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UK flights cancelled due to US east coast blizzard
Posted by Guardian: Chris Johnston on January 23rd, 2016
Guardian: The huge blizzard affecting much of the US east coast has also caused travel disruption in the UK, with at least 45 flights cancelled on Saturday.
Inbound and outbound flights from major airports across the country are being affected by the US weather system.
Ten US state governors have declared emergencies and at least eight people have died, mostly in car accidents on icy roads. Residents have been told to stay at home until the blizzard subsides.
More than 4,300 flights into, within,...
Proposed Canada pipeline project would threaten US tribal rights, lawyer says
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 23rd, 2016
Associated Press: A proposed pipeline-expansion project in Canada will put the fishing rights and cultural heritage of US tribes at risk, a lawyer representing several Washington state tribes told Canadian energy regulators.
Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain project would nearly triple pipeline capacity from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels of crude oil a day. It would carry oil from Alberta’s oil sands to the Vancouver area to be loaded on to barges and tankers for Asian and US markets. The project would dramatically increase...
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Comments Off on Proposed Canada pipeline project would threaten US tribal rights, lawyer saysA Lake in Bolivia Evaporates, and With It a Way of Life
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 23rd, 2016
Associated Press: Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was Bolivia’s second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls fight for scraps under a glaring sun in what marshes remain.
Lake Poopó (pronounced po-oh-PO) was officially declared evaporated last month. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have lost their livelihoods and have left the area.
High on Bolivia’s semiarid Andean plains at more than 12,000 feet and subject to climatic whims, the shallow saline lake has dried...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 23rd, 2016
National Public Radio: Like many residents of Flint, Mich., She'a Cobb doesn't trust the water that comes out of her faucets. So now, everyday is a carefully orchestrated one — from brushing her teeth to taking a shower.
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Flint Families Make Tough Sacrifices Amid Contaminated WaterPoliticians Work Remedy Flint Water Crisis
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 23rd, 2016
National Public Radio: NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Harvey Hollins, the coordinator of Michigan's clean-up efforts, about how the state is going to address the myriad problems.
California gas leak spotlights shoddy regulation of aging storage wells
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 23rd, 2016
Reuters: Long before a natural gas storage well sprung a disastrous leak near Los Angeles, California, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure.
The leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas Co, warned state utility regulators in 2014 of “major failures” without a rate hike to pay for comprehensive inspections of 229 storage wells.
Twenty-six of its wells were “high risk” and should be abandoned - even though they complied...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on California gas leak spotlights shoddy regulation of aging storage wellsIndonesia’s fires blamed potent greenhouse gases
Posted by Climate Central: John Upton on January 23rd, 2016
Climate Central: Indonesian fires that are expected to flare up again in the coming months may affect temperatures far away from the nation's watery borders.
Carbon dioxide and methane from the fires is already known to be accelerating global warming, and new research is linking high levels of another potent greenhouse gas with forest and peat fires in Indonesia and elsewhere.
Analysis of tropospheric data gathered using specially-modified jets during Guam-based missions has linked elevated levels of ozone...
Snow blankets Washington D.C. in potentially record-setting storm
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 23rd, 2016
Reuters: Thick snow covered the Washington D.C. area on Saturday as a potentially record-breaking blizzard paralyzed road, rail and airline travel on the U.S. East Coast from North Carolina to New York. More than 85 million people in at least 20 states were covered by a winter weather warning, watch or advisory, the Weather Channel said, and many stores were left with bare shelves as residents stocked up on food, water and wine, preparing to spend the weekend indoors. At least six people were killed in...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Snow blankets Washington D.C. in potentially record-setting stormDawn of the Climate-Killing Megaproject
Posted by Tyee: Bill McKibben on January 23rd, 2016
Tyee: When I was a kid, I was creepily fascinated by the wrongheaded idea, current in my grade school, that your hair and your fingernails kept growing after you died. The lesson seemed to be that it was hard to kill something off -- if it wanted to keep going.
Something similar is happening right now with the fossil fuel industry. Even as the global warming crisis makes it clear that coal, natural gas, and oil are yesterday's energy, the momentum of two centuries of fossil fuel development means new...
Millions prepare potentially ‘paralyzing’ east coast winter storm
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 22nd, 2016
Guardian: Millions of people across a dozen states are bracing for a weekend of travel disruption, possible power outages and white-out conditions as a potentially “paralyzing winter storm” begins to bear down on the eastern US on Friday.
Washington DC is at the center of the blizzard’s aim. Forecasters have warned residents of the nation’s capital to brace for more than 30in of snow and wind gusts up to 50mph in some places. If predictions are accurate, snow totals in the District could shatter records...
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