Some comments carry more weight than others – such as comments from Gov. Jerry Brown. The State Water Resources Control Board unveiled its plan to take 30 to 50 percent of the Merced, Tuolumne and Stanislaus rivers late last week. After taking four years to compile the 2,000-page report, the water board gave the people […]
One Londonderry well owner left a trash can outside with the lid open in the rain Sunday night. She needs the water to flush her toilet. She has also been doing laundry at her daughter’s house, showering in small increments so as not to let the water run continuously, and using paper products at meal […]
Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. Saving BUB, Beautiful Unique Biodiversity, as in this Amazonian ant-mimic treehopper, is another reason to preserve carbon storing forests. Credit Andreas Kay at flickr A Key Preserver of Carbon Storage in Rainforests – are tapirs, which help disperse the seeds of the largest […]
With California in its fifth year of severe drought and many western states experiencing another year of unusually dry conditions, plants are stressed. Agricultural crops, grasses and garden plants alike can get sick and die when factors such as drought and excess sun force them to work harder to survive. Now, plants can better tolerate drought and […]
Central California is under a pollution alert for air more normally seen streaming from a pig smoker than in the sky. Multiple fires throughout the state are carbonizing vast amounts of forest, where the vegetation is dry as a wick from hot temperatures, scant precipitation, and years of persistent drought. Now, one of the largest […]
When Erin Brockovich went after PG&E for poisoning groundwater in the desert town of Hinkley, California — a campaign that later became a film starring Julia Roberts — the toxic chemical was a heavy metal called hexavalent chromium. Also known as chromium 6, the chemical is listed under California’s Prop 65 as causing cancer, developmental harm […]
Gov. Brown is right, we must ‘agree’ on rivers
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Modesto BeeSome comments carry more weight than others – such as comments from Gov. Jerry Brown. The State Water Resources Control Board unveiled its plan to take 30 to 50 percent of the Merced, Tuolumne and Stanislaus rivers late last week. After taking four years to compile the 2,000-page report, the water board gave the people […]
Drought ‘a Slow Moving Natural Disaster’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Emergency Management (Folsom)One Londonderry well owner left a trash can outside with the lid open in the rain Sunday night. She needs the water to flush her toilet. She has also been doing laundry at her daughter’s house, showering in small increments so as not to let the water run continuously, and using paper products at meal […]
Climate Change This Week: Megadroughts, Virtual Clean Power Plants, and More!
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Huffington Postby Mary Ellen HarteToday, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. Saving BUB, Beautiful Unique Biodiversity, as in this Amazonian ant-mimic treehopper, is another reason to preserve carbon storing forests. Credit Andreas Kay at flickr A Key Preserver of Carbon Storage in Rainforests – are tapirs, which help disperse the seeds of the largest […]
Microbes Help Plants Survive in Severe Drought
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /R & D MagazineWith California in its fifth year of severe drought and many western states experiencing another year of unusually dry conditions, plants are stressed. Agricultural crops, grasses and garden plants alike can get sick and die when factors such as drought and excess sun force them to work harder to survive. Now, plants can better tolerate drought and […]
California’s Soberanes Wildfire Is the Most Expensive in U.S. History
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /City Labby John MetcalfeCentral California is under a pollution alert for air more normally seen streaming from a pig smoker than in the sky. Multiple fires throughout the state are carbonizing vast amounts of forest, where the vegetation is dry as a wick from hot temperatures, scant precipitation, and years of persistent drought. Now, one of the largest […]
Drinking Water of Some Californians Exceeds Limit for ‘Erin Brockovich’ Chemical
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED (San Francisco)by Lindsey HoshawWhen Erin Brockovich went after PG&E for poisoning groundwater in the desert town of Hinkley, California — a campaign that later became a film starring Julia Roberts — the toxic chemical was a heavy metal called hexavalent chromium. Also known as chromium 6, the chemical is listed under California’s Prop 65 as causing cancer, developmental harm […]