"Asheville's Role in Climate Change Grows"
The National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC, is playing a growing role in understanding weather and climate change.
Source: Asheville Citizen-Times, 07/06/2009
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"California Water Plan Could Help Puget Sound Orcas Survive"
"A plan to restore salmon runs on California's Sacramento River could help revive killer whale populations 700 miles to the north in Puget Sound."
Source: Bellingham Herald, 07/06/2009
"Drought, Irrigation Cuts Hurt Calif. Farmers, Hands"
"San Joaquin Valley farms are laying off workers and letting fields lie fallow as their water ration falls."
Source: LA Times, 07/06/2009
"Tucson Rainwater Harvesting Law Drawing Interest"
"TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Long dependent on wellwater and supplies sent hundreds of miles by canal from the Colorado River, this desert city will soon harvest some of its 12 inches of annual rainfall to help bolster its water resources."
Source: AP, 07/06/2009
Climate Votes May Cost Congress Members
Voting with the GOP might seem like an easy political choice for Idaho Democrat Walt Minick. But could it be a problem when he needs clout to help the state?
Source: Idaho Statesman, 07/06/2009
Invisible Particles, Visible Harm
"Studies Are Homing in on Which Particles Polluting the Air Are Most Sickening -- and Why"
Source: Science News, 07/06/2009
"Coal-Ash Ponds Threaten Lives"
The EPA says North Carolina Has More 'High-Hazard' Sites Than Any Other; the Industry Calls Them Safe.
Source: Raleigh News & Observer, 07/06/2009
California Imposes World's Toughest Smog Rules for Ships
California this week put in place the toughest restrictions in the world on smog from ships, requiring reductions of more than 80 percent of soot from foreign and US ships out to 24 miles from shore. Tankers, cargo vessels and cruise ships burn bunker fuel, which has sulfur content as much as 1,000 times higher than on-road diesel. The US is moving forward to copy California's rules by 2015. Paul Rogers reports in the San Jose Mercury News.
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 07/06/2009
"Climate Declaration To Get Global Boost"
"The U.S., European Union and 12 of the world's largest nations plan to embrace 'an aspirational goal' of reducing emissions of global-warming gases by 50% by 2050, according to a draft declaration by world leaders set for release next week in Italy."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 07/03/2009
"China Says 'Carbon Tariffs' Proposals Breach WTO Rules"
"Proposals to impose 'carbon tariffs' on imported products will violate the rules of the World Trade Organization as well as the spirit of the Kyoto Protocol, China's Ministry of Commerce said."
Source: Reuters, 07/03/2009
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