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NASA: California Needs 11 Trillion Gallons Water to End Epic Drought
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on December 17th, 2014
EcoWatch: California’s record-setting three-year-old drought has left the state with a massive water deficit, and communities, agricultural interests and others warring over access to the supply.
Now groundbreaking new calculations based on Now groundbreaking new calculations based on NASA satellite data have revealed just how large that deficit is. A team of sci’s Jet Propulsion Laborator (JPL) crunched data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) to figure out how much water it would...
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Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on December 15th, 2014
EcoWatch: Coal ash is back in the spotlight. CBS just aired this blockbuster piece on 60 Minutes investigating the fallout from the coal ash spill into North Carolina’s Dan River, and this week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is due to release the first-ever national safeguards for disposal of this toxic industrial sludge, to meet a court-ordered deadline of Dec. 19.
Why America Should Invest in Renewables, Not Fracking
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on December 15th, 2014
EcoWatch: Callie Roberts is a senior, studying cancer biology and environmental policy, at Duke University. She has been awarded the Teens for Planet Earth Award, Ashoka Youth Venture Award, President’s Gold Volunteer Service Award, and President’s Environmental Youth Award for her work with biofuels and environmental health. She is currently a student in Dr. Rebecca Vidra’s environmental science & policy class. We have all heard about America’s energy crisis, “peak oil,” and anthropogenic climate change....
Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells ‘High Emitters’ Methane Gas
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on December 10th, 2014
EcoWatch: Natural gas has been sold to us as the environmentally friendly fossil fuel compared to gas or coal since it doesn’t release carbon emissions. We’ve learned that’s not true, since drilling for natural gas can release methane, a far more potential greenhouse gas in contributing to climate change. Now there’s some more bad news regarding the methane that’s a byproduct of oil and gas drilling operations, including fracking operations. Two studies found that the amount of methane leaked by oil and gas...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells ‘High Emitters’ Methane GasFormer Secretary of Energy Speaks Out Against Fracking
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on December 8th, 2014
EcoWatch: Dear Former Secretary of Energy Frederico Peña,
Thank you for speaking out against fracking, fossil fuels and climate change! I read your lengthy interview on the topic posted on the Boulder, Colorado, Daily Camera news site here. As a former U.S. Secretary of Energy, you are in a unique position to speak out and make a difference on this extremely important issue.
However, I am compelled to point out what I believe are problems with your approach to the topic. You make two important statements...
Eating Less Meat and Dairy Essential to Curb Climate Change
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on December 5th, 2014
EcoWatch: You probably know most vegetarians than you used to. You may even know some vegans—people who eat no animal products, including eggs, butter, milk and cheese. But did you know that their dietary habits may be essential to save the planet? A new research paper from UK think tank Chatham House, Livestock—Climate Change’s Forgotten Sector, explains why it may be necessary for a lot more people to go vegetarian or at least dial down their consumption of meat and dairy products, and how to get them to...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Eating Less Meat and Dairy Essential to Curb Climate ChangeTexas Town Sues to Uphold Fracking Ban, Protect Democracy
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on December 5th, 2014
EcoWatch: The little guys aren’t taking this one lying down. In November, voters in Denton, Texas—fed up with oil and gas drilling companies unwilling to work with citizens to put some reasonable protections in place and with state and local regulators for allowing new fracking wells near homes, schools, parks and hospitals—passed a ban on fracking, despite being hugely outspent. The Texas Oil and Gas Association, representing the fracking companies, and the state’s General Land Office responded with lawsuits...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Texas Town Sues to Uphold Fracking Ban, Protect DemocracyHillary Clinton Open to Fracking, Ignores Keystone XL
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on December 2nd, 2014
EcoWatch: Hillary Clinton, widely assumed to be planning another presidential run in 2016, spoke at a League on Conservation Voters (LCV) fundraiser in New York yesterday evening, displaying her usual cautious positioning and avoidance of anything that might be perceived as a leftwing pet project—such as the Keystone XL pipeline, which she failed to mention. Despite ongoing pressure from environmental groups, Clinton has consistently refused to address Keystone XL, saying she can’t comment while the pipeline...
Watch Award-Winning Film ‘Facing the Flood’
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on November 26th, 2014
EcoWatch: “Climate change is the deadliest combat humanity has ever faced…,” begins the film Facing the Flood, which won second prize in the 14 -17 age group in the Action4Climate video competition. Facing the Flood, by filmmaker Constantin Huet, is an investigative account of the changing conditions in Greenland and the Maldives, where global warming seems to be threatening these areas more than anywhere else in the world. “Recorded temperatures have begun to fluctuate, and native inhabitants find their...
Anti-Fracking Warriors Steingraber and Boland Released From Jail
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on November 26th, 2014
EcoWatch: Steingraber and Boland are among the first wave arrests as part of a sustained, ongoing, non-violent civil disobedience campaign against the storage of fracked gas along the shores of Seneca Lake, a source of drinking water for 100,000 people. There have been 73 arrests so far. Calling themselves “We Are Seneca Lake,” those risking arrest—and their supporters—wear blue during blockades. Donations to the jail fund are greatly appreciated and make a perfect holiday gift.]
Sandra Steingraber:
Hi,...
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