Tag: water
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The Executive Order That Could Save U.S. Water Supplies
A detailed executive order making water a major national priority and moving the nation to a clean energy future is being submitted to the White House today for President Obama’s consideration …
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Why Our Energy Choices Matter in a Warming, Water-Constrained World
In a future of growing climate change impacts and water strains, the water implications of our electricity choices are way worth paying attention to. A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists …
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FRAC Act Reintroduced in the Senate
Amid widespread fears that the boom in “fracking” for natural gas poses a growing array of environmental threats, some members of Congress are making a new effort to reverse a 2005 law that exempted the industry from …
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Colorado Residents Protest Fracking at Democratic Governors’ Conference
This past Saturday, hundreds of Coloradans from across the state gathered outside the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) meeting at the St. Regis Resort in Aspen, CO, to tell Gov. Hickenlooper and other governors from across the country to say no t…
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Former Republican Governors Urge Senate to Confirm EPA Nominee Gina McCarthy
Yesterday, two former Republican governors joined on a press call urging the Senate Republicans to stop stalling and confirm Gina McCarthy as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …