Posted December 21, 2012 by Steve Fleischli in Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
When Hurricane Sandy comes up in public conversations these days, it’s often in the context of Congress arguing about how much money should be allocated to deal with the devastating impacts. No surprise, there’s a lot of partisan posturing. What...continued→
Posted November 30, 2012 by Steve Fleischli in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
In their Oscar-winning song, Burt Bacharach and Hal David got it all wrong: Raindrops keep fallin' on my headBut that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red Cryin's not for me Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain...continued→
Posted October 2, 2012 by Steve Fleischli in Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
Fall may have arrived, but it hasn’t brought an end to the great drought of 2012. My home state of Nebraska has been hit hard, with nearly 98 percent of the state still experiencing extreme or exceptional drought. Friends and...continued→
Posted July 30, 2012 by Steve Fleischli in Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
There can be no doubt that the current drought in the U.S. is having horrific impacts on communities across the country. Water supplies are shrinking. Crops are dying. And, due to the drought, 1,234 U.S. counties have been declared natural...continued→
Posted April 18, 2012 by Steve Fleischli in Solving Global Warming
Tomorrow’s Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing on sea level rise provides a good opportunity for elected officials to hear firsthand about the risks to U.S. infrastructure due to sea level rise. Among those testifying will be Ben Strauss...continued→
Posted April 5, 2012 by Steve Fleischli in Solving Global Warming
In the last few months, rainfall has provided some much-needed relief from drought conditions that have ravaged Texas over the past year, when the state experienced six of the 10 largest wildfires in Texas history. Even with the welcomed rain,...continued→
Posted January 30, 2012 by Steve Fleischli in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
A new EPA proposal to address pollution at U.S. beaches allows 1 in 28 people to get sick when they go to the beach. Imagine a school fieldtrip to the beach – for every large conventional school bus, nearly three...continued→
Posted November 21, 2011 by Steve Fleischli in Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably
Family. A job. Good health. Freedom. All these things are certainly worthy of appreciation any time of year. But this Thanksgiving I’m thinking about all the amazing ways in which water makes life better – ways that are perhaps so...continued→
Posted September 7, 2011 by Steve Fleischli in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably
Recently, NRDC published a report explaining the potential water-related impacts of climate change on U.S. cities. The projected impacts include, among other things, more frequent and intense storm events. Now, some scientists say the effects of climate change are already contributing...continued→
Posted August 4, 2011 by Steve Fleischli in Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
The climate is changing. That simple fact really shouldn’t be subject to dispute. Something else that probably shouldn’t be subject to dispute: We are not all going to die from climate change. Undoubtedly, some people will die. Those without resources. Those with no...continued→
Posted July 26, 2011 by Steve Fleischli in Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
As conservation planners in Oregon like to say, there’s a slow-moving tsunami headed our way. In some cities, this could come in the form of rising seas that might take decades to flood our shores. In other cities, it could...continued→
Posted July 13, 2011 by Steve Fleischli in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
In a 239 to 184 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to roll back key provisions of the federal Clean Water Act by passing H.R. 2018, formally known as the “Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011.” We call it the...continued→
Posted June 21, 2011 by Steve Fleischli in Curbing Pollution, U.S. Law and Policy
Not satisfied with merely trying to undo the Clean Air Act, the House of Representatives has now decided to attack the federal Clean Water Act with the introduction of H.R. 2018, which is slated for mark-up tomorrow (Wednesday) in the...continued→
Posted April 22, 2011 by Steve Fleischli in Living Sustainably
When I was in high school, I learned in science class to view life on earth in relation to a clock. I was taught that if we looked at all of the time that has passed since the formation of...continued→
Posted March 29, 2011 by Steve Fleischli in Living Sustainably
Last night, EPA announced a 413-page proposed rule for cooling water intake structures at U.S. power plants. However, instead of moving toward modernizing America’s power plants and protecting our water resources, EPA’s new proposed rule on cooling water moves us...continued→
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