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Huffington Post released an article today that looks at the impact of sewage overflow from Superstorm Sandy in New York and New Jersey. The article points out how storm surge will result in overflow events and how rising sea levels will only exacerbate these events resulting in more severe discharges.
The 11 billion ga... | <urn:uuid:2cb3abbd-7305-4de9-8d53-6b9b8e8641a0> | http://bbwk.org/ | 0.9721 | fineweb |
My family has planned a cruise vacation in February. While I'm excited to visit the Caribbean, I'm unsure about the impact on the environment. How bad is a cruise's carbon footprint?
- Emmy Silverthorne
I wish I had better news but cruises are on the heavy side of the carbon emissions scale. Don't get me wrong, we all ... | <urn:uuid:84c4d3bd-d0de-49cd-8ef2-bc2718fb409b> | http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20130131/NEWS/130139989 | 0.9925 | fineweb |
"Republicans Held Disaster Relief Hostage Several Times In 2011"
Tropical Storm Issac continues to bear down on the Gulf Coast on Monday, with the National Hurricane Center predicting that it will become a Category 1 hurricane before it makes landfall. There’s a chance that the storm will hit New Orleans nearly seven y... | <urn:uuid:fcba416c-75b0-40b3-8485-4a351caf328d> | http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/08/27/749511/hurricane-disaster-relief-cuts/?mobile=nc | 1 | fineweb |
I was asked to speak to the Quinte Field Naturalists recently about personal steps towards sustainability. I knew this group had a great many “birders” in it, so I was a bit apprehensive. Birders in my area have been very outspoken against big wind. So let me state three things here first.
- I love wind power. Big, sma... | <urn:uuid:60c797ae-7f3e-4fe4-ae92-1727e125e1a9> | http://www.motherearthnews.com/renewable-energy/wind-turbines-bird-kills.aspx | 0.9822 | fineweb |
We determined the temporal dynamics of cambial activity and xylem cell differentiation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) within a dry inner Alpine valley (750 m asl, Tyrol, Austria), where radial growth is strongly limited by drought in spring. Repeated micro-sampling of the developing tree ring of mature trees was c... | <urn:uuid:929a3bd5-5987-4fe8-874c-c16e03349b9f> | http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/solr/reg?term=author%3A(%22Oberhuber%2C+Walter%22)&filterQuery=author_s%3AVEIT%2C%5C+BARBARA&sortby=score+desc | 0.9934 | fineweb |
North American Governments Agree to Protect Wilderness
The United States, Canada, and Mexico agreed this week to work together to protect wilderness areas across North America.
The cooperation agreement establishes an intergovernmental committee to exchange research and approaches that address challenges such as climat... | <urn:uuid:afd9b0c7-34ee-48cf-883c-0f2614e4c3c7> | http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/40691/print | 0.9999 | fineweb |
Student Green Energy Fund Proposals Due
The Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF) was established to help USF become an environmentally sustainable campus but we can’t accomplish this without YOU!
Submit your proposal for projects that will use renewable energy technologies or improve energy efficiencies that directly lower... | <urn:uuid:3815b483-b705-423f-ab9d-41a41598db29> | http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=4735&z=187 | 0.9996 | fineweb |
Plans released in November show commitment to transitioning from coal to clean energy to address air pollution and climate emissions
This is part one of a two-part blog covering China’s new 13th Five Year Sub-plans on Climate, Environment and Power, written with Noah Lerner, Princeton-in-Asia Fellow in NRDC's Beijing o... | <urn:uuid:5994fbb3-a67e-478d-8154-2495aa1b5339> | https://www.nrdc.org/experts/alvin-lin/chinas-new-plans-deepen-action-climate-change | 1 | fineweb |
Nearly a decade ago, California policymakers, facing a frightening future of shriveling snow packs and rising seas, created the nation’s most aggressive program to combat global warming.
The 2006 law mandated broad reductions of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Now, as the deadline approaches, Gov. Jerry Brown and Dem... | <urn:uuid:0dbdd418-d6d1-4cbc-8a6b-33df947289e8> | https://calmatters.org/articles/california-climate-change-policy-overview/ | 1 | fineweb |
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sketchbot Prototype Sculpt, COMPLETED!
*whew* What a weekend. In the midst of a 5-day heat wave here in NYC, not ideal conditions for spray painting up on the roof. Spraying out the window with fans on high, then letting the pieces dry in the air conditioned interior. (This stuff won't cure in hig... | <urn:uuid:2efb27d0-73e5-4aeb-a88f-3631d3d21020> | http://sketchbot.blogspot.com/2008/07/sketchbot-prototype-sculpt-completed.html | 0.9997 | fineweb |
Standards for Selling Carbon Offsets
MCDI is preparing its REDD project to meet the highest of certification standards for both a potential regulated carbon market (adopted under the UNFCCC process) and for the existing voluntary carbon market. The global community has spent years trying to iron out the details of a RE... | <urn:uuid:38d9bc66-ab5f-4e90-ae10-4195e1cf46b0> | http://www.mpingoconservation.org/what-we-do/redd/mcdis-redd-project/standards-for-selling-carbon-offsets/?L=912 | 0.9997 | fineweb |
There doesn’t seem to be any way to escape climate change, short of burying your head in the sand. Scientists have proven humans have impacted the planet so much that continuing to do so risks the world becoming an unsustainable living environment. There are already floods and fires breaking out more often, and the adv... | <urn:uuid:80df3d06-ad27-455b-9424-cd5bb153a8c8> | http://brain-sharper.com/science/climate-change-ruin-doomsday-vault/ | 1 | fineweb |
Husky Homestead is proud to be certified by Adventure Green Alaska since 2018.
