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California Largest Lake Drying Up Amid Epic Drought
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on May 29th, 2015
EcoWatch: The Salton Sea, a huge, shallow manmade lake located in the Sonoran Desert in California`s Imperial and Coachella valleys, has had problems for years. Its increasing saltiness has killed off most of its once-abundant fish species. Its shrinking water level has caused a reduction in water available for agricultural use, along with many dramatic photos of exposed lakebed and abandoned towns that were once seaside resorts. While the sea is no longer a resort destination for Hollywood celebrities as...
Why We Need to End Mountaintop Removal Now
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on May 29th, 2015
EcoWatch: A short video released this week has stunningly detailed drone footage providing a rare view of mountaintop removal coal mining and the increasing proximity of this destructive form of mining to people living in Appalachia. The video includes interviews with local citizens who want to end mountaintop removal mining and transition their communities in a more just and sustainable way.
Trip Jennings, an award-winning videographer who has worked with National Geographic, produced the video in partnership...
Bill Nye Under Attack for Linking Texas Floods to Climate Change
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on May 28th, 2015
EcoWatch: Bill Nye took to Twitter to call out meteorologists for failing to link the floods earlier this week in Texas with a warming climate, and the backlash in the Twitterverse was intense.
Billion$$ in damage in Texas & Oklahoma. Still no weather-caster may utter the phrase Climate Change. pic.twitter.com/9J10deVQ7S
-- Bill Nye (@BillNye) May 26, 2015
Houston received more than 10 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, "bringing America’s fourth-largest city to a standstill," reports Scientific...
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Comments Off on Bill Nye Under Attack for Linking Texas Floods to Climate ChangeFactory Farms Are a #LoadOfCrap, Says New Report
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on May 27th, 2015
EcoWatch: Factory farming has been expanding in the U.S. over the last two decades, and the size of those farms has increased dramatically--dominating the market, squeezing out smaller producers and setting the agenda for farming practices--to the detriment of food consumers.
That`s the conclusion of a new study, Factory Farm Nation: 2015 Edition, released by Food & Water Watch.
"Over the last two decades, small- and medium-scale farms raising livestock have given way to factory farms that confine thousands...
Judge Says No to Fracking
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on May 21st, 2015
EcoWatch: A judge in North Carolina has blocked the start of fracking in that state over a challenge to the membership of the commission charged with issuing the permits.
"Finally some good news in our long battle to keep fracking out of NC!" exulted North Carolina environmental nonprofit Haw River Assembly, one of the parties to the lawsuit, on its Facebook page.
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) was granted the preliminary injunction it sought in Wake County Superior Court to delay the state`s...
President Obama: Climate Change Is ‘Immediate Risk to Our National Security’
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on May 21st, 2015
EcoWatch: When President Obama delivered the keynote address at the Coast Guard Academy graduation ceremonies Wednesday, the theme was one he`s been hitting with increasing frequency as he nears the end of his time in office: climate change. He has emphasized its impact on the economy, public health and national security. He focused on the latter at the Coast Guard ceremony, with an increased sense of urgency.
As Republicans in Congress fight against Obama`s climate measures such as the Clean Power Plan...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on President Obama: Climate Change Is ‘Immediate Risk to Our National Security’It’s Official: Texas Prohibits Local Fracking Bans
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on May 19th, 2015
EcoWatch: Yesterday Texas Gov. Abbott signed HB 40 into law. Written by former ExxonMobil lawyer Shannon Ratliff, the statute forces every Texas municipality wanting common sense limits on oil and gas development to demonstrate its rules are “commercially reasonable.” It effectively overturns a Denton ballot initiative banning fracking that passed last November. “HB 40 was written by the oil and gas industry, for the oil and gas industry, to prevent voters from holding the oil and gas industry accountable...
5 Reasons This Clearcut Nearly Half a Million Trees Is a Horrible Idea
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on May 18th, 2015
EcoWatch: The largest San Francisco Bay Area forest clearcut in 100 years will begin in August. An estimated 450,000 healthy, mature trees in the Oakland and Berkeley hills and county parklands will be cut down and chopped into logs and piles of wood chips. Included in the deforestation plan: 325 acres of trees in Tilden Regional Park 200 acres of trees in Anthony Chabot Regional Park 152 acres of trees in Claremont Canyon Preserve 162 acres of trees in Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve 112...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on 5 Reasons This Clearcut Nearly Half a Million Trees Is a Horrible Idea5 Signs the California Drought Could Get Worse
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on May 18th, 2015
EcoWatch: California is entering its fourth year of drought, with high temperatures, water shortages and increased wildfires. The state has taken some steps to address the impacts of that, including addressing greenhouse gas emissions and rationing its diminishing water supply. But there are signs that the impacts of drought on the state could get even worse.
1. A new study shows that if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at current rates, some parts of Los Angeles area could be experiencing temperatures...
Women Apply an Average of 168 Chemicals on Their Bodies Every Day
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on May 15th, 2015
EcoWatch: Is it any surprise that the lotions, soaps and other products we use to make ourselves look younger or “better” might contain a nasty slew of chemicals? If you’re unsure or want to understand what these chemicals can do to your health, a recent report in The Guardian would be a good place to start. The report says that although many of these chemicals might be harmless, others might be endocrine disruptors, carcinogens and neurotoxins. Women are particularly at risk since they use more personal...
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