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Pebble Limited Partnership Files Suit In An Effort To Usurp The EPA

Pebble Limited Partnership Files Suit In An Effort To Usurp The EPA


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  1 Comments  •  11 years ago

The Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) is hoping to develop the huge Pebble mining prospect near salmon-rich Bristol Bay and has filed suit to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from...
Alarmist headlines NOT a substitute for hard work

Alarmist headlines NOT a substitute for hard work


Via: petey-coober  •  Environment/Climate  •  36 Comments  •  11 years ago

There have been many meaningless alarmist headlines about CO2 levels . Here is a recent one : 'Time running out' as CO2 levels hit new high: UN...
An oil tanker sank off the Japanese coast on Thursday

An oil tanker sank off the Japanese coast on Thursday


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  14 Comments  •  11 years ago

The captain of an oil tanker is missing after the vessel exploded and caught fire off the Japanese coast, sending columns of acrid smoke billowing into the sky. The 80-metre Shoku Maru had...
Finally a drive of 24,901 miles around the world's widest point would cost just $26 in fuel.

Finally a drive of 24,901 miles around the world's widest point would cost just $26 in fuel.


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  18 Comments  •  11 years ago

After testing on a track, judges at the event in Rotterdam, theNetherlands, calculated the car could do 2,072 miles (3,330 km)per litre - theequivalent of 9,400 miles (15,100)per gallon....
We are 'on the brink' of a sixth great extinction as plants and animals die out 1,000 times faster than before humans arrived

We are 'on the brink' of a sixth great extinction as plants and animals die out 1,000 times faster than before humans arrived


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  10 Comments  •  11 years ago

A baby golden lion Tamarin. Once thought to be extinct, this Tamarin is a success story because biologists have helped set aside land for them. Species of plants and animals are going extinct...
A biodegradable plastic made from waste methane

A biodegradable plastic made from waste methane


Via: hal-a-lujah  •  Environment/Climate  •  10 Comments  •  11 years ago

http://m.phys.org/news/2014-05-biodegradable-plastic-methane.html What if we could make the Great Pacific Garbage Patch just disappear? What if plastics didn't accumulate in our landfills? What if...
Spanish Island to be Fully Powered by Wind, Water

Spanish Island to be Fully Powered by Wind, Water


Via: hal-a-lujah  •  Environment/Climate  •  1 Comments  •  11 years ago

http://earthtechling.com/2014/04/spanish-island-to-be-fully-powered-by-wind-water/ The smallest and least known of Spain's Canary Islands, El Hierro, is making a splash by becoming the first...
US Supreme Court refuses halt to BP spill payments

US Supreme Court refuses halt to BP spill payments


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  12 Comments  •  11 years ago

Washington: The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected BP's emergency petition to halt oil spill payments while the court considers whether to take up a broader dispute over BP's allegation...
Earthquakes Hit Alaska's Aleutian Island and New Zealand

Earthquakes Hit Alaska's Aleutian Island and New Zealand


Via: jerry-verlinger  •  Environment/Climate  •  8 Comments  •  11 years ago

A NewsTalkers Article CNN has reported earthquakes in the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific near the Bering Sea, and in the South Pacific Ocean southeast ofRaoul Island near New...
Warming may both hurt and help critical tourism business in Southeast Alaska

Warming may both hurt and help critical tourism business in Southeast Alaska


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  4 Comments  •  11 years ago

US Forest Service officials announced Friday, July 18, 2014, that the ceiling of a popular Mendenhall Glacier ice cave collapsed near the entry. Global warming could threaten Alaska's...
'We're f*****': Climate change will be catastrophic for mankind after study reveals methane leaking from the Arctic Ocean, scientist warns

'We're f*****': Climate change will be catastrophic for mankind after study reveals methane leaking from the Arctic Ocean, scientist warns


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  8 Comments  •  11 years ago

Claim was made by Dr Jason Box about a study at Stockholm University Methane is 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide in trapping heat Scientists believed bubbles would dissolve...
Arctic methane hydrates” out of the science corner onto the economic and political agenda

Arctic methane hydrates” out of the science corner onto the economic and political agenda


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  8 Comments  •  11 years ago

Bubbling methane melted a hole in an otherwise frozen lake in Alaska's Brooks Range. Katey Walter Anthony photo When the Ice Blog was launched in 2008, one of the first posts from a...
Earth has been getting hotter for the past 10,000 YEARS, contradicting studies that humans started global warming