Adventure Green Alaska (AGA) is currently Alaska’s only sustainable tourism certification program, and works to promote environmentally conscientious and sustainable tourism in Alaska. AGA is a voluntary certification program of the Alaska T... | <urn:uuid:95808f15-a684-469a-9fb2-72b7c5bd3554> | https://huskyhomestead.com/sustainability/ | 0.9924 | fineweb |
Washington — Think propane and butane are just for barbecuing? Think again: The common cooking fuels can also chill your drinks and ice cream with less energy and almost none of the global warming worries of current refrigerants.
Some of the world’s largest consumer product companies are promoting freezers and refriger... | <urn:uuid:0b63b69a-6f75-444e-946b-8fd99cc5817a> | https://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/28/us-companies-work-on-greener-freezers/ | 0.9691 | fineweb |
Flash flooding not likely to leave lasting damage on roads
ROANOKE, Va. The flash flooding which put parts of Southwest Virginia at a standstill Wednesday is fading away, and it likely has not left much of a lasting impact on the areas major roads. Virginia Department of Transportation spokesperson Jason Bond believes ... | <urn:uuid:0ef7a700-bf8b-4160-a765-b9c98d8ced9f> | https://www.wsls.com/topic/Floods/ | 1 | fineweb |
Oil Demand Has Collapsed, And It Won't Come Back Any Time Soon
2020 is shaping up to be an extraordinarily bad year for oil.
In the spring, pandemic lockdowns sent oil demand plummeting and markets into a tailspin. At one point, U.S. oil prices even turned negative for the first time in history.
But summer brought new ... | <urn:uuid:ece90d4e-4b39-4937-ac49-4fd34360a45b> | https://www.tpr.org/2020-09-15/oil-demand-has-collapsed-and-it-wont-come-back-any-time-soon | 0.9875 | fineweb |
This week, how to register for our next event, sponsored by Mastercard and Stripe, plus Appian on low-code/no-code solutions and predicting climate risk with Jupiter Intelligence.
Click on the headlines for more information.
Elizabeth Jenkin, CEO of Nimbla, joins Robin on Podcast 188 to discuss why she left a 20-year c... | <urn:uuid:1fd42d51-46a9-4c1a-9f7e-42764eb1c968> | https://www.instech.co/newsletter/instech-news-making-insurance-payments-pay | 1 | fineweb |
Eastern North Carolina has experienced many storms in recent decades.
Dynamics of Extreme Events, People and Places (DEEPP) would like to understand how families and communities prepare for, are affected by, and recover from these events.
One of the best ways to do this is to ask people directly and DEEPP will launch a... | <urn:uuid:adef3e3c-5b80-4928-a444-e3bef0e36dd7> | https://ocracokeobserver.com/2020/10/10/interviewers-to-seek-islanders-thoughts-on-extreme-weather/ | 1 | fineweb |
The Aftermath: Pro Farmer Tour and Hurricane Irene
Aug 29, 2011
Looks like "Irene" found the big city lights of New York City simply too overwhelming and faded off into the sunset. For all of our sakes, Irene was downgraded to a "tropical storm," and the stock exchanges and all financial exchanges were open as schedule... | <urn:uuid:1b1c885e-7692-4a6f-a4ff-754ec80b68d0> | http://www.agweb.com/blog/Current_Marketing_Thoughts_140/the_aftermath_pro_farmer_tour_and_hurricane_irene/ | 0.9854 | fineweb |
Christina Aguilera + MORE to Perform Benefit Concert for Hurricane Victims
By Michael Lewittes | 9:58 am, November 1st, 2012
Christina Aguilera and Bruce Springsteen are among the artists set to perform in a benefit concert to raise money for victims of Hurricane Sandy, NBC announced on Thursday. “Hurricane Sandy: Comi... | <urn:uuid:5fa78aa8-c53c-4d8d-a5df-dd507d7545d5> | http://www.gossipcop.com/christina-aguilera-hurricane-sandy-benefit-concert-nbc-bruce-springsteen-coming-together/ | 0.9893 | fineweb |
Originally Posted by medic92
You have no idea how bad it really is. Watch "Expelled" by Ben Stein and you'll be horrified at how far the academic world has gone to suppress those who dare to believe in God.
I've seen that movie and that entire scenario is replaying itself in the Global Warming debate as well. Scientist... | <urn:uuid:3f53631a-be46-43f9-bcb7-c6bf5dc1fb8b> | http://www.matt-hughes.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9965&postcount=7 | 0.9989 | fineweb |
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. — In an agonizing trade-off, Army engineers said they will open a key spillway along the bulging Mississippi River as early as Saturday and inundate thousands of homes and farms in parts of Louisiana’s Cajun country to avert a potentially bigger disaster in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
About 25,000... | <urn:uuid:2dfa5230-e484-444e-a3b8-064545bd8e91> | http://newsone.com/1231035/lousiana-spillway-to-open-flooding-cajun-country/ | 0.9979 | fineweb |
Farmers ask NARO for disease-resistant stems
Cassava farmers in Nakasongola district have asked the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) to provide them with cassava stems resistant to the cassava brown streak disease.
The district production officer, Dr. Gerald Kitaka, said most cassava gardens have been... | <urn:uuid:4ffbf616-b6db-4d4c-a289-1bb5bbedaaa1> | https://www.afrii.org/news/ | 0.9905 | fineweb |
The revolutionary SKYACTIV-X engine, due to be released in 2019, will be the world’s first commercial gasoline engine to run on compression ignition. Using innovative technology, Mazda has combined the power of a high-revving gasoline engine and the fuel efficiency of a diesel. The Spark Controlled Compression Ignition... | <urn:uuid:2aa77c17-ccba-42f7-976b-0f559f9f4635> | https://www.mazda.com.au/imagination-drives-us/performance---skyactiv-x/ | 0.9992 | fineweb |
A container filled with sensible supplies and a little bit of heart is on its way to Vanuatu.
