictions....
Farmers Union publishes reports on climate change effects on agriculture
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 7th, 2015
Billings Gazette: It’s been seven bruising political years since farm organizations dared utter the “c word” when discussing extreme weather and drought, but farmer Alan Merrill says climate change can’t go unmentioned any longer. “We’re just trying to educate people that it is here, and maybe if there is something we can do about it, as people living on farms or people living in cities, we should take a look at it,” Merrill told The Gazette. Merrill is president of the Montana’s Farmers Union. The group began publishing...