Earth has been getting hotter for the past 10,000 YEARS, contradicting studies that humans started global warming


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  42 Comments  •  11 years ago

A study last year (shown by the blue lines) said that temperatures in the Holocene maximum (8000 9000 years ago) - cooled by 0.5C. But climate models (yellow and black) suggest that the...
Humans greatest driving force behind glacier meltdown: study

Humans greatest driving force behind glacier meltdown: study


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  26 Comments  •  11 years ago

Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press Published Thursday, August 14, 2014 2:43PM EDT Last Updated Thursday, August 14, 2014 5:00PM EDT In this photo taken on July 31, 2014, Chip...
Township in Solomon Islands Is 1st in Pacific to Relocate Due to Climate Change

Township in Solomon Islands Is 1st in Pacific to Relocate Due to Climate Change


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  5 Comments  •  11 years ago

Aug 15, 2014 Under threat from rising sea levels and tsunamis, the authorities of a provincial capital in the Solomon Islands have decided to relocate from a small island in the first...
Keystone climate impact could be 4 times U.S. State Dept. estimate, study says

Keystone climate impact could be 4 times U.S. State Dept. estimate, study says


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  3 Comments  •  11 years ago

This March 17, 2014, file photo shows a stake in the ground wrapped with tape that marks the route of the Keystone XL pipeline in Tilden, Neb. The much-debated Keystone XL pipeline could...
Volcanic eruption begins under Iceland’s largest glacier

Volcanic eruption begins under Iceland’s largest glacier


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  4 Comments  •  11 years ago

Earthquake location 23 Aug 20:30 GMT Time and magnitude of earthquake 23 Aug 20:30 GMT Small eruption under Dyngjujkull A small lava-eruption has been detected under the...
Mystery solved: 'Sailing stones' of Death Valley seen in action for the first time

Mystery solved: 'Sailing stones' of Death Valley seen in action for the first time


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  20 Comments  •  11 years ago

Rarely formed sheets of ice push rocks across a dry lake in Death Valley. View from the source hill on the south shore of Racetrack Playa. View is looking north on December 20, 2013 at 3:15 pm....
Oceans Hid the Heat and Slowed Pace of Global Warming

Oceans Hid the Heat and Slowed Pace of Global Warming


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  1 Comments  •  11 years ago

The Atlantic and Southern oceans may be responsible for the slowdown in the acceleration of global warmingbut not for long. Researchers use Argo floats (pictured) to help collect data....
Yew think this will take long?

Yew think this will take long?


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  16 Comments  •  11 years ago

Gardeners begin annual trimming of 300-year-old giant yew tree that's 46ft tall Gardeners have to use cherry pickers to reach the top of the trees Yews have grown so big that visitors can...
Robotic falcons and eagles mimic predators to keep pests away from airports and farms

Robotic falcons and eagles mimic predators to keep pests away from airports and farms


Via: larry-crehore  •  Environment/Climate  •  3 Comments  •  11 years ago

A company in the Netherlands has designed robotic birds of prey for pests Called Robirds they mimic real falcons and eagles to scare other birds They are remote controlled by an...
GAO: More coal power plants to close than expected

GAO: More coal power plants to close than expected


Via: nona62  •  Environment/Climate  •  1 Comments  •  11 years ago

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Part of the Aral Sea Dries Up: Biggest Environmental Disaster in Human History

Part of the Aral Sea Dries Up: Biggest Environmental Disaster in Human History


Via: kavika  •  Environment/Climate  •  28 Comments  •  11 years ago

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, from satellite data The Aral Sea, once the fourth-largest lake on the planet, is just about dry, thanks to human...
Millions of Americans will die of thirst when the Great Lakes dry up

Millions of Americans will die of thirst when the Great Lakes dry up


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  Environment/Climate  •  20 Comments  •  11 years ago

Millions of Americans will die of thirst when the Great Lakes dry up It could happen as soon as a million years from now. Be prepared
Climate change could damage NASA's space program...

Climate change could damage NASA's space program...


Via: one-miscreant  •  Environment/Climate  •  17 Comments  •  11 years ago

RT ~ Question More. Climate change could damage NASA's space program... Published time: December 06, 2014 05:05 The effects of climate change are already showing up along...
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