The Victoria Vanuatu Physician Project (ViVa), in conjunction with Disaster Aid Canada and the Compassionate Resource Warehouse packed a shipping container to the brim with much-needed disaster relief – construction, medical, ... | <urn:uuid:8742a89e-a7a0-4f82-9495-e4015d511da3> | https://www.oakbaynews.com/news/needed-supplies-set-sail-for-vanuatu/ | 0.9967 | fineweb |
Due to extensive flooding in the school district, all Lake Bluff Schools will be closed on Friday, September 13, 2019.
People in the district should know about the following hazards
- The viaduct is closed.
- On Greenbay Road people should be able to go around the flooded area south of 176.
- Skokie Valley Road to West... | <urn:uuid:a6519453-0de4-4ce6-ab5c-e9b328dc9ec6> | http://www.lb65.org/lake-bluff-middle-school/news/1665651/all-lake-bluff-schools-are-closed-on-friday-september-13-2019 | 0.9997 | fineweb |
North Metro water suppliers ask customers to conserve
April 28, 2021
As warmer spring weather takes hold and homeowners enact plans for lawncare and landscaping, North Denver Metro water providers are banding together to ask residents to use their water carefully. A dozen suppliers have joined together to help educate ... | <urn:uuid:45fad1ed-4d9e-4d3f-b73f-33ad8d2160ac> | https://www.lhvc.com/story/2021/04/28/news/north-metro-water-suppliers-ask-customers-to-conserve/6190.html | 0.9919 | fineweb |
Do you like working outdoors in the fresh air, or like the idea of working with animals? You might enjoy working with engines or machinery, or want to help save the world from the impact of global warming! If this all seems wide ranging, then you will find that this career area stretches across many disciplines, abilit... | <urn:uuid:f8c73d1f-557a-4285-88be-e7c237890ca8> | https://www.planitplus.net/CareerAreas/View/2?sectorId=8 | 0.9993 | fineweb |
Are you aware that more than 50% of the planet’s wetlands are completely dried out? All over the planet aquifers and water systems are stressed. Systems that keep ecosystems alive and feed our human population are drying up at alarming rates. Rivers, lakes and aquifers are disappearing. Water scarcity is so severe it h... | <urn:uuid:31796d47-1249-43f4-a828-93bb8869e748> | https://healtheplanet.com/100-ways-to-heal-the-planet/water-scarcity-global-water-crisis/ | 1 | fineweb |
Rise in Agricultural Production Hinges on Bots
The world population is expected to hit a whopping number of 9 billion by 2050. What is expected to follow is a dramatic rise in agricultural production, doubling to meet the coming demand. This need has caused farmers to turn to robotics as a solution for the future. Vari... | <urn:uuid:8cd68771-5cfd-4d93-96d3-fd27582a870c> | https://seeflection.com/17117/9-agri-bots-key-to-future-of-farming-advances/ | 0.7269 | fineweb |
Best Management Practice
Synonyms: BMP, BMPs, Stormwater BMP, Stormwater BMPs
Best Management Practices (in terms of stormwater) are techniques or methods that aim to manage the quantity and improve the quality of stormwater runoff in a cost-effective manner. BMPs often aim to replicate natural processes and, depending... | <urn:uuid:3cc5c774-0279-4534-9609-a0136089fa66> | https://stormwater.allianceforthebay.org/glossary-of-terms/best-management-practice | 0.998 | fineweb |
James Cameron's Sanctum has been floating around for a while - since 2006, to be exact - what with the little matter of Avatar to attend to, but it's finally spashing down and Universal have unleashed a couple of new clips to whet your appetite.
Sanctum is loosely based on the experiences of Aussie subsea explorer Andr... | <urn:uuid:54d89520-bf97-4665-9870-145a8345e539> | http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=30004 | 0.9992 | fineweb |
Living with Beijing's 'air-pocalypse'
Several factors linked to rapid development blamed for Beijing's air quality problems
"Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in...." my wife Ana blurted into a song this week, as she gazed eastwards through the window of our apartment in downtown Beijing.
The old tune from the Broadwa... | <urn:uuid:db96f4aa-79a9-4d58-b588-660c7da987d3> | http://www.kcci.com/news/national/Living-with-Beijing-s-air-pocalypse/-/9357144/18198130/-/view/print/-/jl5uvc/-/index.html | 0.9694 | fineweb |
2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season Birdseye Discussion #83
...AUGUST 19 2012...9:40 PM EDT...
As expected...Gordon weakens to a category 1 hurricane while bearing down on the southeasternmost Azores (Sao Miguel and Santa Maria) at this hour. Weather conditions in those islands are about to become severe...and not clear up ... | <urn:uuid:8bed863c-30ca-4df5-9e97-72ff889b0d8d> | http://espanol.wunderground.com/blog/NCHurricane2009/comment.html?entrynum=167 | 0.9924 | fineweb |
by Kellee Terrell
Lisa Jackson may have the most important job in the world. The air we breathe and earth we live on will be affected for years to come based on what she does. Jackson, 50, has been running the Environmental Protection Agency since 2009 (she was tapped by President Obama in 2008), and has led the outfit... | <urn:uuid:8436a134-74bf-4d24-922c-56abe431e670> | http://uptownmagazine.com/2012/06/confessions-lisa-jackson/ | 0.5501 | fineweb |
These videos are getting better and better. Here's some stats
and figures on the recent US heatwave from Peter Sinclair.
Published under a CC
license. You are welcome to reproduce material for
non-commercial use, credited 'Carbon Brief' with a link to the
article. Please contact us for commerical use.
