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Hudson’s Hope calls on Premier to refer $7.9 billion Site C dam project to BC Utilities Commission

Editor — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 23:25:32 +0000

VANCOUVER, July 9, 2014 /CNW/ – Today the District of Hudson’s Hope called on Premier Christy Clark to refer the proposed $7.9 billion Site C dam project to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) to determine whether this project is needed and whether BC taxpayers can afford it. The BCUC must also be given the […]

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Visualize This: Carbon Storage Tool for Now and the Future

Editor — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 22:54:28 +0000

RESTON, Va.— Announced on the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan (310 KB PDF; page 16 – Providing a Toolkit for Climage Resilience), a new “Land Carbon Viewer” allows users to see the land carbon storage and change in their ecosystems between 2005 and 2050 in the lower 48 states. The Land Carbon Viewer […]

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Winners! Science Without Borders Challenge

Editor — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 04:56:19 +0000

LANDOVER, Md., June 13, 2014 — The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation announces that Riley Samels from Ohio is this year’s winner of The Science without Borders® Challenge. His stunning art work ‘Reef in a Bottle’ beat out the fierce competition to take first place. The Challenge is a yearly science competition that is designed […]

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New Report: Increasing Carbon Dioxide Could Impact Global Nutrition

Editor — Mon, 19 May 2014 20:57:12 +0000

A study published recently in the journal Naturecontends that increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere will decrease the amount of zinc and iron in certain staple crops like wheat, rice, and soybeans. According to the report, zinc and iron deficiencies already affect about two billion people worldwide, and about the same number of people depend […]

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces the National Conservation Plan

Editor — Fri, 16 May 2014 20:25:12 +0000

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today launched the National Conservation Plan (NCP), which will provide a more coordinated approach to conservation efforts across the country with an emphasis on enabling Canadians to conserve and restore lands and waters in and around their communities, and making it easier for citizens living in cities to connect with nature. […]

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USGS has a new way of displaying geospatial datafeeds of their hydrography datase

Editor — Fri, 02 May 2014 09:06:15 +0000

New Hydro Tools: The USGS has released a web-based geospatial services known as the Hydrography Event Management (HEM) Tools that allow users to create, edit, and display geospatial markers, called Events, that are referenced to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). Events can be customized by the user to represent nearly any water-related feature. Some […]

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NOAA Fisheries Releases Fisheries Economics of the U.S. 2012 and Status of the Stocks 2013 Reports

Editor — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 06:34:52 +0000

WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) April 29, 2014 — Today, NOAA Fisheries released the 2012 edition of its annual economic report on the state of U.S. fisheries, "Fisheries Economics of the U.S. 2012," alongside the 2013 edition of its annual "Status of the Stocks." According to NOAA, the two reports "show strong economic gains from fishing, continued improvement in fish stocks." However, as […]

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4 Great Green Technologies to Celebrate Earth Day

Editor — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:49:32 +0000

Environmental Advocate Shares Affordable Gadgets that Shrink Your Footprint – and Your Bills Just as intended, the 44th annual celebration of Earth Day is surrounded by talk of our environment, our impact on it and what we can do to better live in harmony with it. “We’re seeing more and more people who realize […]

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15 years of data show major land cover changes in coastal Southeast

Editor — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:53:26 +0000

2011 Release Completes 15 Years of Land Cover Data for Southeast Coastal Region – Major changes in development, wetlands, and forests can be seen. From 1996 to 2011, 15 percent of the U.S. Southeast coastal region experienced land cover or land use changes—that’s a total of 14,500 square miles and the equivalent of seven […]

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NOAA predicts moderate flood potential in Midwest, elevated risk of ice jams

Editor — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 04:30:32 +0000

NOAA predicts moderate flood potential in Midwest, elevated risk of ice jams; California and Southwest stuck with drought According to NOAA’s Spring Outlook released today, rivers in half of the continental United States are at minor or moderate risk of exceeding flood levels this spring with the highest threat in the southern Great Lakes region […]

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