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Fracking Increases Radon Gas Hazard, US Study Finds
Fracking Increases Radon Gas Hazard, US Study Finds Levels of the carcinogenic gas rising in Pennsylvanian homes near industry sites. Another major U.S. health study has found that the hydraulic fracking of unconventional rock formations can liberate and accelerate the release of radon, a highly carcinogenic gas. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public […]
A 1,000 Mile Stretch Of The Pacific Ocean Has Heated Up Several Degrees And Scientists Don’t Know Why
A 1,000 Mile Stretch Of The Pacific Ocean Has Heated Up Several Degrees And Scientists Don’t Know Why According to two University of Washington scientific research papers that were recently released, a 1,000 mile stretch of the Pacific Ocean has warmed up by several degrees, and nobody seems to know why this is happening. This […]
Making Every Drop Count
Making Every Drop Count Last week, Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order requiring urban centers to reduce their water consumption by 25%. With the driest winter on record and only a one-year supply of water stored in the state’s reservoirs, many are questioning whether the burden of conservation should fall so heavily on cities, when no […]
Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead Water Levels Continue To Crash
Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead Water Levels Continue To Crash The last time we looked at Las Vegas water supply, the comments from professionals were “Vegas is screwed,” and unless water levels in Lake Mead rise by 7%, “it’s as bad as you can imagine.” The bad news… Water levels in Lake Mead have never been lower for […]
The Essentials of Resilience in a World of Growing Chaos
The Essentials of Resilience in a World of Growing Chaos By now, it ought to go without saying that the evidence is in – after all, global warming has been recognized by scientists for decades. The accelerated release of “greenhouse gases” since the dawn of the Industrial Age is now causing accelerated warming of the planet […]
Premiers told to rethink pipelines as they meet on climate
Premiers told to rethink pipelines as they meet on climate Pembina Institute argues projects such as Energy East would boost oilsands production and carbon emissions The Pembina Institute is warning premiers and territorial leaders they need to think about the effects of pipelines on Canada’s carbon emissions before they think about an energy strategy for […]
How ExxonMobil’s PR Machine Impacted The Climate Change Debate
How ExxonMobil’s PR Machine Impacted The Climate Change Debate Our DeSmog UK epic history series continues asExxonMobil uses its PR power to change the public’s mind on climate change. The basic tenet of ExxonMobil’s strategy was clear: it would use PR, not to change their image, but to change the public’s mind. Exxon’s longstanding senior environmental advisor was a large, bullish, but “brilliant”, nuclear engineer, […]
How Much Water Does The Energy Sector Use?
How Much Water Does The Energy Sector Use? Water and energy have a symbiotic relationship. Energy is needed to move water to people and businesses. Water, in turn, is necessary to produce energy. Of course, different types of energy require varying levels of water use. Take electricity generation as an example. For the United States, electricity […]
How the climate change debate got hijacked by the wrong standard of proof
How the climate change debate got hijacked by the wrong standard of proof Everyone loves a courtroom drama–especially one that pits a feisty, but a determined criminal defense attorney against the awesome power of a prosecutor who has the resources of the state behind him or her. We see such David and Goliath stories every week on […]
Is The Paris Climate Conference Doomed To Fail?
Is The Paris Climate Conference Doomed To Fail? The United Nations Climate Change Conference – or Paris 2015 – is just around the corner, seven months to be exact. The goal is ambitious: to develop a viable, and comprehensive, successor to Kyoto, applicable to all countries, and with the aim of keeping global warming below 2 degrees […]
Media Coverage of Climate Science Is Stunting Climate Action, Especially in US
Media Coverage of Climate Science Is Stunting Climate Action, Especially in US The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change plays an enormous role in shaping how climate science gets translated into policy in countries around the world, but so does the media. A new report finds that, while the IPCCcould have managed the rollout of itsFifth Assessment […]
California’s Record-Breaking Heat & Drought “Is Only The Beginning”
California’s Record-Breaking Heat & Drought “Is Only The Beginning” The California heat of the past 12 months is like nothing ever seen in records going back to 1895, notes Bloomberg’s Tom Randall, and with the already record-low snowpack starting its melt early, “we aren’t nearing the end of California’s climate troubles. We’re nearing the beginning.”What’s happening in California right […]
Quebec City climate-change march draws 25,000 people
Quebec City climate-change march draws 25,000 people March is in advance of premiers’ summit next wee A climate-change march drew about 25,000 people to the streets of Quebec City on Saturday, as protesters try to encourage premiers to take a tougher stance on climate and pipeline regulations. Energy East pipeline project changes encouraging, expert says Dramatic […]
Food Not Lawns!
Food Not Lawns! The mission of Food Not Lawns is just what you’d think from its title—grow gardens instead of a useless beds of monocropped grass. The organization is actually about much more than that though. Perhaps most importantly, it’s about having communities come together with a common purpose to transform wasted lawn space into a productive food […]
California drought to squeeze produce prices, but so will other factors
California drought to squeeze produce prices, but so will other factors Price of lettuce has gone up 40 cents, but some of that is due to low Canadian dollar Drought may have gripped California’s agricultural heartland for a fourth consecutive year, but it’s not the only factor putting pressure on imported produce prices at the […]