Published by Clim... | <urn:uuid:fff6f093-1e06-4da8-b095-be2c8cb1175d> | http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2011/08/essential-climate-video-on-us-heatwave | 0.9998 | fineweb |
A variety of rare wildlife encounters is making this winter’s scenery even more picturesque and quintessentially Coloradan.
Six hikers missing on the Lost Man Loop trail near Aspen have been found safe.
Fire crews are slowly getting control of the West Fork Complex Fire in southwest Colorado.
The flag at a command post... | <urn:uuid:85bdb2df-6815-4b86-8159-a5d2a936c7a1> | http://denver.cbslocal.com/tag/south-fork/ | 0.9997 | fineweb |
ATLANTIC CITY – Hurricane Irene is weakening and may not be the “apocalypse” that authorities in multiple states are making it out to be.
The worst storm in the history of the world?
Armageddon? The apocalypse?
Once in a lifetime storm?
Well, looks like Irene was just teasing us. Yes, it is a major storm, but “Armagedd... | <urn:uuid:6a54e5ac-b375-482b-a53d-970dba58fdce> | http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/37632/irene-weakens/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=15d01e1108 | 0.9995 | fineweb |
The long-growing crack in the Larsen C ice shelf, one of Antarctica’s largest floating platforms of ice, appears to be reaching its inevitable end. Scientists with Project MIDAS, working out of Swansea University and Aberystwyth University in Wales and studying the shelf by satellites and through other techniques, have... | <urn:uuid:f0deb5e5-ae1d-4b1c-a37d-5708d2bf0cc6> | http://en.mercopress.com/2017/06/01 | 0.9916 | fineweb |
Paris – Wind is the fastest growing renewable energy in Europe – making up a third of new energy here, with 20 turbines added every working day in 2008, according to EU statistics.
What the European wind energy industry now wants is to expand – offshore. Ocean winds are a stronger and more predictable form of ene... | <urn:uuid:0c6b2775-b4e0-4237-90d0-4fba91652163> | http://www.newsologist.com/europes-57-billion-plan-to-put-windmills-in-the-ocean/ | 0.9992 | fineweb |
Last night, January 19th, 2017, I wondered this as I walked through western Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Memorial Drive, in a neighborhood where somewhat posh residential houses open up into some sudden strips of concrete retail, the filthy river and the glittering Boston skyline just in view. It is not a beautiful p... | <urn:uuid:ad86d6aa-a06b-4aaa-af9c-ce9d90fcf9c3> | https://dllywelynjones.net/2017/01/20/how-long-will-it-stay/ | 0.6651 | fineweb |
Set in 2045, Ready Player One (RP1) creates a picture of a utopic virtual reality where everyone can participate in the story of their dreams. It’s a multimillion-dollar preview of the technological takeover that VR thought leaders are trying to build right now. In describing the relevance of Ready Player One for today... | <urn:uuid:54ef3f32-7e52-45ae-8340-b5b2a370da66> | http://www.imvuguide.com/news/official-blog/oasis-can-wait-digital-worlds-are-ready-for-ready-player-one/ | 0.9166 | fineweb |
By Ada Anioji
As many as 100million West Africans, a third of the population, will be affected by a rain-borne flood in the next few days, The Difference has learnt.
Nigeria’s National Orientation Agency has accordingly alerted especially those living along the banks of the River Niger, of imminent flooding in “mid-201... | <urn:uuid:f5def48a-656a-4827-9711-8cc0b68abd89> | https://thedifferencenews.com/west-africa-gets-flood-alert/ | 1 | fineweb |
Someone stole a bunch of unreleased Radiohead music so now the band is releasing it
Radiohead says a trove of unreleased music has been stolen for ransom. But instead of paying up, the band will release it in aid of environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion.
Guitarist Jonny Greenwood tweeted that about 18 hours... | <urn:uuid:e1485c90-ced3-42df-a488-1aae6b2f7a9f> | https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2019/06/11/someone-stole-bunch-unreleased-radiohead-music-now-band-releasing/aIQelDwTWRsAl1pESDdieP/story.html | 0.9981 | fineweb |
By Richard Telford
Early in my first year of teaching in northeastern Connecticut, more than two decades ago, I heard a colleague refer to her husband as a “typical Swamp Yankee.” He had acquired numerous lawnmowers in various states of disrepair and was slowly pirating parts from one or another to produce a working ma... | <urn:uuid:053e1d84-bbf0-4db9-8840-48b61e35f8da> | https://theecotoneexchange.com/tag/america-first-committee/ | 0.708 | fineweb |
Approximately 3 million people in Colombia have no access to electricity and many live in remote locations unsuitable for connection to the national grid. To address this issue, the Colombian Fund for Non-Conventional Renewable Energies and Efficient Energy Management (FENOGE, under its Spanish acronym) was established... | <urn:uuid:595d8cfc-6052-4ec0-8235-40b957aa2a97> | http://thepublicinterest.info/news-story-uk-pacts-first-project-in-colombia-will-improve-energy-access | 1 | fineweb |
Incubated by Hirondelle USA, Climate+Capital is a purpose-driven media platform focused on the role of capital in addressing climate change. Important to this effort will be front line reporting from Fondation Hirondelle’s global network of local journalists across Africa and South Asia.
Climate+Capital convenes, parti... | <urn:uuid:4f51cdff-401a-445b-96d0-72bcc3934141> | https://hirondelleusa.org/climatecapital/ | 1 | fineweb |
Tropical Storm Colin hits parts of Florida, Georgia
Tampa, Fla. – — Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Colin hit north Florida and southern Georgia on Monday, knocking out power in some areas and flooding roads on the Gulf coast.
