Global Warming- BP Oil Disaster: More than 133,000 voices for the gulfTomorrow, Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign staff will hand deliver more than 133,000 petitions to the Department of Justice. Nearly three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, the mystery of BP’s Clean Water Act fines is about to come to a close. With a February 25 trial date looming, BP and the U.S. Department of Justice will either re […]
- Where You’ll Find Us in FebruaryBy Monica MichaanIn honor of Valentine's Day, we're showing our love for these conferences this month. Here's where you can find us in February: Kate Hanley is attending The Retail Supply Chain Conference: Logistics 2013 or RILA Logistics from February 17-20 in Orlando, FL. On February 20-21, Jason Mathers is hosting a workshop at the Greenbiz […]
- Latest Mississippi River Delta News: February 12, 2013Gulf of Mexico oil spill concealed United Press International. February 12, 2013. "NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12 (UPI) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced a civil suit was filed against ATP Oil and Gas Corp. for an oil release in the Gulf of Mexico last year…" (Read more) […]
- BP Oil Disaster: More than 133,000 voices for the gulf
- State Of The Climate
- Annual 2012 Global AnalysisThe year 2012 was the 10th warmest year since records began in 1880. The annual global combined land and ocean surface temperature was 0.57°C (1.03°F) above the 20th century average of 13.9°C (57.0°F). This marks the 36th consecutive year (since 1976) that the yearly global temperature was above average. Currently, the warmest year on record is 2010, which w […]
- Annual 2012 Global Snow & IceThe timeseries to the right shows the mean Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent for winter (December-February) from 1967 through 2012. During the three month season in 2011/12, the Northern Hemisphere experienced its 14th largest (33rd smallest) snow cover extent on record at 590,000 square km (228,000 square miles) above the average of 45.2 million square […]
- Annual 2012 TornadoesOn the heels of one of the most destructive tornado years on record for the country (2011), tornado activity during 2012 was below average. During 2012, there were 878 confirmed tornadoes during January–October, with 58 tornado reports still pending for November and December according to data form the Storm Prediction Center. The 1991-2010 annual tornado ave […]
- Annual 2012 Global Analysis
Human Induced Climate Change Experiment
- NOAA
- Louis W. Uccellini selected as next director of NOAA’s National Weather Service
- Research finds new way to identify which El Niño events will have biggest impact on U.S. winter weather
- Bamford named new assistant administrator for NOAA's National Ocean Service
- Tortugas marine reserve yields more, larger fish
- Free nautical 'BookletCharts' available for boaters
- Air
- EPA Provides Funding to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; $500,000 Awarded for Development of Wetlands Field Manual(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $500,000 Wetland Program Development Grant to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. The grant will be used to develop a field manual that will be used to assess the condition of wetland […]
- EPA Provides Funding to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; $500,000 Awarded for Development of Wetlands Field Manual
- Water
- Coffeyville Resources Refining and Marketing to Pay $2,302,500 Combined Penalty and Reimbursement to Settle Violations of Clean Water Act at Coffeyville, Kansas, FacilityEnvironmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., Feb. 12, 2013) - Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing (CRRM) has agreed to pay a $556,244 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at its facility in Coffeyville, Kansas, the Environmental Protection Agency announced today […]
- Coffeyville Resources Refining and Marketing to Pay $2,302,500 Combined Penalty and Reimbursement to Settle Violations of Clean Water Act at Coffeyville, Kansas, Facility
- EPA
- Public Review Begins on Revised Draft Stormwater Permit for 60 N.H. Municipalities (NH)(Boston, Mass. Feb. 12, 2013) EPA has released for public review and comment a revised draft small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) General Permit for 60 New Hampshire communities. The draft permit would update Clean Water Act protections for New Hampshires environment and waterwa... […]
- EPA Makes Public Comprehensive Information on Use of Chemicals in the U.S. / The Chemical Data Reporting information will help EPA and others assess chemicals more quickly and encourage the use of safer chemicals (HQ)WASHINGTON The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the 2012 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) information on more than 7,600 chemicals in commerce. The CDR database contains comprehensive use and exposure information on the most widely used chemicals in the United States. ... […]
- EPA Provides Funding to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; $500,000 Awarded for Development of Wetlands Field Manual (NY)(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $500,000 Wetland Program Development Grant to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. The grant will be used to develop a field... […]
- EPA Provides Funding to Protect Wetlands in Puerto Rico; Nearly 250,000 Awarded for Wetlands Research (PR)(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $249,487 to the Puerto Rico Department of Environment and Natural Resources to support wetlands protection across the commonwealth.Wetlands provide enormous environmental benefits and serve as essential habitats for fish and wild... […]
