NewsRack: 'Wells' news in 'Water-National' topic for user flenvcenter

About New York: As Oklahoma Suffers, Rescue Teams From Other States Jump Into Action	22.5.2013	NY Times: NY Region
About New York: As Oklahoma Suffers, Rescue Teams From Other States Jump Into Action
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With some exceptions, DFL promised, DFL delivered during 2013 legislative session	22.5.2013	Twincities.com: News
With control of the governorship and the Legislature for the first time in a generation, DFLers this year promised to erase a budget shortfall, restore fiscal stability and raise taxes on the top earners to improve schools and hold down property taxes.
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Freedom High students grow rice as science experiment	22.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: Local News
Delta Science Center grant is providing outdoors classroom on Jersey Island
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Peter Van Buren: Review: Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails	22.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Coyne's book is a careful, detailed, academic answer to the real-world question surrounding U.S. reconstruction efforts: How is it possible that well-funded, expertly staffed and, at least rhetorically, well-intentioned humanitarian actions fail, often serially, as in Afghanistan?
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SunWater is developing a "radically affordable" solar water pump for poor farmers	22.5.2013	TreeHugger
One way that subsistence farmers can break out of the poverty cycle is through growing cash crops, and this low-cost solar pump could help make that happen.
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Peter Seligmann: A Sustainable Future Relies on US-China Collaboration	22.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
The U.S. and China, although at different stages with their respective economic and environmental challenges, are each increasingly vulnerable to resource scarcity, from minerals to water to food to the biodiversity that fuels science, medicine, and innovation.
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Salt Lake City plume now on Superfund list	22.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 21, 2013 02:51PM MDT A contaminated groundwater plume on Salt Lake City’s east side is among the latest additions to the Superfund cleanup list. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the PCE plume at 700 South 1600 East is among nine new sites being prioritized for cleanup nationally. “Sites that pose serious risks to human health and the environment and warrant Superfund attention continue to be identified by EPA and our state partners,” said Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office o... ...
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What CNNers are posting	22.5.2013	CNN: Top Stories
As Moore, Oklahoma, struggles to regain its footing under the public spotlight, journalists from CNN are among those sharing online images of the devastation of a deadly tornado, as well as the rescue and recovery efforts there.
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University of Michigan Study: 58% of Pennsylvanians and 52% of Michiganders Support Fracking Moratorium in Their State	21.5.2013	Switchboard, from NRDC
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York: Last Tuesday, the University of Michigan released a report highlighting growing local concerns about the risks of fracking in two states with two very different fracking-histories— Michigan, where there has been relatively little fracking, and Pennsylvania, where fracking growth has...
Obama Admin. Approves ALEC Model Bill for Fracking Chemical Fluid Disclosure on Public Lands	21.5.2013	CommonDreams.org Headlines
On May 16, the Obama Interior Department announced its long-awaited rules governing hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") on federal lands. read more
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Rushing water, sharp S-curve lead to out-of-boat experiences on Namekagon	21.5.2013	MinnPost
Earth Journal writer Ron Meador is posting daily this week from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin. This would be as good a time as any in these journals of a river trip to mention that the Namekagon is in flood and rising. That announcement yesterday morning from Deb Ryun — executive director of the sponsoring St. Croix River Association and overall leader of our 75-member group paddling from Cable, Wis., to Danbury — brought a little consternation. But maybe not as much as her suggestion that we adapt to conditions by, for example, shooting a certain dam and ignoring the National Park Service advice to take out and portage around. Her reasoning: The portage is steep and will surely be muddy after all this rain; the river will be high enough and fast enough that you may not even feel a bump from the dam as you go across. And so it went, with the bonus of yet another quick thrill for the novice whitewater paddler like myself and not a few others in our party. Because the Namekagon is a ...
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Film director brings anti-fracking fight to Springfield	21.5.2013	Chicago Tribune: Popular
Film director brings anti-fracking fight to Springfield
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Radical change needed in way world deals with ever increasing numbers of people at risk of calamity	21.5.2013	Press releases
Governments and aid agencies have to tackle the politics and power at the heart of the increasing effects of climate change, rising inequality and people’s vulnerability to disasters according to a new report published today by international agency Oxfam. It’s all about power and politics Governments and aid agencies have to tackle the politics and power at the heart of the increasing effects of climate change, rising inequality an Vulnerability is not a random twist of fate. While rich countries reap the benefits of carbon-spewing economic growth, those in the world’s poorer countries suffer the consequences. Debbie Hillier Oxfam Humanitarian Policy Advisor Notes to Editors Watch the video explaining the 'No Accident' report: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1bpOxtS_Gw Contact Information For more information contact: Ian Bray, Oxfam Press Officer, +44 (0)1865 472289, +44 (0)7721 461 339 You may also like read ...
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Water at risk	21.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 21, 2013 01:01AM MDT With a proposed new set of rules, the federal Bureau of Land Management took a step toward better regulation of energy industries that use fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, to extract fossil fuels on public lands and Native American tribal lands. But the regulations are too lax to give much comfort to those who fear fracking is permanently poisoning land and water supplies, endangering wildlife and the public. Each well uses between 2 million and 5 million gallons of fresh water that is perma... ...
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Oman to Use Sunshine to Get Oil Out of Wells	21.5.2013	NY Times: Business
Oman to Use Sunshine to Get Oil Out of Wells
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Shell's preliminary ozone monitoring near Hayden detects no violation of federal standards	21.5.2013	Steamboat Pilot
Routt County Environmental Health Director Mike Zopf said he would make a 2013 budget request that the county seek a cost-share with the city of Steamboat Springs for an ozone monitoring program. The program is estimated to cost $175,000 for three years.
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What Exporting U.S. Natural Gas Means for the Climate	21.5.2013	WRI Stories
This post originally appeared on The National Journal’s Energy Experts blog. The U.S. Department of Energy… ...
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Wyoming’s Energy Strategy A Potential Step Toward Improved Oil And Gas Regulations	20.5.2013	Main Feed - Environmental Defense
By Jon Goldstein Source: Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile Wyoming is one of the leading energy states in the country. It is the top overall energy exporter in the U.S., the third leading producer of natural gas, and number eight in oil production. In fact, if Wyoming were a country, it would rank tenth in the world in overall energy production. It makes sense then that Wyoming would want to develop an energy strategy to ensure that these resources are developed wisely. A state that is also home to the nation’s first national park (Yellowstone) and a thriving outdoor recreation and tourism economy would not want one of its leading economic drivers to negatively impact another, or to harm the health of its citizens. There is strong potential in the strategy released last week by Governor Matt Mead and his staff. The 47 policy prescriptions in the “Leading the Charge” document are broad and varied, but the ones pertaining to oil and gas regulation appear promising. These include: ...
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Dot Earth Blog: A Plan to Bring Sun-Powered Irrigation to Poor Farmers	20.5.2013	NY Times: Science
Dot Earth Blog: A Plan to Bring Sun-Powered Irrigation to Poor Farmers
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Whatever Happened To California's 'Hydrogen Highway'?	20.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES, May 20 (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station...
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