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Klamath River, CA – October 2 was a momentous day on the Klamath River, since it marked the complete removal of the four lower PacifICorp hydroelectric dams. The dam removal will restore salmon and steelhead to hundreds of miles of habitat of the river...
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Oct 03, 2024 at 10:50 AM PDT
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It might surprise you to know that, until a few days ago, I had never made the pilgrimage to the heart of redwood country. I had seen scattered trees at the far northern reaches of the tree’s ...
by foresterbob
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on Thu Oct 03, 2024 at 07:00 AM PDT
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In one of those “am I really reading this”, CNBC has an article on Fortescue Mining, the fourth largest iron mining company in the world (#10 overall in mining), here. And it takes a massive turn right in the beginning. The headline is: Mining giant...
by tjlord
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on Wed Oct 02, 2024 at 04:34 AM PDT
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During the vice presidential debate on Tuesday, Sen. JD Vance called for domestic investments in clean energy production. But under the Biden-Harris administration, the United States has already ...
by Oliver Willis
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on Tue Oct 01, 2024 at 06:39 PM PDT
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Sacramento, CA — The Delta Smelt, once the most abundant fish species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, is virtually extinct in the wild, due to massive water exports to agribusiness and other factors over the past several decades. Zero smelt have...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Oct 01, 2024 at 04:55 PM PDT
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A cartoon by Jen Sorensen. Excerpt from my newsletter: Electricity demand for massive data centers used for AI and cryptocurrencies is growing rapidly, and by 2026, may equal the power consumed by the entire country of Japan. A researcher quoted in the...
by Jen Sorensen
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on Wed Oct 02, 2024 at 05:25 AM PDT
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Cedar Key in Levy County, Florida was sideswiped by Hurricane Helene. The town was badly damaged and it will probably take years to recover (See: www.wuft.org/...) Levy County, Florida, has a checkered history at best. It was the site of the Rosewood...
by Desert Scientist
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on Thu Oct 03, 2024 at 03:09 PM PDT
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This past weekend in Estes Park was highlighted by one of the most popular festivals we have. Even this bull elk came by, but that was likely because he had his harem taken away by a rival. When I ...
by ColoTim
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on Mon Sep 30, 2024 at 06:00 PM PDT
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The current media frame is that ending coal in the UK is a “historic moment… a story about unions & an employer working together to ensure no worker is left behind.” In 1882 the UK built the ...
by annieli
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on Sun Sep 29, 2024 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Sacramento, California - On Monday, Sept. 30, representatives of California Tribes will present testimony before the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) opposing the Sites Authority’s application for a new water rights permit to...
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Sep 27, 2024 at 01:15 PM PDT
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This is one of the easiest climate posts I have ever put together. Apart from the haters and denialists, everyone is eager to get on board, to save the country and the planet from broiling. And ...
by Mokurai
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on Fri Sep 27, 2024 at 04:00 AM PDT
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These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global...
by gmoke
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on Thu Sep 26, 2024 at 06:40 PM PDT
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From the New York Times: A two-story-high wall of water is forecast to swallow a large stretch of the Florida coastline overnight as Hurricane Helene rages ashore. Now a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 miles per hour, the storm is likely to make...
by Dartagnan
261 comments
on Thu Sep 26, 2024 at 03:57 PM PDT
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To honor Pakalolo “Friends of Gaia’ present “News from Antarctica” Note: In an effort to maintain Pakalolo’s extraordinary contribution to this site, ‘Friends of Gaia’ will be continuing to try to provide these posts on the Polar regions. Although this...
by mikeymikey
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on Thu Sep 26, 2024 at 08:00 AM PDT
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Guest: Ryan Cooper of The American Prospect Also: Trump's Project 2025 in reality, in the U.S. House, and in song!... The stakes seem high enough on every level that it remains remarkable, as we muse at one point on today's BradCast, that mainstream...
by TheBradBlog
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on Wed Sep 25, 2024 at 06:42 PM PDT
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Los Angeles, CA — In a press conference near the Inglewood Oil Field today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed three bills into law allowing communities to restrict oil drilling and help the state address polluting idle wells. The signing of the bills was a...
by Dan Bacher
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on Wed Sep 25, 2024 at 02:33 PM PDT
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Helene has just become a hurricane near Cozumel Mexico in the Yucatan channel which is the portal of passage for hurricanes entering the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean. Helene has mixed out dry air that entered from the west and Cuban radar shows...
by FishOutofWater
182 comments
on Wed Sep 25, 2024 at 10:43 AM PDT
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If we taxed companies based on how much pollution they create and used a carbon fee and dividend program, we could make a huge leap forward in fighting climate change. Polluting companies would pay more, while sustainable businesses would get a break....
by DanikaFornear
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on Tue Sep 24, 2024 at 09:06 AM PDT
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Bats & Babies Death’s Horse spreads darkness, Insecticides are the vector, Climate the catalyst The economic impacts of ecosystem disruptions: Costs from substituting biological pest control | Science The journal “Science” Study: Dead bats are linked...
by mikeymikey
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on Tue Sep 24, 2024 at 08:00 AM PDT
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In 2024, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis outlawed the use of the term "climate change" in any state documentation. By removing the term, DeSantis effectively removed climate action from the conversation, leaving Florida’s government blind to the most...
by rockaboujaoude
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on Mon Sep 23, 2024 at 08:02 AM PDT
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