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Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts

Circle of Blue

A complex and arcane water banking program in the lower Colorado River basin, adopted in 2007 and later amended, was designed to incentivize water conservation, prevent waste, and boost storage in a waning Lake Mead. trillion in economic activity, according to one 2014 study. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue. million acres.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

In addition to his work with the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds, Mr. Dawes owns a purebred Angus farm in Huntingdon County where he employs sustainable and conservation farming practices. Michael Mann - Climate Champion Award PennFuture honored Dr. Michael E. Church was an elementary school counselor in Philadelphia until 2014.

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The UK to build its first coal mine in thirty years

A Greener Life

The British coal-mining industry, which in the 1980s comprised 175 working pits, had been judged by the then-Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher, to be uneconomic. Still, opponents, of which there are many, even within the governing Conservative Party, argue that you would create many more jobs by investing in the green economy.

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The Stream, September 3, 2021: When Climate Disasters Strike, Rural America Suffers The Most

Circle of Blue

Rural, low-income towns across America suffer the most from climate disasters. In the American West, funds approved in 2014 for water storage projects in California have not been used and a town in Utah completely runs out of water. After drought hit the state of California in 2014, voters approved a $7.5 YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.

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Ask a Scientist: ‘Danger Season’ Summers Disproportionately Harm Disadvantaged Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

Climate scientists at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have dubbed the six-month stretch from May through October the “ Danger Season.” Not only has much of what climate scientists have been warning about come to pass, many of the extreme weather events the planet is now experiencing are worse than they expected. “To

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EPA Finalizes Rule To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Infrastructure; DEP’s Oil & Gas Methane Regulations 1 Year Old

PA Environment Daily

Future generations will look back on this as a game-changing moment in the fight for a safe climate,’ stated climate scientist and President/CEO of EEN, Rev. ‘Today’s new methane safeguards are a momentous victory for the health of our children. Dr. Jessica Moerman. “As

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Can the Realities of “Danger Season” Pierce Climate Denial?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Texas A&M climate scientists Andrew Dessler and Jangho Lee told the AP that last year’s real national annual heat death toll may be more like 11,000–and that it could get much worse. The top states for solar power growth since 2014 are Texas and Florida.