Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published the Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) and Possible Land Use Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on Lands Administered by the BLM in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Background. or oil sands development.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 15, 2009
Northern India, probably the most heavily irrigated region in the world, is rapidly depleting its groundwater, according to a new study by researchers from the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad (CSIR), India; the University of Colorado, Boulder; and the US National Center for Atmospheric Research. Tiwari et al. Tiwari et al.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 8, 2009
The foreground bar height indicates the EWe of each state, with the portion of ground and surface water indicated by color. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have estimated state-level field-to-pump water requirements of corn ethanol production across the US. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. Chiu et al.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 27, 2009
Unusually high temperatures in the Arctic and heavy rains in the tropics likely drove a global increase in atmospheric methane in 2007 and 2008 after a decade of near-zero growth, according to a new study. Starting in mid-2007, scientists noticed La Niña conditions beginning, waning and then intensifying in early 2008. Earlier post.)
Creative Greenius
JANUARY 7, 2009
The Creative Greenius says you can now expect a bold United States policy on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, a rapid shift away from carbon-based fuels to renewables and a science-based approach to water policy and other critical resources. The drought is causing the city to push water conservation and discuss possible penalties.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 1, 2009
Mountain snowpack in the Great basin and major water supply basins for California. Despite the recent rain and snow ,” the governor’s office warned, “ cumulative water deficit is so large that there is only a 15% chance that California will replenish its water supply this year. ”. Source: USDA. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2010
Most climate models have suggested that evapotranspiration, which is the movement of water from the land to the atmosphere, would increase with global warming because of increased evaporation of water from the ocean and more precipitation overall. Data indeed show that some areas are wetter than they used to be. —Jung et al.
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