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Report: 2 Articles on California water problems
KUNC: The Colorado River Basin’s Worsening Dryness In Five Numbers. Dry conditions are the worst they’ve been in almost 20 years across the Colorado River watershed, which acts as the drinking and irrigation water supply for 40 million people in the American Southwest. As the latest round of […]
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Study: California’s Rainy Season Now Starts a Month Later Than It Used To
Yale Climate Connection: California’s Rainy Season Now Starts a Month Later Than It Used To. The start of California’s rainy season has been getting progressively later in recent decades, and now begins a month after it did just 60 years ago, shifting from November to December, according to a new […]
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Wyoming could lead US green energy push with wind power – 2 articles
DW: Wyoming could lead US green energy push with wind power. US President Joe Biden has pledged to promote renewable energy. Wyoming, where much of America’s coal is sourced, could benefit with a new focus on wind energy. But not everyone is open to change. When Jim Clayton* still worked […]
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Americans Are Moving To Escape Climate Impacts. Towns Expect More To Come
NPR: Americans Are Moving To Escape Climate Impacts. Towns Expect More To Come.
The impacts of climate change could prompt millions of Americans to relocate in coming decades, moving inland away from rising seas, or north to escape rising temperatures.
Judith and Doug Saum have moved already, recently leaving their home outside Reno, […]
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The Ongoing Collapse of the World’s Aquifers
Wired: The Ongoing Collapse of the World’s Aquifers. When humans over-exploit underground water supplies, the ground collapses like a huge empty water bottle. It’s called subsidence, and it could affect 1.6 billion people by 2040.
AS CALIFORNIA’S ECONOMY skyrocketed during the 20th century, its land headed in the opposite direction. A booming […]
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DeSmogBlog, January 21, 2021
Articles include: O&G Climate Denial Campaign Dates Back to 1980; Natural Gas Industry’s Hydrogen Push; Keystone XL Pipeline Canceled; Pacific Northwest Fossil Fuel Projects Dealt Massive Setbacks; Quits Fossil Fuel Lobby Group the American Petroleum Institute;
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Report: In Florida and Arizona, Worsening Heat Puts More People at Risk – 2 articles
Public Integrity: IN FLORIDA, WORSENING HEAT PUTS MORE PEOPLE AT RISK. Farmworkers have long faced dangers from laboring outside in sweltering heat. As climate change raises temperatures, heat illness could come for far more people. For more than two decades now, Jeannie Economos has been advocating for farmworkers’ health. Pesticide exposure […]
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