Residents filled sandbags, schools closed early and graduation ceremonies were postponed as G... | <urn:uuid:de4b8498-432e-4684-a2e2-686fe48d2476> | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/06/tropical-storm-colin-florida-georgia/85533190/ | 1 | fineweb |
Galatasaray signed a deal with Enerjisa, Turkish energy company on March 9 that will install a solar energy power plant on the roof of its football stadium to produce electricity for the venue.
Galatasaray focuses on ecology and invests in renewable energy sources. A solar power plant will be built on the roof of the T... | <urn:uuid:e21a66ec-23fb-4a93-af1b-416c4401f250> | https://tekincogroup.com/en/galatasaray-solar-energy-plant/ | 0.9999 | fineweb |
On International Environmental Law – Book Summary
International Environmental Law in a Nutshell, which is written by Lakshman D. Guruswamy and Brent R. Hendricks, introduces the relevant concepts of international environmental law(IEL), contemplates the socio—scientific evidence confronting lawmakers and addresses the ... | <urn:uuid:7f91fe89-2c05-4973-9acb-3c5c51b89244> | https://www.freeonlineresearchpapers.com/on-international-environmental-law-book-summary/ | 0.9427 | fineweb |
House Measure Barring Federal Funds in Flood Insurance Enforcement Draws Fire
House members squirming in an effort to deflect consumer outrage from flood insurance premium rate increases mandated by the 2012 bill are touting a provision in appropriations legislation passed this week that apparently won’t accomplish wha... | <urn:uuid:0ecec776-fa08-4c41-97a8-a292ad5eaf74> | http://www.cutimes.com/2013/07/05/house-measure-barring-federal-funds-in-flood-insur?t=technologytcredit-union-management | 0.9981 | fineweb |
Greenhouse gas emissions indicators have been updated
What progress has been made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Europe?
Total greenhouse gas emissions in the EU-27, excluding emission and removals from land-use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF), decreased by 0.7 % between 2004 and 2005 and by 7.9 % betwe... | <urn:uuid:037b5cb7-0f48-4c6e-affc-9989e8fc8439> | http://www.eea.europa.eu/subscription/eea_main_subscription/newsletter.2008-02-21.2482399590 | 1 | fineweb |
Monday, 07 December 2009 12:24
EPA to Declare Carbon Emissions DangerousWritten by Paul Burman
According to the Washington Post, the EPA is ready to declare carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases a danger to public health and welfare. This move lays the foundation for government regulation of global warming causing ... | <urn:uuid:0562b907-a33e-4025-8fc4-6d507f9a93ec> | http://carbonfund.org/blog/item/4002-epa-to-declare-carbon-emis-dangerous | 1 | fineweb |
Thursday, 2 January 2014 - Annual Climate Summary for Perth - Product code IDCKGC21L0
Perth in 2013: another hot year
The Perth Metropolitan area had near-average rain and very-much-above average temperatures in 2013, and it was the third warmest year in 115 years of record for the Perth Metro site.
- Rainfall: near av... | <urn:uuid:57e5849c-0306-41e4-80d7-df11c97fd44d> | http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/annual/wa/archive/2013.perth.shtml | 0.9876 | fineweb |
6.3. Adequacy of the IPCC Guidelines for Reporting National Activities under
the Kyoto Protocol
This section assesses the adequacy of the Guidelines in relation to activities
under Articles 3.3 and 3.4. It begins with a discussion of reporting issues
common to ARD, then addresses issues that are specific to deforestati... | <urn:uuid:4b0db77f-7021-4983-a08d-f0364604c567> | http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/sres/land_use/index.php?idp=305 | 0.9792 | fineweb |
Last week, Maine Gov. Paul LePage, issued a moratorium on all wind energy projects in the state. Citing tourism concerns while saying the state "must act judiciously to protect our natural beauty," LePage established a committee (with no public accountably) that will examine wind power’s economic impact and suggest pot... | <urn:uuid:d0c38282-6970-4d4d-8456-582fe5f9005e> | https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a15929521/governor-of-maine-bans-all-new-wind-farms/ | 0.926 | fineweb |
MARITIME INJURIES AND THE HAMM ALERT
When El Faro, a commercial shipping vessel, left Jacksonville heading to San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 30, 2015, no one knew it would never return.
The El Faro drove into the path of Hurricane Joaquin and sank in the Bermuda Triangle taking with it 33 crew members. There were n... | <urn:uuid:5b74b3be-06ed-423d-9836-0c863a893ffd> | https://farahandfarah.com/maritime-injuries-and-the-hamm-alert/ | 0.9927 | fineweb |
Nowadays we’re all pretty well aware of the effects of things like climate change that come about from scope 1 emissions, but what about our own behaviors and how they affect the environment? When it comes to our own homes, we seem to be much more in tune to what actions we can be taking to do our part for the environm... | <urn:uuid:8293fa06-d781-473d-a4d3-5862665cb326> | http://www.storiapr.com/2018/11/22/how-to-make-your-business-more-environmentally-friendly/ | 0.9986 | fineweb |
As Europe sizzles to yet another record heatwave, it is becoming more difficult for climate change sceptics to deny that our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate. But what are the consequences of these rising temperatures for our ecosystems and the natural resources that we derive from them?
A team of researchers... | <urn:uuid:6710ad68-e53d-42c2-b321-b7f7c6c3f569> | https://sciglow.com/earth/warming-simplifies-freshwater-ecosystems/ | 0.9939 | fineweb |
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Energy Observer – power to the people
Slick and sleek, Energy Observer is a floating power house.
Designed to be self-sufficient, powered by renewable energies and hydrogen generated on board, the 30.5 x 12.8 metre catamaran moored in Paris this July to meet and greet, prior to setting out to sea.
