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Senator Kyl Cries Crocodile Tears for Arizona Solar Water Usage

Susan Kraemer — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:51:26 +0000

Recent hearings for a proposed 340-MW Hualapai Valley Solar Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in western Arizona has brought up water yet again, in a report from Energy Prospects. Arizona’s Republican Senator Kyl has stepped in to battle against using Arizona’s sun potential for solar CSP. (He was recently famous for saying publicly [...]

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90 Degree River Shuts Down Southern Nuclear Plant

Susan Kraemer — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:05:49 +0000

As a result of the record high temperatures engulfing the South (and much of the planet) the Tennessee Valley Authority has had to shut down its largest nuclear power plant for the 40th day since July 8th, the TimesFreePress reports. The Tennessee River in Alabama is just much too hot. The river [...]

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Stupid Policy that Endangers Species: Army Corps of Engineers Scorched Earth Levee Vegetation Removal

Jennifer Lance — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:10:57 +0000

Last summer, we reported about the Army Corps of Engineers plans to cut down trees along levees, even though their roots provide soil stabilization. Once again, this policy has drawn fire as failing to “consult with federal wildlife agencies” to protect species under the Endangered Species Act. The Center for Biological Diversity intends to file [...]

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Stop The Water While Using Me!

Scott James — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:49:08 +0000

When I used to guide backpacking trips, I worked with a guy who pointed out to our group every morning and every night that they had just brushed their teeth without running water. His point was that they should turn the water off when they brushed their teeth at home. It’s a simple enough idea [...]

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Garbage Sails Toward China’s 3 Gorges Dam

Scott James — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:03:17 +0000

David de Rothschild famously built the Plastiki out of plastic bottles and sailed it from California to the fabled Pacific Garbage Patch. The journey took months to plan and more than a year to fully realize. But if he were in China on the Yangtze River, all he would have to do to see the [...]

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Sea Level Rise Threatens Drinking Water of 15 Million Americans

Susan Kraemer — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:10:08 +0000

Fresh water that now is flowing to the sea in the Delaware estuary is threatened by future sea-level rise resulting from rising temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions, a new study finds. As sea levels rise, salt water will move inland up the estuary. Drinking water for over 15 million people [...]

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Great Lakes Are Warming Up For a Record

Scott James — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:46:38 +0000

The Great Lakes have their shores full with issues around the invasive Asian carp, but that’s not the only danger facing the region. With 20% of the world’s freshwater, the health of the Great Lakes is critical- and this summer all of the lakes are registering temperatures far above what’s normal for the end of [...]

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Envisioning Chicago’s Waterway System for the 21st Century

Scott James — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:32:39 +0000

There is finally a concerted effort in the Great Lakes region to deal with the problem of Asian carp and other invasive threats to the ecosystem. After a series of unsuccessful lawsuits by Michigan and others to get the state of Illinois to close the Chicago River lock system and the subsequent confirmation of large [...]

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