December 31, 2015
December 11, 2015
Below is a very important letter regarding the potentially severe mistake of conflating all greenhouse gases to CO2 equivalents using a 100 year time period in the current UNFCCC emissions reporting system. Methane (the major short lived greenhouse gas) expends …
December 7, 2015
Rupture at Aliso Canyon natural gas storage site has released the equivalent of 800,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide and won’t be plugged for another 3 months
By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, December 4, 2015
By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, December 4, 2015
It’s the climate equivalent of …
December 5, 2015
Listen to an interview featuring Barbara Arrindell, Director of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability.
This interview aired on WJFF Radio, 90.5 fm, on Sunday, December 6, 2015, at 3 pm. The show is Wild Card.
It can be streamed on line …
December 5, 2015
“Even if he serves his one year slap-on-the-wrist, we know already that justice will not be done. His legacy of poisoning Appalachia will persist long after his name has been forgotten.”
By Jeff Biggers, Huffington Post, December 3, 2015
By Jeff Biggers, Huffington Post, December 3, 2015
The …
November 25, 2015
Panel finds little basis for claim that fracking has not led to ‘widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water.’
By Neela Banerjee, InsideClimate News, November 19, 2015
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By Neela Banerjee, InsideClimate News, November 19, 2015
An Environmental Protection Agency panel of independent scientific advisers has challenged core conclusions of
November 23, 2015
Study findings a call to better manage and protect the resource
By Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, November 21, 2015
By Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, November 21, 2015
Groundwater, the globe’s most dependable water insurance system, is not as renewable as researchers once thought and its availability varies greatly around …
November 17, 2015
Your snail mail letters have paid off! There is now a ban on high volume hydraulic fracturing in New York State. Governor Cuomo based his decision on the State Health Commissioner, Howard Zucker’s recommendation that drilling could cause “significant public …
November 17, 2015
November 14, 2015
Fears terminal could cause an environmental catastrophe or become a terrorist target
By Ellen Yan, Newsday, November 12, 2015
By Ellen Yan, Newsday, November 12, 2015
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Thursday killed a 3-year-old proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal 19 miles off Jones Beach …
November 7, 2015
Obama: “The State Department has decided that the Keystone XL pipeline would not serve the national interest of the United States. I agree with that decision.”
By Laura Barron-Lopez and Kate Sheppard, Huffington Post, November 6, 2015
By Laura Barron-Lopez and Kate Sheppard, Huffington Post, November 6, 2015
President Barack Obama …
November 7, 2015
Mr. Schneiderman’s decision to scrutinize the fossil fuel companies may well open a new legal front in the climate change battle
By Justin Gillis and Clifford Krauss, New York Times, November 5, 2015
By Justin Gillis and Clifford Krauss, New York Times, November 5, 2015
California is also investigating Exxon Mobil.
The …
