By Tom Knudson and Gayathri Vaidyanathan, Reveal BLANCO, N.M. – Most evenings, the quiet is almost intoxicating. The whoosh of the wind through the junipers, the whinny of horses in their stalls, the raspy squawking of ravens – those are the sounds Don and Jane Schreiber have grown to love on their remote Devil’s Spring Ranch. [...]
A long-term drought threatens Western cities’ water supplies. by Brad Udall and Jonathan Overpeck This article originally appeared at The Conversation. The nation’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead on the Arizona/Nevada border and Lake Powell on the Arizona/Utah border, were brim full in the year 2000. Four short years later, they had lost enough water to supply California its legally apportioned share of Colorado River [...]
If you having trouble viewing this newsletter, click here to view it online. Fracking and Health: Ask an Expert IS OUR FOOD AT RISK? PART 2 In our latest podcast, TEDX asks: "Is our food at risk from livestock raised near fracking operations?" Hear answers from Dr. Michelle Bamberger, a veterinarian and researcher who investigates links between human and animal health [...]
In a 91-page decision, Judge James Boasberg ruled that the federal permits authorizing the pipeline to cross the Missouri River just upstream of the Standing Rock reservation, which were hastily issued by the Trump administration just days after the inauguration, violated the law in certain critical respects. The Court did not determine whether pipeline operations [...]
As facilities age and public funding declines, private companies may step in. by Emily Benson Private investment in public works isn’t a new idea: In 2014, former President Barack Obama launched an initiative focused on partnerships between public agencies and private companies to boost infrastructure financing and innovation. Now, President Donald Trump is calling for more such collaborations, and [...]
By SARAH TRUJILLO JEREMY BUCKINGHAM / FLICKR VIA CREATIVE COMMONS The Environmental Protection Agency and the Trump Administration are facing a lawsuit after they suspended a rule to curb oil and gas industry methane emissions for 90 days. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Emissions from oil and gas development can cause [...]
Methane Filing Marks First Lawsuit Brought Against Trump Administration for Attempting to Suspend Climate Pollution Standards Washington, DC -- Today, less than a week after Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris Climate agreement, the Sierra Club and its allies filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from suspending standards that [...]
WASHINGTON, DC, JUNE 1, 2017 – President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement is the “biggest failure of leadership in American history,” Citizens’ Climate Lobby Executive Director Mark Reynolds said today. “At this pivotal moment for humanity, when the nations of the world must act together to avoid climate catastrophe, President Trump [...]
Dakota Access starts shipping oil The Associated Press reports the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline began shipping oil for customers on Thursday. In case you missed it, Grist and The Intercept this week obtained documents that showed Energy Transfer Partners, the developers behind Dakota Access, hired a paramilitary service that spied, used military tactics and spread [...]
Let’s start with just one portion of the answer, maybe the most important answer, water usage. According to industry expert Kelly Tooker of NM Junior College who gave a presentation to a Sandoval County Commission Work Session on May 12th, horizontal fracturing processes use on average 4.2 million gallons of water per fracking well. One [...]