"Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts"
Bark beetles "munching and killing pine trees by the millions from Colorado to Canada" add a dangerous unknown to predictions for the coming wildfire season.
Source: NYTimes, 06/29/2009
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"Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears"
Advanced geothermal technology -- deep drilling to fracture rock far underground -- threatens to cause earthquakes when deployed along faults. The Energy Department is funding private firms to try such projects in the U.S.
Source: NYTimes, 06/24/2009
"Estimate Places Natural Gas Reserves 35% Higher"
Estimated U.S. gas reserves have increased by 35 percent, according to a group of experts connected with the Colorado School of Mines -- although much of that increase would come from hydraulic fracturing of shale, a technique whose effects raise environmental concern.
Source: NYTimes, 06/19/2009
"Climate Change Hitting Poor in U.S. Hardest"
"Researchers find climate change is already having a 'sometimes hidden and often unequal' impact on minorities and poor in the United States."
Source: Daily Climate, 05/29/2009
Stimulus Helps Insulation Workers
Laid-off workers at the Owens Corning fiberglass plant in Newark, Ohio, hope to get jobs back as a result of funding in the economic stimulus bill for insulating attics in low-income homes.
Source: WashPost, 05/27/2009
Interest Surges in Neglected Geothermal
"Nearly 200 million acres of public lands, mostly in the West, could become prime generators of emissions-free electricity by extracting steam heat from the earth's core to drive electric turbines."
Source: Greenwire, 05/22/2009
21st Century Dust Bowl in West?
"Dust storms accelerated by a warming climate have covered the Rocky Mountains with dirt whose heat-trapping properties have caused snowpacks to melt weeks earlier than normal, worrying officials in Colorado about drastic water shortages by late summer."
Source: NYTimes, 05/15/2009
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