Archive for May, 2010
What we could achieve at the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010At the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, countries will come together to establish a global partnership to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+). Shared goals will be set, a coordinating institution for the partnership designated, commitments to actions and financing made, guidelines agreed, and a framework for transparency and coordination [...]
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San Francisco River Basin Committee creates agency to charge for water use
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010The San Francisco River Basin Committee discusses in Maceió (AL), the creation of an agency whose function is to manage the collection of water use in the basin. The issue will be addressed during the VIII Plenary Session of the Committee, today, and during the next meeting of the National Water Resources Council, scheduled for June [...]
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Updated Groundbreaking Report Shows U.S. Drinking Water and Watersheds Still Widely Contaminated by Hormone Disrupting Pesticide, Atrazine
Sunday, May 9th, 2010A widely used pesticide known to impact wildlife development and, potentially, human health continues to contaminate watersheds and drinking water throughout much of the United States, according to a new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
“Sadly, new data doesn’t point to new results — atrazine can be found everywhere we look,” [...]Leia mais
EPA Administrator and Agriculture Secretary Team Up to Promote Farm Energy Generation
Thursday, May 6th, 2010U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new interagency agreement promoting renewable energy generation and slashing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock operations. The agreement expands the work of the AgStar program, a joint EPA-USDA effort that helps livestock producers reduce methane emissions from [...]
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Climate Change Indicators
Monday, May 3rd, 2010Heat waves, storms, sea levels, glaciers, and wildlife migrations are just a few of the environmental indicators that show measurable signs of climate change. A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report, Climate Change Indicators in the United States , looks at 24 key indicators that show how climate change impacts the health and environment of [...]
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Environmental forensics: courting science?
Monday, May 3rd, 2010Forensics and hydrology are two terms that may not seem to go together well. To the uninitiated, this combination may evoke images of the crime scene investigation that ensues when some patsy goes into the drink wearing cement overshoes. Rather, the term environmental forensics, essentially the parent discipline of forensic hydrology, has found its way [...]
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