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Continue reading →: Methane Venting From East Siberian Arctic Shelf
As a greenhouse gas, methane is 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. According to University of Alaska Arctic researchers Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov, methane gas is venting from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) at a surprisingly high rate. The vents are coming through leaks in permafrost, which…
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Continue reading →: Northern Plains Prepare for Another Flood
Residents in the Missouri River basin are getting ready for another spring flood. Heavy snow and cold temperatures in the Northern Plains are setting up for potential ice jams on major rivers. Here, a crop duster spreads coal dust on the Platte River near Ashland, Nebraska. The black dust absorbs…
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Continue reading →: Wisconsin Bill Favors Local Renewable Energy
Wisconsin bill would promote small-scale distributed renewable power generation. While the deeply-divided Congress looks incapable of passing any serious legislation, states are moving ahead with renewable energy initiatives, particularly states that don’t mine coal or drill much oil and gas. Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Jobs Act (AB 649/SB 450) was introduced…
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Continue reading →: Ample Evidence of Global Warming
“the sea still rises.” American coastal geologists Orin Pilkey and Rob Young have published this article on global warming in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer. Their position: “plain evidence of global warming abounds.” The article, in the literary sense, takes the reader on a flight beginning with the North Carolina Outer Banks…
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Continue reading →: Missouri Utility Drops Nuke Construction Plan
The New York Times reports here that AmerenUE, a utility company servicing Missouri and Illinois, has suspended its effort to build another reactor and power plant near Fulton, MO. Evidently, the biggest obstacle was Missouri’s anti-CWIP regulations. Construction Works in Progress, or “CWIP” regulations in some states, like Florida, allow…
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Continue reading →: Stimulus Funds for Moab Uranium Tailings Cleanup
A former uraium mill site near Moab, Utah adjacent to the Colorado River. Photo source: Ecoflight Lately, my go-to source for western U.S. water news and commentary is Coyote Gulch, a blog with it’s ear on the ground. Earlier this month, it reported here on a nice chunk of change from…
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Continue reading →: Why Did My Plant Die?
by Geoffrey B. Charlesworth You walked too close. You trod on it. You dropped a piece of sod on it. You hoed it down. You weeded it. You planted it the wrong way up. You grew it in a yoghurt cup But forgot to make a hole; The soggy compost…
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Continue reading →: Regulatory Fallout from Kingston Coal Sludge Incident?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be reviewing hundreds of wetland and watercourse permits formerly handled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), according to this LA Times article. The EPA has had the authority to intervene for years, but rarely did under the Bush Administration. Looks like things…
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Continue reading →: Cattlemen’s College Sponsored by Pfizer
Image source: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association As previously posted here, the Union of Concerned Scientists reported that 70 percent of all antibiotics and similar drugs are given to animals that are not sick. Even after reading that, I was still surprised to find out that the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association,…
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