"Drought-Stricken Texas Town Turns To Toilets For Water"
"The city of Wichita Falls, Texas, may soon become one of the first in the country where half of the drinking water comes directly from wastewater."
Source: NPR, 05/06/2014
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"Ocean Data Points To Strong El Nino: Climate Scientist"
"El Nino -- a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific -- affects wind patterns and can trigger both floods and drought in different parts of the globe, curbing food supply."
Source: Reuters, 05/06/2014
Washington State Oil Trains Run Into Heavy Opposition
"As Washington environmental regulators start wrestling with the safety of new and larger fuel terminals along the Pacific Coast, some residents in southwest Washington communities are getting restless — with worries about the safety of crude oil shipped by rail to refineries and shipping docks."
Source: Olympian, 05/06/2014
"Indiana Leads Nation in Coal Ash Ponds, Raising Toxic Concerns"
"Even though Indiana has the most coal-ash ponds of any state in the nation and a troubling number of spills, state environmental regulators have done little to address the ongoing problems of how to dispose of coal waste."
Source: Indianapolis Star, 05/06/2014
"Fed Report: Warming Disrupting Americans' Lives"
"Global warming is rapidly turning America the beautiful into America the stormy, sneezy and dangerous, according to a new federal scientific report. And those shining seas? Rising and costly, the report says."
Source: AP, 05/06/2014
"With Hope And Horror, Climate Fiction Writers Depict the Future"
To those in the know, Cli Fi was a thing several years ago. But now climate fiction has become a really big thing. After seeing the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" in 2004, one expert said the only thing he found unbelievable was that the Dick Cheney character admitted he had been wrong.
Source: ClimateWire, 05/05/2014
"Drought, Wind Create Dust Storms in Kansas"
"Seemingly unrelenting winds and drought conditions have whipped up massive dust storms this week across the High Plains, but respite is near since the weather system that's to blame has moved east into the Great Lakes and Northeast, the National Weather Service said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 05/05/2014
"Colorado Faces Oil Boom "Death Sentence" for Soil, Eyes Microbe Fix"
"Colorado's intensifying oil and gas boom is taking a toll on soil — 200 gallons spilled per day seeping into once-fertile ground — that experts say could be ruinous."
Source: Denver Post, 05/05/2014
"Dam It: Feds Say U.S. Can Double Hydropower"
"The Grand Canyon was once targeted as a major dam site by the federal government, a project eventually scuttled after widespread protest. Nobody is revisiting the idea of a dam there, but a new U.S. Department of Energy report shows that the Grand Canyon and other major gorges and rivers across the U.S. may be ideal for hydropower development."
Source: Climate Central, 05/05/2014
MERS: CDC Confirms First U.S. Case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
"A case of the sometimes fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, has been reported in Indiana, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday."
Source: LA Times, 05/05/2014