Its c... | <urn:uuid:8479e7c6-2108-4c73-93a4-54112707e305> | https://futuramobility.org/en/voyage-energy-observer/ | 0.9931 | fineweb |
(Photo by Amy E. Voigt of the Toledo Blade)
Late this past Saturday night a tornado ripped through Millbury, Ohio and its surrounding communities. Millbury has a special place in my heart, not only because my grandparents lived there, but pretty much my entire family – my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, along with fam... | <urn:uuid:64e7b492-47ca-4dc4-97e0-15b2199ede69> | https://tyschwamberger.com/2010/06/07/horror-in-real-life/ | 0.9528 | fineweb |
Climate Generation roots our work in the stories we all have as eyewitnesses to climate change.
Growing up in Minnesota as a descendant from pioneer farmers, I did not learn the history of the Dakota people, whose ancestral homeland I also call home. I was lucky to spend my college years in California in my maternal ho... | <urn:uuid:2e15cfd2-0595-4b75-91a9-dbc8360e577a> | https://www.climategen.org/blog/creating-home-through-cop/ | 1 | fineweb |
7 surprising global warming deniers: Architects
In 50 years, long after we have realized that global warming was a hoax, we will still be spending money on warfare, subsidies to polluting corporations, oil, consumerism, etc etc, along with money on cleaning up rivers & oceans, cleaning up air pollution, saving forests,... | <urn:uuid:eeee7dbc-ab22-42c5-98bd-8b3ed257150f> | http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/photos/7-surprising-global-warming-deniers/architects | 1 | fineweb |
Parts of Arizona's main north-south thoroughfare were shut down Wednesday, stranding motorists hundreds of miles south of Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon as a storm dumped snow on higher elevations and rare rainfall in the low desert.
"As far as I can see, it's tail lights," said Abel Gurrola, who was headed north on In... | <urn:uuid:7df830fc-a74e-4cf8-b5ac-34ad66d9de64> | http://eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_0cc24e68-13d5-11e0-869f-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story | 0.9981 | fineweb |
Louisianians fleeing Hurricane Gustav on Interstate 55 Sunday night encountered the kindness of strangers. Hanging from an overpass crossing the northbound lanes several miles inside Mississippi was a blanket spray-painted with the words, "God Bless and Good Luck."
And several people calling into Jackson, Miss., radio ... | <urn:uuid:0ec2ebeb-54c3-4fb3-b8de-82cf9e6d98ba> | http://blog.nola.com/keithspera/2008/09/the_kindness_of_strangers_on_t.html | 0.9991 | fineweb |
Our Mission Statement
Vail Spa is committed to reducing environmental impacts byengaging our associations, owners, guests and community throughthe use of responsible products and sustainable practices.
At the Vail Spa, we feel privileged to work and live in this beautiful Colorado mountain paradise and are dedicated to... | <urn:uuid:0851ad24-b197-4547-adaa-a7d0c9339ed7> | http://www.vailspa.com/Ecocare | 0.9811 | fineweb |
Coloradans are being asked to mark the anniversary of last year’s flooding with a day of service.
In the disaster zone left behind after the September 2013 flood, there are still numerous side roads and rural driveways that need to be repaired.
On September 9, 2013, a storm system began taking shape that would bring se... | <urn:uuid:a4930ea2-cca5-40cf-873c-6309d6fd32c8> | http://denver.cbslocal.com/tag/evans/page/2/ | 0.9871 | fineweb |
Perched on the threshold of economic recovery, cities whose housing markets crashed and burned during the Great Recession are struggling like modern-day Phoenix birds to rise from the ashes.
While rebirth comes naturally for some, others seem caught between a trap labeled “sprawl” and a wide-open window tagged “sustain... | <urn:uuid:80f8ce29-30b0-4e1f-88cf-cc8a8068c5ec> | http://azbigmedia.com/tag/environmental-impact | 0.9813 | fineweb |
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Jo Scheuer is Coordinator of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery Team at UNDP's Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery.
03 Jul 2013
For the first time in history, a majority of the global population is urban, and this number is expected to rise. This isn’t necessarily bad — great cities can offer many benefits,... | <urn:uuid:c3b5eadb-7426-4284-bfad-6aa45b932fd5> | http://www.arabstates.undp.org/content/rbas/en/home/ourperspective/ourperspectivearticles/2013/07/03/let-s-follow-aqaba-s-lead-on-urbanization-and-disaster-risk-reduction-jo-scheuer-/ | 0.9901 | fineweb |
The search for the fabled city of Ubar began with a cold call to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in 1982.
Documentary filmmaker Nicholas Clapp had heard stories about a lost settlement in the Arabian Desert that was once teeming with riches. At some point many centuries ago, Ubar had disappeared into the sand an... | <urn:uuid:605f0f4a-2225-4c53-bde7-79fb6e0f1038> | http://climate.nasa.gov/news/1010/climate-change-and-the-rise-and-fall-of-civilizations/ | 0.9753 | fineweb |
Sunday, November 04, 2012
A Child's Wisdom
My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by hurricane Sandy. I pray that God will give you the strength and the means to make it through this trying season and, despite your suffering, show you that there is a brighter tomorrow.
I composed this post four years ago, ... | <urn:uuid:839ef8b7-f450-457a-93e4-f20e8e4be3a8> | http://quildonwrites.blogspot.com/2008/05/childs-wisdom.html | 0.996 | fineweb |
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Obama's Unexpectedly Good Week
The Democrats got whupped on November 4. But soon after that, Mr. Obama made some impressive moves:
Nominated Loretta Lynch as the first African-American Attorney General
A climate change deal with China
Supported net neutrality
Said he would use his executive ... | <urn:uuid:6762a87e-3604-4aa2-bc51-5483a90d127a> | http://progressiveerupts.blogspot.com/2014/11/obamas-unexpectedly-good-week.html | 0.999 | fineweb |
UNESCO is collaborating with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to develop culturally acceptable early warning tools that will improve indigenous adaptation and resilience to disaster risks posed climate change.