- EPA Provides Funding to Protect Wetlands in New York; Nearly 750,000 Awarded for Wetlands Research (NY)(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $750,000 to the City of New York and the Research Foundation of the State University of New York to help better protect wetlands in the city and throughout New York. By absorbing rain and waters from melting snow, and by f... […]
- Public Review Begins on Revised Draft Stormwater Permit for 60 N.H. Municipalities (NH)
- Ocean Temperatures
- Buffalo, NYRecent Water Temperature: 31.8°F (-0.1°C) Observation Date and Time: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:54:00 GMT […]
- Morgans Point, TXRecent Water Temperature: 59.9°F (15.5°C) Observation Date and Time: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:54:00 GMT […]
- Cleveland, OHRecent Water Temperature: 37.4°F (3.0°C) Observation Date and Time: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:54:00 GMT […]
- Buffalo, NY
- Invasive Species
- Tree and Human Health May be Linked (Jan 16, 2013)Tree and Human Health May be Linked (Jan 16, 2013)Evidence... […]
- CBP Inspects Millions of Cut Flowers for Valentine's Day (Feb 12, 2013)CBP Inspects Millions of Cut Flowers for Valentine's Day (Feb... […]
- Tree and Human Health May be Linked (Jan 16, 2013)
- Energy Research
- Technologist Richard Simpson: Helping solve Sandia's unique problems
Principal technologist Richard Simpson at DOE's Sandia National Laboratories has filled a canyon with soap bubbles, shot photos of flaming liquefied natural gas from a helicopter, floated balloons hundreds of feet in the air to calibrate cameras, chopped out pieces of a Cape Canaveral launch pad to haul across the country for tests and hoisted a beer with Paul Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan in World War II.
He also has been audited for buying such things as party bubble juice on his government procurement card.
"You buy 20 party bubble machines, they kind of wonder why. You buy 50 gallons of party bubble juice, and they really wonder why," he said.
Richard Simpson has a pretty interesting job.
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Long baseline neutrino experiment moves forwardAccording to current understanding, the most abundant particle in the universe is the neutral, almost massless, and virtually undetectable neutrino. […]
- Technologist Richard Simpson: Helping solve Sandia's unique problems
Principal technologist Richard Simpson at DOE's Sandia National Laboratories has filled a canyon with soap bubbles, shot photos of flaming liquefied natural gas from a helicopter, floated balloons hundreds of feet in the air to calibrate cameras, chopped out pieces of a Cape Canaveral launch pad to haul across the country for tests and hoisted a beer with Paul Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan in World War II.
He also has been audited for buying such things as party bubble juice on his government procurement card.
"You buy 20 party bubble machines, they kind of wonder why. You buy 50 gallons of party bubble juice, and they really wonder why," he said.
Richard Simpson has a pretty interesting job.
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Long baseline neutrino experiment moves forward
- Energy Savers
- Save Energy, Save Date NightSave Energy, Save Date Night Save money by saving energy this Valentine's Day. […]
- Save Energy, Save Date Night
- Food And Drugs
- FDA approves Pomalyst for advanced multiple myelomaThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Pomalyst (pomalidomide) to treat patients with multiple myeloma whose disease progressed after being treated with other cancer drugs. […]
- FDA approves Pomalyst for advanced multiple myeloma
- Consumer Health
- Searching Online for 'Hemorrhoids'?In Google's annual roundup of popular search terms, hemorrhoids was the top trending health issue in the United States for 2012. Learn what causes hemorrhoids, how are they treated, and preventive steps you can take to keep from having hemorrhoids yourself. […]
- Searching Online for 'Hemorrhoids'?
China: Hold Your Breath
The air pollution in Beijing, China has reached such dangerous levels that a warming has been issued for the elderly and children to not breath the air.
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Air pollution in the Chinese capital Beijing has reached levels judged as hazardous to human health.
Readings from both official and unofficial monitoring stations suggested that Saturday’s pollution has soared past danger levels outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The air tastes of coal dust and car fumes, two of the main sources of pollution, says a BBC correspondent.
Economic growth has left air quality in many cities notoriously poor.
A heavy smog has smothered Beijing for many days, says the BBC’s Damian Grammaticas, in the capital.
By Saturday afternoon it was so thick you could see just a few hundred metres in the city centre, our correspondent says, with tower blocks vanishing into the greyness.
Hazy view
Even indoors the air looked hazy, he says.
WHO guidelines say average concentrations of the tiniest pollution particles – called PM2.5 – should be no more than 25 microgrammes per cubic metre.
Air is unhealthy above 100 microgrammes. At 300, all children and elderly people should remain indoors.
Official Beijing city readings on Saturday suggested pollution levels over 400. Unofficial reading from a monitor at the US embassy recorded 800.
Once inhaled, the tiny particles can cause respiratory infections, as well as increased mortality from lung cancer and heart disease.
Last year Chinese authorities warned the US embassy not to publish its data. But the embassy said the measurements were for the benefit of embassy personnel and were not citywide.