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 To be fair, the proposed rule does represent a level of progress compared to sorely outdated rules on the books.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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- State Of The Climate
- 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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- 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
- National Weather Service completes Doppler radar upgrades
- Arctic nearly free of summer sea ice during first half of 21st century
- Air
- San Diego County Meets National Air Quality Standard for SmogLOS ANGELES – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that San Diego County has met the 1997 national health-based air quality standard for smog, also known as ground-level ozone. In addition, EPA has approved the state’s plan to maintain clean air standards for the more than three million residents of the San Diego area […]
- San Diego County Meets National Air Quality Standard for Smog
- Water
- Federal Agencies Expand Urban Waterway Revitalization Effort to Proctor Creek in AtlantaATLANTA – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Transportation and Urban Development, the Army Corp of Engineers and the Centers for Disease Control, along with other federal partners, announced that the Urban Waters Federal Partnership is exp […]
- Federal Agencies Expand Urban Waterway Revitalization Effort to Proctor Creek in Atlanta
- Ocean Temperatures
- Ship John Shoal NJRecent Water Temperature: 63.7°F (17.6°C) Observation Date and Time: Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:00 GMT […]
- Pensacola FLRecent Water Temperature: 77.7°F (25.4°C) Observation Date and Time: Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:00 GMT […]
- Eagle Point, TXRecent Water Temperature: 74.3°F (23.5°C) Observation Date and Time: Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:00 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
- Charging Your Plug-in Electric Vehicle at HomeCharging Your Plug-in Electric Vehicle at Home Learn about your options for charging a plug-in electric vehicle at home. […]
- Charging Your Plug-in Electric Vehicle at Home
- 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
- Stay Safe in the Summer SunFDA has taken steps on multiple fronts to protect consumers from the skin damage that can be caused by too much exposure to the sun. This is the first summer in which FDA's new rules governing sunscreen labeling are in effect. And FDA is supporting "Don’t Fry Day" on May 24. […]
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