This project is being fashioned against the background of the importance of combining indigenou... | <urn:uuid:d9cfde94-b70c-4d24-8231-d0ef3829871a> | http://thenationonlineng.net/climate-change-unesco-nema-develop-culturally-acceptable-early-warning-tools/ | 1 | fineweb |
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The depletion of groundwater from one of the largest aquifers in the United States since 2001 was faster than during the entire 20th century, the USGS finds.
The U.S. Geological Survey reviewed groundwater data from 1900 to 2008 and said the annual rate of depletion was accelerating. The Oga... | <urn:uuid:a361b5ce-a2b6-4e9b-9eca-759a7e2cff43> | http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Industry/2013/05/21/US-groundwater-running-dry/UPI-81191369134227/?spt=hs&or=er | 0.9923 | fineweb |
Hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires — the natural disasters that pummeled various parts of the United States and Mexico in 2017 crippled communities small and large. Collectively, these events killed thousands of people, also knocking out power for survivors. Though these disasters demand the use of grim superlatives — ... | <urn:uuid:33df9a5c-3f1f-4148-970e-d4cf5b54ba4b> | https://futurism.com/technology-natural-disaster/ | 0.996 | fineweb |
March 2017 Projected Temperature Anomalies from NCEP/NCAR Data
via Watts Up With That?
Guest Post By Walter Dnes
In continuation of my Temperature Anomaly projections, the following are my March projections, as well as last month’s projections for February, to see how well they fared.
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Tesla: Manufacturing South Australia for the future
In July, Tesla and its owner Elon Musk announced that it is building the world’s largest lithium-ion battery in South Australia — an installation 60 per cent larger than any other large-scale battery energy storage system on the planet.
In partnership with the South A... | <urn:uuid:522c087e-436e-430a-8892-0637e17e5c49> | https://www.thinkperform.com.au/tesla-manufacturing-south-australia-future/ | 0.9936 | fineweb |
We at Kitterman Woods are watching the development of Hurricane Irma very closely. While we always strive to provide excellent service to all of our residents, we also realize that the safety of our team during a storm is a priority.
Therefore, with that in mind we must close the office due to the impending storm.
We w... | <urn:uuid:954754aa-92d0-4992-8d39-27368d254114> | https://kittermanwoods.com/uncategorized/hurricane-irma/ | 0.9997 | fineweb |
Washington D.C. – House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today highlighted the inclusion of his Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion Act, along with landmark tribal water priorities, renewable energy wins, and Insular provisions as part of the Fiscal Year 2021, Consolidated Appropriation... | <urn:uuid:32f3d2ba-c9dd-47f6-94fb-baf075cc541c> | https://grijalva.house.gov/chair-grijalva-helps-secure-landmark-tribal-water-wins-saguaro-national-park/ | 0.9584 | fineweb |
Repost from 2011: More and more science reveals the not surprising connection between a warming planet and extreme weather. Won’t stop unless emissions of fossil fuels stop — Stephen
(Bonus: How we can kick the fossil fuel addiction)
By Stephen Leahy
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 16, 2011 (IPS)
Human-induced heating of the pla... | <urn:uuid:0bf43923-4fdb-4ae9-907f-92e3f7c43285> | https://stephenleahy.net/tag/hurricanes/ | 1 | fineweb |
Explore a selection of our most anticipated new releases for October
This month: The story of the arcane table-top game that became a pop culture phenomenon and the long-running legal battle waged by its cocreators; an unsparing account of what went wrong in the search for an Alzheimer’s cure (and a roadmap that points... | <urn:uuid:822499e8-3c20-4243-b841-680557640515> | https://mitp-web.mit.edu/blog/october-books-how-not-study-disease-electrify-game-wizards-and-more | 0.8529 | fineweb |
For a moment, it's quiet on the second floor of Andrew H. Wilson Charter School in Broadmoor. Because of the building's acoustics, not even the air conditioner can be heard. Then there's a distant squeak of a rubber sole against bamboo floorboards. And another. A gaggle of first-graders winds around the corner — a blur... | <urn:uuid:30a8d558-1d46-4e4d-af2a-a5ba70da0d5d> | http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/andrew-h-wilson-charter-school-goes-green/Content?oid=1278509 | 0.9911 | fineweb |
We speak with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez about climate change, the Copenhagen summit and President Obama. Chávez calls the COP15 summit undemocratic and accuses world leaders of only seeking a face-saving agreement. "We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet," Chávez says. "That requires a c... | <urn:uuid:6688104c-54b4-499b-889c-dde7acc8365a> | http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/21/venezuelan_president_hugo_chavez_on_how | 0.9915 | fineweb |
What is Urban and Regional Carbon Management?
Climate Compatible Urban Development: Towards developing assessment framework for cities: A GCP and partners workshop organized in March 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand. Read more on the issues under discussion.
"Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus in Cities: Drivers, footprints, and impl... | <urn:uuid:47177186-7a2b-4c81-85e3-f9f30878adfd> | http://www.gcp-urcm.org/ | 0.9981 | fineweb |
DOE Finalizes $43 Million Loan Guarantee for New York State Energy Storage
Crews delivered specially equipped containers in June to permanent foundations in Stephentown, New York, to support Beacon Power's flywheel energy storage system.
DOE announced on August 9 that it had finalized a $43 million loan guarantee for B... | <urn:uuid:8e69dfbf-4576-4a1b-accd-640102366727> | http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/states/news_detail.cfm/news_id=16227 | 0.9949 | fineweb |
January 06, 2013
Burnt houses at Dunalley on the east coast of Tasmania after a bushfire ravaged the town. Photo: Peter Mathew
Up to 100 people remain unaccounted for as devastating bushfires that have ravaged southern Tasmania continue to burn.
