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With storms intensifying, Milwaukee braces for bigger floods
Posted by Daily Climate: Brian Bienkowski on October 28th, 2014
Daily Climate: Back when Pabst Blue Ribbon was for working folks -- not hipsters -- the brewery was a Milwaukee icon, bustling along the western edge of the city's central business district.
Hitting hard times, Pabst left town a couple decades ago. But now the site infamous for cheap lager has permeable roads, abundant gardens and an underground tunnel to catch excess rainwater.
It has re-emerged a symbol of how Milwaukee is greening to keep pace with a changing climate.
The site's developer, Joseph J....
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Comments Off on With storms intensifying, Milwaukee braces for bigger floodsDistant Quakes Trigger Temblors in the Oil Patch: Study
Posted by Daily Climate: Brian Bienkowski on July 12th, 2013
Daily Climate: Wells filled with waste injection fluids at oil and gas fields across the United States are at risk of small earthquakes triggered by larger temblors across the globe, according to a new study published Thursday.
Waste injection wells are on the rise as domestic energy production soars and companies increasingly use water and chemicals to unlock natural gas from shale or force oil from wells, a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
As oil and gas industries pump waste into sub-surface...
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