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Water's Edge - The Crisis of Rising Sea Levels

Thu, 2014-09-04 18:43 — Kathy Gilbeaux

reuters.com - By Ryan McNeill, Deborah J. Nelson and Duff Wilson - September 4, 2014

As the seas rise, a slow-motion disaster gnaws at America’s shores

Part 1: A Reuters analysis finds that flooding is increasing along much of the nation’s coastline, forcing many communities into costly, controversial struggles with a relentless foe.

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Californie frappé par tremblement de terre de Magnitude 6,0

Sun, 2014-08-24 15:22 — Kathy Gilbeaux

huffingtonpost.com - Associated Press - par Ellen Knickmeyer - 24 août 2014

NAPA, Californie (AP) — un violent séisme roulé par la région Nord de la baie de Californie tôt dimanche, endommageant quelques bâtiments, allumage des feux, privant d'électricité des dizaines de milliers et l'envoi des résidents en cours d'exécution hors de leurs maisons dans l'obscurité.

Deux blessures graves ont été signalés, et hôpitaux ont été très occupés avec blessures modérées, chef des pompiers Napa Division John Callanan dit. Le séisme de magnitude 6,0 causé six incendies importants, y compris quatre mobile homes, Napa Division incendie chef Darren Drake dit.

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Seeking A Saner Food System, Three Times A Day

Sun, 2014-08-10 09:06 — Maeryn Obley

Image: Not all cows get to spend their days with soft green grass under hoof. For many, the picture isn't so pretty, according to the book Farmageddon.

npr.org - July 31, 2014 - Barbara J. King

For Philip Lymbery, head of the U.K.-based Compassion in World Farming and his co-author Isabel Oakeshott, a visit to California's Central Valley amounted to an encounter with suffering.

In Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat, Lymbery and Oakeshott write that the mega-dairies of the Central Valley are "milk factories where animals are just machines that rapidly break down and are replaced." At one huge dairy they visited, cows stood idly outdoors, some in shade and some in the sun.

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California to Impose Fines Up to $500 a Day for Wasting Water

Thu, 2014-07-17 13:47 — Kathy Gilbeaux

A jogger runs by a sprinkler that is partially watering a sidewalk in Golden Gate Park on July 15, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images

cbsnews.com - AP - July 16, 2014

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Reservoirs are running dry, the Capitol's lawn has turned brown, and farmers have left hundreds of thousands of acres unplanted.

Even so, many Californians aren't taking the drought seriously. State water regulators are trying to change that by imposing fines up to $500 a day for wasting water.

The State Water Resources Control Board acted Tuesday amid warnings that conditions could get worse if it doesn't rain this winter.

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California’s Cap-and-Trade a Versatile Tool for Environmental Policies

Mon, 2014-06-23 17:11 — Kathy Gilbeaux

environmentalleader.com - by Erica Morehouse - June 23, 2014

Governor Brown signed a budget last week that lays out for the first time how to invest the millions from California’s landmark cap-and-trade program ($734 million so far). California has shown another way that cap-and-trade is like the Swiss army knife of environmental policies: a versatile tool known for its usefulness and adaptability.

A Multi-faceted Investment Portfolio

California will invest $850 million over the next year to reduce dangerous climate pollution, a portfolio of investments that will benefit almost every part of California’s economy, going to low-carbon and public transportation, weatherization and energy efficient buildings, water efficiency, waste diversion, and natural resources like urban forests.

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U.S. Resilience Project - Priorities for America’s Preparedness: Best Practices from the Private Sector

Tue, 2014-06-10 13:29 — Kathy Gilbeaux

usresilienceproject.org - October 31, 2011

U.S. Resilience Project (USRP) reports are designed to showcase how public policy can benefit from private-sector best practices in security, business continuity, risk management, and disaster preparedness.

Harness the Power of Intelligent Networks and Social Media

The focus for national preparedness should be on creating situational awareness, enhanced decision-making and rapid response; Platforms like the U.S. Resilience System, that are based upon distributed intelligent social networks and crowd-sourcing, can enable far more agility and adaptability than a highly structured, hierarchical capability with significantly better outcomes at far less cost. Exploiting U.S. leadership in this area has the potential to create significant engagement in preparedness, disaster response, and regional resilience building.

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Chikungunya Virus Disease Cases Reported to ArboNET - United States, 2014 (as of June 2)

Tue, 2014-06-10 10:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

*Chikungunya is not a nationally notifiable disease.

†Countries or territories visited include Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Indonesia, Martinique, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten.

‡Three additional cases were identified in residents of other countries visiting the United States.

http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/geo/americas.html

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Court Rules that Federal Agency Failed to Protect Thousands of Whales and Dolphins from Navy Sonar

Sat, 2013-10-12 07:55 — admin

www.earthjustice.org - September 26, 2013

Southern Resident orcas. (Kelly Balcomb-Bartok)

West Coast marine mammals continue to be harmed by deafening underwater noise

Southern Resident orcas. (Kelly Balcomb-Bartok)

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Rim Fire - Fire Tracker

Mon, 2013-08-26 19:55 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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http://projects.scpr.org/firetracker/rim-fire/

Fire Tracker, KPCC's tool for following & researching California wildfires, contains fire information displayed by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection -- also known as CalFire -- which protects more than 31 million acres of California's privately-owned wildlands and provides emergency services in 36 of the State's 58 counties.

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Enormous Fire Threatens Water Supply for San Francisco and Parts of East Bay

Mon, 2013-08-26 14:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct

eastbayexpress.com - by Robert Gammon - August 23, 2013

The massive Rim Fire is closing in on Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park and is threatening the main water supply for the City of San Francisco and numerous other Bay Area communities. As of this morning, the fast-moving blaze was about 2.5 miles from Hetch Hetchy, according to a map created by the US Forest Service. If the enormous fire reaches the tinder-dry forests surrounding the reservoir, it could pollute the freshwater with huge amounts of ash. That’s bad news for San Franciscans and other communities that depend on Hetch Hetchy because the reservoir is not equipped with a water-filtration system.

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