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May 30 2022
Opinion
How to Conserve Water While Facing Down a Megadrought
In the rolling hills around San Diego and its suburbs, the rumble of bulldozers and the whine of power saws fill the air as a slew of new homes and apartments rise up. The region is booming, its population growing at a rate of about 1 percent a year.
This, in spite of the fact that Southern California, along with much of the West, is in the midst of what experts call a megadrought that
SlateJul 26 2022
Analysis
The 1970s and now: Inflation, an unbalanced economy, and tough choices
From the grocery store to the electronics retailer to the car dealership, Americans ask the same question: When will inflation go back down to normal?
The answer is hard, frustratingly so, because the economy looks and acts a lot like a playground seesaw. Although it’s constantly in search of balance, occasionally a bully jumps on one end, tipping it toward recession or high inflation.
Christian Science MonitorJun 24 2022
News
Lake Mead nears dead pool status as water levels hit another historic low
Lake Mead's water levels this week dropped to historic lows, bringing the nation's largest reservoir less than 150 feet away from "dead pool" — when the reservoir is so low that water cannot flow downstream from the dam.
Lake Mead's water level on Wednesday was measured at 1,044.03 feet, its lowest elevation since the lake was filled in the 1930s. If the reservoir dips below 895 feet —
NBC News DigitalAug 05 2022
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Climate bill could slash US emissions by 40% – if Democrats can pass it
The US is, following decades of political rancor and fossil fuel industry obfuscation, on the verge of its first significant attempt to tackle the climate crisis. Experts say it will help rewire the American economy and act as an important step in averting disastrous global heating.
Independent analysis of the proposed legislation, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, shows it should
The GuardianNov 22 2021
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Climate change fuels a water rights conflict built on over a century of broken promises
The simple way to think about this crisis: There’s no longer enough water to go around to meet the needs of farmers and Native American populations as well as fish and birds.
For more than a century, the federal government has overseen an intricate and imperfect system of water distribution intended to sustain an ecosystem and an economy. The whole precarious balance was based on the
Washington PostJul 18 2022
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Over 1,000 Die as Record-Breaking Heat, Wildfires Scorch Europe
Record-breaking heat has killed over 1,000 people in Western Europe over the past week, while firefighters battle to contain blazes scorching swathes of three countries amid a worsening climate emergency, officials said this weekend.
El País reports heat killed 360 people in Spain between July 10 and July 15. This follows the heat-related deaths of more than 800 people last month,
Common DreamsJun 21 2022
Analysis
The SEC did a sensible thing on climate change. A right-wing campaign is trying to kill it.
As drought spreads and sea levels rise, the economic impacts of climate change will run in the trillions of dollars. The insurance firm Swiss Re projects climate disasters would cost the world as much as $23 trillion by 2050, bigger than the impact from the pandemic and the Great Recession of 2009 combined.
It’s reasonable business planning to account for all this foreseeable risk —
VoxAug 01 2021
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The two largest wildfires in the US have burned land nearly the size of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago combined
America's two largest active wildfires have burned land nearly the size of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago combined— as drought and extreme heat continue to make matters worse for those fighting the massive fires in the West.
"There's no human intervention that can save these forests if we don't stop climate change," Washington Gov. Jay Inslee told CNN on Friday. "All of us want
CNN DigitalJun 16 2022
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How millions of lives can be saved if the US acts now on climate
The rapidly shrinking window of opportunity for the US to pass significant climate legislation will have mortal, as well as political, stakes. Millions of lives around the world will be saved, or lost, depending on whether America manages to propel itself towards a future without planet-heating emissions.
For the first time, researchers have calculated exactly how many people the US
The GuardianJul 14 2015
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Job and Revenue Losses Mount From Parched California Farms
While California remains gripped by drought, the scale of lost agricultural jobs and lowered revenue is emerging. And the numbers don't look good. Vast tracts of farmland — mostly in the Central Valley — have been fallowed, which means idled to accumulate moisture. An estimated 564,000 acres will be idled this year, according to an economic update on the drought from researchers at the
NBC News Digital