Tag: water
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U.S. Navy to Increase Sonar Training and Underwater Detonations Despite Injury to Marine Mammals
The U.S. Navy has indicated that it intends to disregard the California Coastal Commission’s recommendations to mitigate the harmful effects of Navy sonar and offshore training exercises …
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Humanity’s Demands Exceed Earth’s Carrying Capacity
Today, 20 August, is Earth Overshoot Day—when humanity has used as much renewable natural resources as our planet can regenerate in one year. For the rest of 2013, we are “in the red” …
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Drought-Stricken Texas Fracks Its Way to Water Shortages
With above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation, according to the National Weather Service’s July 25 update, the majority of the state of Texas is in the midst of severe …
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Fracking Public Lands Would Kill Ohio’s Food Tourism Economy
Recently, the Wayne National Forest faced an imminent gas and oil lease sale of over 3,000 acres, most of it in the Hocking River Valley. Maps of the parcels to be sold revealed all to be riddled with abandoned coalmines.
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As Sea Levels Rise, Coastal Cities Face Flood Damage Exceeding $1 Trillion
By 2050, flood damage in the world’s coastal cities is expected to reach $1 trillion a year as sea levels rise and global warming triggers new extremes of heat …