Global Warming- California's Cap and Trade Program After Six Months: Three Reasons the Momentum is Here to StayBy Emily ReynaSix months ago, California launched the largest economy-wide cap-and-trade program in the world, in what many have deemed a grand experiment. Many people watched nervously as the market unfolded, despite California having applied the lessons learned from the growing pains of the EU ETS and from six years of crafting the market rules in consul […]
- Heat Without Fire: Geothermal For A Cleaner, Sustainable Future In New York CityBy EDF BlogsBy: Mark Franks, EDF Energy Research Intern Source: Achrnews.com Hurricane Sandy proved that New York City’s energy system is not up to the challenges of the present day. And, as we have highlighted before, the city faces some major challenges to reducing dangerous air pollution caused by heavy heating fuels. One promising solution seeking to s […]
- Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 21, 2013Live chat Tuesday: Talk to Bob Marshall about challenges facing coastal Louisiana By Steve Myers, The Lens (New Orleans). May 20, 2013. "Last week, WWNO-FM started to air a series on the crisis facing the Louisiana coast, reported by The Lens’ Bob Marshall and produced by WWNO’s Fred Kasten. The stories lay out the causes of Louisiana’s coastal loss and […]
- California's Cap and Trade Program After Six Months: Three Reasons the Momentum is Here to Stay
- State Of The Climate
- April 2013 WildfiresFor April 2013, 4,754 fires (2nd most on record) burned 48,419 acres (the most on record) , which is 10.2 acres burned/fire (the most on record). For January-April, 11,673 fires (the most on record) burned 141,544 acres (the most on record) , which is 12.1 acres burned/fire (the most on record). […]
- April 2013 Global AnalysisThe combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for April 2013 was the 13th warmest on record, at 0.52°C (0.94°F) above the 20th century average of 13.7°C (56.7°F). The global land surface temperature was 0.71°C (1.28°F) above the 20th century average of 8.1°C (46.5°F), marking the 17th warmest April on record. For the ocean, the April g […]
- April 2013 TornadoesJanuary–April tornado counts According to data from the Storm Prediction Center, during April, there were 83 preliminary tornado reports. This is well below the 1991-2010 average of 155 for the month, and marked the slowest April in terms of tornadoes since 1992. The last April with fewer than 100 tornadoes was in 1993. April is typically one of the more act […]
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- New NOAA report examines national oil pollution threat from shipwrecks
- NOAA’s latest mobile app provides free nautical charts for recreational boating
- NOAA releases final report of Sandy service assessment
- First GOES-R instrument ready to be installed onto spacecraft
- New current meter at Stevens will feed data into NOAA’s real-time information system to allow ships to navigate more safely in New York harbor
- Air
- EPA Adds the Riverside Industrial Park in Newark, New Jersey to the Superfund List; Seven Acre Site along the Passaic River Contaminated with PCBs and Volatile Organic Compounds(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added the Riverside Industrial Park in Newark, New Jersey to the Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. After a 2009 spill of oily material from the industrial park into the Passaic River, the EPA discovered that chemicals, including benzene, mercury, chrom […]
- EPA Adds the Riverside Industrial Park in Newark, New Jersey to the Superfund List; Seven Acre Site along the Passaic River Contaminated with PCBs and Volatile Organic Compounds
- Water
- EPA Orders Continued Treatment of Contaminated Groundwater at Former Manufacturing Facility in Richmond, Va.PHILADELPHIA (May 21, 2013) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an administrative settlement with Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. and LSI Corp. regarding a former circuit board manufacturing facility located in Henrico County, at 4500 S. Laburnum Ave., Richmond, Va., requiring the companies to address groundwater contaminated with volatile organi […]
- EPA Orders Continued Treatment of Contaminated Groundwater at Former Manufacturing Facility in Richmond, Va.
- Ocean Temperatures
- Pensacola FLRecent Water Temperature: 81.3°F (27.4°C) Observation Date and Time: Wed, 22 May 2013 11:54:00 GMT […]
- Eagle Point, TXRecent Water Temperature: 74.3°F (23.5°C) Observation Date and Time: Wed, 22 May 2013 11:54:00 GMT […]
- Newport RIRecent Water Temperature: 57.2°F (14.0°C) Observation Date and Time: Wed, 22 May 2013 11:54:00 GMT […]
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- Invasive Species
- Illinois Invasive Species Awareness Month - May 2013Illinois Invasive Species Awareness Month - May 2013The goal of... […]
- WSSA Scientists Stress the Importance of Early Response to Invasive Weeds (Mar 26, 2013)WSSA Scientists Stress the Importance of Early Response to Invasive... […]
- Illinois Invasive Species Awareness Month - May 2013
- Energy Research
- GrayQbTM: A new tool for contamination mappingNuclear facilities in the midst of cleanup due to normal routine or unexpected incident face a remarkable challenge ' how to safely determine the exact location of radioactive contamination. […]
- GrayQbTM: A new tool for contamination mapping
- Energy Savers
- Competition Helps Kids Learn About Energy and Save Their Households Some MoneyCompetition Helps Kids Learn About Energy and Save Their Households Some Money America's Home Energy Education Challenge teaches students how to save energy. […]
- Competition Helps Kids Learn About Energy and Save Their Households Some Money
- Food And Drugs
- FDA expands alert to health care providers about lack of sterility assurance of all sterile drug products from NuVision PharmacyThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care providers of concerns about a lack of sterility assurance of all sterile drug products made and distributed by NuVision Pharmacy of Dallas, Texas. The FDA recommends that these products should not be administered to patients. […]
- FDA expands alert to health care providers about lack of sterility assurance of all sterile drug products from NuVision Pharmacy
- Consumer Health
- FDA’s MedWatch Safety Alerts: April 2013FDA’s MedWatch Safety Alerts alert consumers to problems with quality or safety of medical products. The April listing includes products such as anti-seizure medications, multivitamin supplements, mattress covers, blood glucose meters and compounded drugs. […]
- FDA’s MedWatch Safety Alerts: April 2013
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