Posts in 'Water in the Media'
BP’s Oil Spill Response Plan: Toxic Chemical Dispersant, Dead Experts, Extinct Walrus Protection
Posted on Jun 16, 2010 by Jennifer Lance.
In order to obtain a permit for offshore drilling, you obviously need a plan for the event of a catastrophe, such as the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Lawmakers this week examined British Petroleum’s (BP), as well as other oil companies, plans in light of “BP’s struggle to contain the spill”, according to the Wall Street Journal. From listing a dead wildlife expert to protecting extinct walruses, the credibility of these declarations is questionable and been termed “cookie cutter”.
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EPA Regulating Coal Ash
Posted on May 17, 2010 by Scott James.
This week the EPA proposed national regulations to govern the safe management and disposal of coal ash from coal-fired power plants. In 2008, an impoundment full of waste coal ash from the Tennessee Valley Authority ruptured. The resulting 1.1 billion gallon spill caused major environmental damage to the surrounding land and water, displaced residents and cost the government hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up. Subsequent EPA risk assessments show that coal ash can make its way into groundwater and drinking water sources.
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U.N. World Water Development Report: Water in a Changing World
Posted on Mar 17, 2010 by Scott James.
Water in a Changing World, the third edition of an ongoing U.N. World Water Development Report, was published last March as part of the 5th World Water Forum through the United Nations. This report may be even more important a year after its publication- after watching Copenhagen fall short and seeing the IPCC 2007 report take a PR beating, this may be the strongest and most influential environmental report the U.N. has put out there to date. This edition follows a holistic structure, as opposed to previous reports that were created around U.N. agency lines. It focuses on themes like climate change, the Millennium Development Goals, groundwater, biodiversity, water and migration, water and infrastructure and biofuels.
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The Rising Sea: 7 Foot Ocean Rise by 2100
Posted on Jan 21, 2010 by Scott James.
Sea levels are rising, though there is little agreement on how much has happened and how much will come over the next century, there is general consensus that we will need to learn how to adapt to a changing coastline. In their book The Rising Sea, scientists and authors Orrin Pilkey and Rob Young claim that “governments and coastal managers should assume the inevitability of a seven-foot rise in sea level.” According to their reassessment of the 2007 IPCC report in light of the past two years, rising sea levels are not a thing of the future, but something that is very real and is happening right now.
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200 Miles to Copenhagen: Eco-Activist Roz Savage Walks for Awareness
Posted on Dec 06, 2009 by Scott James.
Roz Savage is making a splash by walking over 200 miles from London to Brussels as part of an activist trip to the UN Copenhagen summit. The purpose of her trip is to raise awareness about the summit and environmental issues worldwide. What’s special about Roz Savage? She has done solo rowing trips across both the Atlantic (2005) and Pacific Oceans (2008), the first woman to make such a journey.
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