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Goodbye to Mountain Forests?
Posted by New York Times: Hillary Rosner on June 25th, 2012
New York Times: When the smoke finally clears and new plant life pokes up from the scorched earth after the wildfires raging in the southern Rockies, what emerges will look radically different than what was there just a few weeks ago. According to Craig Allen, a research ecologist with the United States Geological Survey in Los Alamos, N.M., forests in the region have not been regenerating after the vast wildfires that have been raging for the last decade and a half.
Dr. Allen, who runs the Jemez Mountains Field...
Millions Will Be Trapped Amid Climate Change, Study Warns
Posted by New York Times: Hillary Rosner on October 20th, 2011
New York Times: Millions of people are expected to become trapped in places that are extremely vulnerable to environmental change in the course of this century, according to a British government study released on Thursday.
Prepared by the Foresight group, a think tank that advises the government on planning for the future, the report explores the complex relationship between human migration and changing environmental conditions and argues that the issue must become a top policy priority on national and international...
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Comments Off on Millions Will Be Trapped Amid Climate Change, Study WarnsImpasse Persists on Drugs in Drinking Water
Posted by New York Times: Hillary Rosner on September 9th, 2011
New York Times: Five years after the federal government convened a task force to study the risks posed by pharmaceuticals in the environment, it is no closer to understanding the problem or whether these contaminants should be regulated under the Clean Water Act. That’s the finding of a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Many studies have found traces of pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, hormones, and antidepressants, in municipal water supplies over the past few years. Some cities have...