"S.S. Badger Coal Ash Dumping Surprises Many"
A historic ferry that carries cars and passengers across Lake Michigan is still dumping ash from its coal-fired engines into the Lake -- legally.
Source: Muskegon Chronicle, 06/08/2009
Water & Oceans
"Learning To Live With Less Water"
"Droughts are nothing new for the Western US. But lately, even some parts of the country surrounded by water have gotten a taste of droughts. Rebecca Williams reports as our population grows, some experts say we're going to have to learn to live with less water."
Source: Environment Report, 06/05/2009
Feds Cut Water to California
"Farmers and urban users will see about a 5% to 7% annual reduction from actions intended to help salmon and other fish."
Source: LA Times, 06/05/2009
El Nino Could Develop as Hurricane Season Opens
"The El Nino weather pattern, which can bring global weather chaos such as droughts and floods, could develop within weeks, [NOAA's] Climate Prediction Center ...ssid."
Source: Reuters, 06/05/2009
"Crime Scene Cleanup" in Kelly AFB Toxics Case
New evidence indicates the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry fails to protect communities from dangers such as the now-disappearing plumes of toxic groundwater carrying cancer-causing chemicals far beyond the Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, TX.
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Suit Aims To Stop Logging Near Rio Grande
Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging a National Fores logging project in Colorado that would impact the headwaters of the Rio Grande.
Source: ENS, 06/03/2009
Book Shelf, Book 1 - Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People And The Environment
Exploring the legacy of dams and human delusions of grandeur
DEEP WATER: THE EPIC STRUGGLE OVER DAMS, DISPLACED PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT Jacques Leslie
Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, $15.75
Reviewed by NANCY BAZILCHUK
A dam may not be forever, even if constructions like the Hoover Dam are expected to survive for a thousand years. A dam's environmental and social impacts, though, are enormous, extensive and essentially irreversible.
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"Deadly Water -- Black Falls: Water Sources, But None To Drink"
Drought is driving some people in the Navajo Nation to drink water that is contaminated with uranium and other contaminants.
Source: Gallup Independent, 06/02/2009
"Flood of Anger"
A proposed dam on the Similkameen River close to the border between Washington and British Columbia raises thorny trans-border water issues.
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 06/01/2009
"Judge Orders New Plan for Dam Releases into Grand Canyon"
"Federal officials must reconsider the irregular water releases from Glen Canyon Dam, which may harm the humpback chub, an endangered fish."
Source: LA Times, 06/01/2009
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