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California Climate and Health, Part I: Drought Stirs Up Trouble for State’s Air Quality
Posted by Healthline: Cameron Scott on November 12th, 2015
Healthline: Part 1 of : California Climate and Health, Part I: Drought Stirs Up Trouble for State’s Air Quality
The policies that made California a model of how big, developed economies can thrive while safeguarding the environment did not originate in some statewide sense of kumbaya.
They were a desperate response to serious air quality problems in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and Fresno.
Bad air is a serious drag on public health, driving up rates of cardiovascular disease, cancer, asthma, and death....
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Glut of Coal-Fired Plants Casts Doubts China’s Energy Priorities
Posted by New York Times: Edward Wong on November 12th, 2015
New York Times: Just outside the southwest border of Beijing, a new coal-fired power and heating plant is rising in Dongxianpo, a rural town in Hebei Province. Cement mixers roll onto the site. Cranes tower above a landscape of metal girders. When finished, the plant, run by a company owned by the Beijing government, is expected to have a generating capacity of 700 megawatts of power, more than the total of similar plants in Ohio. But whether it will actually be used to its fullest is questionable, despite the...
Chinook salmon numbers surge in U.S. Northwest’s Columbia river system
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 12th, 2015
Reuters: Chinook salmon are swimming in nearly unprecedented numbers this fall through the U.S. Northwest's Columbia River system, a federal official said on Wednesday, even as fish advocates worry about forecasts for unusually hot, dry conditions ahead. The Bonneville Power Administration has counted 1.2 million Chinook salmon returning to spawn in the Columbia and Snake river systems, which run through Oregon and Washington states, since Aug. 1. It is the second-highest autumn run since fish counts began...
Wind, snow sweep U.S. Plains, Lake Michigan faces 20-foot waves
Posted by Reuters: Brendan O'Brien on November 12th, 2015
Reuters: A weather system packing high winds and snow moved through the U.S. High Plains on Wednesday, bringing with it tornadoes and warnings of whiteouts and dangerous road conditions.
The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings for eastern Colorado, northwestern Kansas and southwestern Nebraska ahead of the system, which it expected to bring gusts of 55 miles per hour (88 km per hour) and dump at least 5 inches (8 cm) of snow in some areas.
"The main issue is the traffic," said Brian Warren,...