Global Warming- Is BLM Phoning It In?By Matt WatsonSource: Soundcheck-WNYC Yesterday the Bureau of Land management released a new draft of its so-called “fracking rule.” To be fair, the proposed rule does represent a level of progress compared to sorely outdated rules on the books. But we’re dealing with critical issues here – not the kinds of things we can afford to only get half right. And u […]
- Gross Domestic Product: Grossly incomplete, but we can fix itBy Gernot WagnerVia EDF Voices. This first appeared online in an article posted at ensia.com. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is broken. Robert F. Kennedy said as much in his first major presidential campaign speech. Simon Kuznets, the father of GDP, acknowledged its shortcomings. GDP is an imperfect indicator of human well-being at best, and outright misleadin […]
- Managing Our Nations Fisheries 3 Conference: Take away messagesAmerica’s fishing laws are generally working well to rebuild fish stocks, but there is still work to be done to make sure that our sustainable fisheries are sustainable for fishermen. That was the takeaway message from the recent gathering of the nation’s top fisheries advisors, scientists, members of regional councils and the eNGO community who […]
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- April 2013 DroughtWeather disturbances moving in a very active jet stream flow intensified as they traversed an upper-level trough over the central U.S., sending a series of low pressure and frontal systems across the central and southeastern parts of the country. The resulting beneficial precipitation shrank drought areas in the eastern Plains, Midwest, and Southeast, with e […]
- April 2013 National OverviewThe April average temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 49.7°F, which was 1.4°F below the 20th century average. April 2013 ranked as the 23rd coolest such month on record and marked the coolest April since 1997 when the monthly average temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 48.0°F. The April average precipitation for the contiguous U.S. was 2.90 inches, 0 […]
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Tag Archives: energy
How to Gain Power Over Energy
Did you know that 40% of the electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while they are turned off? And did you know the electricity it takes to power a single 100-watt light bulb for one year is generated by 713 pounds of coal? With electricity outlets in every building and gas stations on [...]
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Land and Water Degradation Lead to Food Shortages
Scarcity and degradation of land and water: growing threat to food security New FAO report profiles the state of the natural resource base upon which world food production depends Prime farmland in Madagascar. Healthy agricultural ecosystems are the foundation of food security. 28 November 2011, Rome – Widespread degradation and deepening scarcity of land and [...]
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Food Vs. Climate Change
“Energy-smart” agriculture needed to escape fossil fuel trap FAO paper published during UN Climate Change Conference highlights how food sector can tackle energy challenges to safeguard a food-secure future A Malinese woman uses a low-cost, fuelwood-efficient mud stove to prepare a family meal. 29 November 2011, Durban, South Africa/Rome – The global food system needs [...]
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Food Crisis
UN food experts call for increased agricultural investment to offset soaring prices 18 February 2011 – Faced with soaring food prices for the second time in three years, senior United Nations experts today called for greater investment in agriculture from both the public and private sectors to increase smallholder productivity. “Policy-related solutions are also required [...]
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