Police are conducting painstaking property-to-property searches in the wor... | <urn:uuid:6ac662fd-29a2-414a-a7c5-805725492185> | http://m.smh.com.au/environment/weather/fears-of-lives-lost-as-search-for-bodies-begins-in-tasmania-fires-20130106-2cata.html?skin=iphone | 0.9945 | fineweb |
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will conduct its first snow survey of the new winter season at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30. Phillips Station at Highway 50 and Sierra at Tahoe Road, about 90 miles east of Sacramento, is the manual survey location.
Snow depth and water content figures should be availab... | <urn:uuid:55e5d934-1735-4f5d-81aa-a8f22201a002> | http://westernfarmpress.com/management/first-snow-survey-2009-2010 | 0.9927 | fineweb |
Global Disasters/ Significant Events – 29 April 2013
Posted by feww on April 29, 2013
Devastating Floods in Kentucky Wash Out Bridges, Destroy Infrastructure
Two weeks of severe flooding in eastern and southeastern Kentucky have devastated the region. Many bridges are washed out and dozens of roads and culverts in the ... | <urn:uuid:cf160928-9d85-4cab-bcd6-ba03a5f278aa> | https://feww.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/global-disasters-significant-events-29-april-2013/ | 0.9995 | fineweb |
Welcome to the DataStore
The London DataStore is a free and open data-sharing portal where anyone can access data relating to the capital. Whether you’re a citizen, business owner, researcher or developer, the site provides over 500 datasets to help you understand the city and develop solutions to London’s problems.Ple... | <urn:uuid:778b3769-9821-4a47-b527-e0b518996404> | http://data.london.gov.uk/ | 0.98 | fineweb |
by Matej Hodek, Hyojoo Kim, Douglas Miller (C’12) & Antonia Weitzer
Despite widespread political support for measures promoting investments in energy efficiency in the residential sector, there remains vast, unmet potential. In order to better understand the reasoning behind meager investments in energy efficiency, a s... | <urn:uuid:0c72fea6-e7ea-45cf-936c-0f4d79287ae0> | https://whartonigel.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/boosting-household-investments-in-energy-efficiency/ | 0.9937 | fineweb |
Agriculture is Altering Mississippi River Chemistry
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, January 25, 2008 (ENS) – Over the past 50 years, farming has altered the hydrology and chemistry of the Mississippi River, injecting more carbon dioxide [www.sundance.tv] into the river and raising river discharge, finds a study by researchers ... | <urn:uuid:29a30deb-a546-4f34-b419-08cc71a2b67a> | http://www.sundance.tv/blog/2008/01/agriculture-is-altering-mississippi-river-chemistry | 0.9989 | fineweb |
A crucial component of the INFORMAR project is the analysis of ‘normal best practises cases’ for integrated forest management implementation across Europe. Selected best practices case studies will be selected and explored to find answers to research questions that have been jointly developed together with the project ... | <urn:uuid:b3c5eef3-215c-4aba-970d-a251fdf8eb87> | https://informar.eu/case-studies | 0.9841 | fineweb |
Conserving energy and doing our part to help better the environment is more important now more than ever. Switching over to solar power, power gained from the sunlight, can help reduce and even eliminate your electric bill.
Solar panels can be used for both residential and commercial homes and building structures. The ... | <urn:uuid:125eab5e-08da-4a67-ae0f-53f569aad8ad> | http://www.infobarrel.com/Solar_Panels | 0.9863 | fineweb |
Early 2014 North American cold wave
The 2014 North American cold wave was an extreme weather event that extended through the late winter months of the 2013–2014 winter season, and was also part of an unusually cold winter affecting parts of Canada and parts of the north-central and upper eastern United States. The even... | <urn:uuid:6e94264b-6fbc-4b00-b538-d49dd6845ecd> | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_North_American_polar_vortex | 0.9846 | fineweb |
HAVANA TIMES – Transport produces 25% of emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean. While the air in most of the region’s capitals has become almost unbreatheable, cycling has captured the imagination of thousands of Latin Americans.
Four of the region’s largest cities have taken measures to promote sustainable mobi... | <urn:uuid:9ad9dba5-7a66-4719-8734-071bbead5c5e> | https://havanatimes.org/latin-america/cycling-for-cleaner-air-in-latin-america/nggallery/image/12-6-playa/ | 0.983 | fineweb |
Drought.gov currently has designated Santa Fe as being in an extreme drought with no end in the upcoming month. Due to these dry and dangerous conditions, firescaping in our wildfire-prone areas needs to be your top priority. Wildfires can happen anywhere, at any time, and can be caused by humans and lightning and can ... | <urn:uuid:f85636e2-416a-4237-8de1-e21c28e37dbb> | https://www.desertroselandscape.com/single-post/2018/06/03/dangerous-drought | 0.9942 | fineweb |
Depave promotes the transformation of over-paved places to overcome the social and environmental impacts of pavement. We engage communities and reconnect urban landscapes to nature through action-oriented projects, education, advocacy and stewardship.
Livable cities where people and wildlife coexist and prosper amidst ... | <urn:uuid:1a841a94-79d8-4df8-b662-381fe1c4301d> | https://depave.org/about/mission/ | 0.9991 | fineweb |
Biographical entry Coughlan, Michael
- Climatologist and Metrologist
Michael Coughlan has made significant contributions to Australian and Global meteorology and climate science.
Beginning his career as a trainee weather forecaster for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Michael Coughlan went on to work on two of four... | <urn:uuid:96ebfee3-0162-4a13-929d-cd99d9b284db> | https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005875b.htm | 0.9998 | fineweb |
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