Environment
Jun 16, 2015: According to a NASA study conducted over the ten-year period 2003-2013, the 37 largest aquifers around the world are being depleted (more water is being removed than replaced). The study is part … Continue reading Worldwide Depletion of Aquifers
In South America, Chile is experiencing an 8-year drought that is similar to the drought in California. Crops are drying up, copper mine production is down, wildfires have been a problem, and hydroelectric power production … Continue reading Drought in Chile South America
Nov 28, 2017 U.S. repeal of carbon rule criticized in coal country | Reuters Retired Miner With Black Lung Begs EPA To Save Power Plant Rules: ‘We're Literally Dying' | CNN Nov 2, 2017 EPA … Continue reading Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants
Jun 30, 2015 By a vote of 7-0, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that homeowners who have sustained injuries or property damage from earthquakes they say are caused by fracking can sue in Oklahoma state … Continue reading Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules on Homeowners and Earthquakes Caused by Fracking
American cities used to make money by recycling the waste we as consumers put in those big blue recycling bins, but according to an article in The Washington Post, now cities are paying to keep … Continue reading Recycling Facilities in the United States are Losing Money
Feb 28, 2017: Trump issued an executive order entitled "Presidential Executive Order on Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the 'Waters of the United States' Rule". The "Waters of the … Continue reading U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers Finalize Clean Water Rule
California's Central Valley, 40-60 miles wide and extending about 450 miles from the town of Redding on the north to Bakersfield on the south, is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world … Continue reading Central Valley California Crops and Irrigation with Recycled Oil Field Water
On June 4, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put out a news release entitled "EPA Releases Draft Assessment on the Potential Impacts to Drinking Water Resources from Hydraulic Fracturing Activities" which summarizes the results … Continue reading U.S. EPA Releases Hydraulic Fracturing Study Draft Assessment 2015
May 17, 2016: In California, a grand jury indicted Plains All American Pipeline on 46 criminal charges, including four felony counts. The company and one employee, environmental and regulatory compliance specialist James Buchanan, was also … Continue reading Santa Barbara California | Plains All American Pipeline Oil Spill
May 12, 2015: A 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, the second major earthquake in that region in less than three weeks. Fresh earthquake kills scores in Nepal and India | Reuters May 2, 2015: The … Continue reading Powerful Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake Hits Nepal