DAILY SCIENCE by Brandon Keim Think about the ways that nature generates economic value. Resources probably jump to mind first: lumber to be harvested, fish to be caught commercially. Then recreational hunting and fishing, and ecotourism too. If you’re of an ecomodernist bent, there’s the value of ecosystem services such as clean air and water. Environmental [...]
An environmental group says it will spend millions to launch a satellite that could help fight climate change by identifying methane leaks with pinpoint accuracy. The Environmental Defense Fund is planning to build and launch a satellite that would look for industrial methane leaks. The launch is planned for late 2020 or early 2021.CreditPhoto Illustration [...]
By Laura Paskus At the end of March, a federal court said the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has not adequately considered protection of cultural sites near Chaco Culture National Historical Park when granting permits for oil and gas drilling. The full order is still forthcoming, but the six-page memo by Judge James Browning echoed [...]
By Celerah Hewes / N.M. Field Consultant, Moms Clean Air Force and Executive Director, Thoughtfully Produced In Albuquerque Sunday, April 8th, 2018 at 12:02am As a mother, my top priority is advocating for the health and safety of my child. Recently, Congress listened to my voice and similar calls from hundreds of thousands of Americans to [...]
10,000 train cars of nuclear waste to proposed Holtec site near Carlsbad and Hobbs — a train wreck waiting to happen Albuquerque, NM — On Tuesday in Albuquerque, community members will kick of a tour of the state with a mock radioactive waste canister to highlight the dangers of shipping and storing the nation’s most radioactive nuclear-reactor waste [...]
GWE is asking you to contribute something more valuable than money to The Global Warming Express - your time and expertise. GWE is recruiting volunteers to fill positions in two important committees that will help shape our future. We also have three individual-contributor volunteer positions open that will support critical functions within GWE. You can take action [...]
NEWS RELEASE Contact: Sharyn Stein, 202-572-3396, sstein@edf.org EDF Will File Immediate Appeal (April 4, 2018) A Wyoming judge today ruled that Bureau of Land Management (BLM) standards to reduce the waste of natural gas on public and tribal lands should be paused pending completion or withdrawal of a rulemaking by BLM to rescind the standards. The [...]
By Laura Paskus Laura Paskus The Rio Grande is already low in Albuquerque, too. On Wednesday, even this section flowing near the Alameda Bridge was just ankle-deep to a goose. In springtime, rivers are supposed to swell with snowmelt, filling their channels and triggering fish to spawn. This year, however, the Middle Rio Grande has already [...]
By Susan Montoya Bryan | The Associated Press FILE - This April 20, 2011, file photo shows dozens of rows of solar panels that make up Public Service Co. of New Mexico's 2-megawatt photovoltaic array in front of transmission lines near the utility's natural gas-fired generating station in Albuquerque, N.M. The American Jobs Project, a [...]
(Washington, DC) Today Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) released *Gas Giveaways*, a new analysis that finds only 11 percent of all natural gas leaked, vented, or flared from 2007 to 2016 during oil and gas drilling operations on federal land incurred a royalty. “Taxpayer dollars are literally going up in smoke. We are losing hundreds [...]