Famous Climate Scientist Outlines Alarming Scenario for Planet’s Future
"James Hansen has often been out ahead of his scientific colleagues."
Source: Wash Post, 07/21/2015
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"How Green Is Hillary Clinton?"
"When Hillary Clinton kick-started her second presidential campaign on June 13 at New York's Roosevelt Island, environmentalists were all ears—and so were environmental reporters."
Source: National Journal, 07/21/2015
"Australia's War on Wind Farms Threatens Biggest Renewable Project"
"Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's hostility to 'visually awful' wind farms has sent a chill through the industry and could jeopardize the country's biggest renewable energy project, a $2 billion-plus wind and solar plant in the country's north."
Source: Reuters, 07/21/2015
"The Wind and Sun Are Bringing the Shine Back to Buffalo"
"BUFFALO — Along a bend in the Buffalo River here, an enormous steel and concrete structure is rising, soon to house one of the country’s largest solar panel factories. Just to the south, in the rotting guts of the old Bethlehem Steel plant in Lackawanna, where a dozen wind turbines already harness the energy blowing off Lake Erie, workers are preparing to install a big new solar array."
Source: NY Times, 07/21/2015
"Drought Damages Wheat in Northwestern States"
"Intense drought conditions have shrunk the kernels and disrupted the proteins of winter wheat crops in Montana, Washington, Oregon and Idaho, the region that produces a fifth of the U.S. harvest."
Source: NY Times, 07/21/2015
"Natural Disasters Forced 20 Million From Their Homes in 2014: Report"
"Nearly 20 million people were forced to flee their homes due to floods, storms and earthquakes last year, a problem likely to worsen due to climate change, but which could be eased by better construction, a report said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 07/21/2015
"The $50 Billion Plan To Save Louisiana's Wetlands"
"Louisiana is in trouble. The Mississippi River Delta is disappearing into the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of 16 square miles a year, some of the fastest land loss on the planet."
Source: Living on Earth, 07/20/2015
"Deep in the Heart of Butte: a Special Report"
"Below the center of Butte flows water tainted with poisons drawn from a mass of mining and smelting waste that has been a pollution problem for more than a century."
Source: Montana Standard, 07/20/2015
"Montana Train Derailment Spilled 35,000 Gallons of Crude Oil"
"A train derailment in rural eastern Montana spilled 35,000 gallons (132,489 liters) of crude oil and forced the evacuation of about 30 people, a U.S. official said on Friday in an email to state officials."
Source: Reuters, 07/20/2015
Oregon Implements Rare Fishing Restrictions To Help Fish During Drought
"Oregon wildlife officials are restricting fishing on most of the state's rivers in a first-of-its-kind effort to help fish populations that are dying off from high water temperatures as the state suffers ongoing drought conditions."
Source: Reuters, 07/20/2015
