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by Dean Kuipers
8 Dec 2011 at 10:36pm
A new map published today by the Natural Resources Defense Council makes it plain that extreme weather attributable to climate change isn?t something that only happens in other parts of the world. Chances are, you?ve had your own Hurricane Irene, or drought, or something like it, in your own back yard.
New Cook Islands Shark Sanctuary proposed
by Dean Kuipers
8 Dec 2011 at 4:00pm
Activists in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific are proposing a huge new shark sanctuary in the face of fishing pressures and the continued massive drop in shark numbers over the last decade worldwide. The Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative, or PICI, is working with local fisheries authorities to craft the Cook Islands Shark Sanctuary to extend over the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone, which covers almost 2 million square kilometers of ocean.
San Diego water deal upheld, Salton Sea fight continues
by Geoff Mohan
8 Dec 2011 at 1:16am
A three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal overturned a 2010 ruling by a Sacramento Superior Court judge that the deal was improper because the Legislature had essentially signed blank-check to repair damage done to the Salton Sea.
Sen. Barbara Boxer seeks climate-change action from summit
by Dean Kuipers
7 Dec 2011 at 9:44pm
Senator Barbara Boxer stepped up today to deliver an appeal for action at the mostly lackluster UN Climate Change Conference, which wraps up this week in Durban, South Africa. Her speech was delivered to an almost-empty Senate TV/Radio gallery, which is indicative of the low priority given ongoing greenhouse gas treaty negotiations by the federal government and the press.
Inupiat whaling, drilling at stake in recent Alaskan mayor?s race
by Dean Kuipers
6 Dec 2011 at 11:09pm
Independent photojournalists Will Rose and Kajsa Sjölander were on Alaska?s North Slope in November to document traditional whaling by the native Inupiat people, and found themselves at the height of a highly charged mayoral election season, with whaling and a gargantuan new Shell oil drilling project at stake.
Retired federal judge withdraws from Westlands Water District case
by Bettina Boxall
6 Dec 2011 at 10:43pm
Retired federal judge Oliver Wanger withdraws from Westlands Water District case.
Occupy Landfills! Trash from Occupy L.A. not recycled
by Dean Kuipers
2 Dec 2011 at 8:48pm
Remember the 25 tons of material left behind by Occupy L.A. campers after they were evicted from the park in front of City Hall early Wednesday morning? It went to the dump.
Illinois sequestration project is first in U.S. for man-made CO2
by Dean Kuipers
1 Dec 2011 at 2:59am
A demonstration project in Illinois is the first in the U.S. to begin pumping over a million metric tons of man-made liquid CO2 into permanent underground storage. The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium announced this week that its project in Decatur, Illinois had begun injecting carbon dioxide into sandstone formations 7,000 feet below ground.
NPR reports Kyoto Protocol in trouble in Durban
by Dean Kuipers
30 Nov 2011 at 9:42pm
News coverage of the UN climate talks in Durban has been minimal, at best, and that?s clearly because ? just like in Copenhagen last year ? there has been almost no mention of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which was put in place to set reduction targets for important greenhouse gases. Without a big juicy target, the conference lacks the drama to merit mention on even the eco-blogs.
Retired federal judge to represent Westlands Water District
by Bettina Boxall
30 Nov 2011 at 5:47am
Former U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Wanger has agreed to represent an influential irrigation district that frequented his courtroom.
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