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RIGZONE – Report: Texas Could Face 2.7 Trillion Gallon Water Shortfall by 2060
RIGZONE – Report: Texas Could Face 2.7 Trillion Gallon Water Shortfall by 2060. The state of Texas could face a 2.7 trillion gallon water shortfall by 2060, according to a recent report by Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service. To address this potential shortfall, the state should offer tax incentives to […]
B.C. avian flu virus has Asian origin new to North America – British Columbia – CBC News
B.C. avian flu virus has Asian origin new to North America – British Columbia – CBC News. The avian flu virus involved in an outbreak in British Columbia is related to a deadly strain that has spread through Asia and is now affecting North American poultry for the first time, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency […]
Inside Beijing’s airpocalypse – a city made ‘almost uninhabitable’ by pollution | Cities | The Guardian
Inside Beijing’s airpocalypse – a city made ‘almost uninhabitable’ by pollution | Cities | The Guardian. The scene could be straight from a science-fiction film: a vision of everyday life, but with one jarring difference that makes you realise you’re on another planet, or in a distant future era. A sports class is in full […]
Baker: New Fish Science Report Paints Dizzying Picture For Industry Future
Baker: New Fish Science Report Paints Dizzying Picture For Industry Future. It might be one of the most important fish science reports in years, but it was released with so little fanfare, you could forgive even the most hardcore of fisheries observers for missing it. The report was released online in late November and it’s […]
Ebola death toll in three African countries hits 7,373: WHO | Reuters
Ebola death toll in three African countries hits 7,373: WHO | Reuters. The death toll from Ebola in the three worst-affected countries in West Africa has risen to 7,373 among 19,031 cases known to date there, the World Health Organization said on Saturday. The latest data, posted overnight on the WHO website, reflected nearly 500 […]
B.C. KSM Gold Mine Gets Environmental Approval From Federal Government
B.C. KSM Gold Mine Gets Environmental Approval From Federal Government. The federal government approved the environmental assessment application on Friday for the massive KSM gold and copper mine in northwestern British Columbia near the Alaska border. The mine, which is owned by Seabridge Gold Inc., is considered the largest undeveloped gold reserve in the world […]
Climate, Environment Boards and Foreign Aid slashed by Joe Hockey in #MYEFO | Climate Citizen
Climate, Environment Boards and Foreign Aid slashed by Joe Hockey in #MYEFO | Climate Citizen. The Abbott Government slashing of climate change infrastructure continues in the latest Midyear Economic Forecast by the Treasurer Joe Hockey, where it was announced the Commonwealth deficit blows out to more than $40 billion and forecast not to return to […]
Asia’s Fragile Caves Face New Risks from Development by Mike Ives: Yale Environment 360
Asia’s Fragile Caves Face New Risks from Development by Mike Ives: Yale Environment 360. Botanist Li-Bing Zhang has spent years collecting ferns in the caves and limestone formations of southwestern China and neighboring Southeast Asia. When I met him recently in a Vietnamese national park, his research vehicle, a silver van, was bursting with fern specimens. Zhang […]
Obama Bars Oil Industry From Alaska’s Bristol Bay | Environment News Service
Obama Bars Oil Industry From Alaska’s Bristol Bay | Environment News Service. President Barack Obama today designated the waters of Bristol Bay as off limits to oil and gas leasing for exploration, development or production. This action safeguards one of the nation’s most productive fisheries and preserves an ecologically rich area of the Bering Sea […]
Thought for food | Ensia
Thought for food | Ensia. How on Earth are we going to figure out how to feed the 9.5 billion people who will be inhabiting this planet by 2050? Perhaps by looking to the ultimate problem-solver — nature. On Jan. 19, the Biomimicry Institute and the Ray C. Anderson Foundation will launch a worldwide design challenge. Their goal? “To show […]
Breaking: Fracking Permit Issued in Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish | DeSmogBlog
Breaking: Fracking Permit Issued in Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish | DeSmogBlog. The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a drilling permitfor Helis Oil and Gas today, bringing the company one step closer to realizing its ambition to frack in St. Tammany Parish. Public outcry against fracking in St. Tammany Parish, an area known for its pristine […]
Climate: The Crisis and the Movement
Climate: The Crisis and the Movement. Wherein lie the roots of the climate crisis? Allen White, Senior Fellow at the Tellus Institute, talks with writer and activist Naomi Klein, author of the new book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate, about how our economic system has driven us to the point of crisis and how we can […]
The true cost of food | New Economics Foundation
The true cost of food | New Economics Foundation. Photo credit: Wonderlane DECEMBER 19, 2014 // BY: STEPHEN DEVLIN Forget about the presents and the TV specials, without a doubt my favourite part of Christmas is the food. When it’s this cold outside there’s nothing better than sitting down with some loved ones and eating yourself into […]
Snow storm death toll in Japan rises; forecasters warn bad weather to continue – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Snow storm death toll in Japan rises; forecasters warn bad weather to continue – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). The death toll from a severe winter snow storm gripping much of Japan has risen to 11, according to local media and officials. Northern and central parts of Japan have been lashed by strong winds that […]
