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Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...3 days ago -
John Wesley Powell
jfleck at inkstain —
Authority: 469
When I was a little kid, I thought John Wesley Powell was the coolest, the one-armed adventurer daring the unknown as he ran the rapids of the Grand Canyon – the “Great Unknown” – for the first time. Standing on the Grand Canyon’s south rim, I would stare down at those little glimpses you get of a bend in ...3 days ago -
Sunday’s top of the scroll: Meager monsoon worsens Arizona’s drought while upstream, the Colorado River drops to a record-low flow
Aquafornia —
Authority: 152
From the Arizona Republic:“Rain and snow have ended droughts across much of the United States this year, but in Arizona, conditions have worsened, further extending a dry streak that reaches back to 1996.A weak monsoon season, bookended by meager rain in the months before and after, turned the rangelands brittle and ...4 days ago -
Will Mead Get an Extra Shot Of Water in 2010?
jfleck at inkstain —
Authority: 469
Given the sturm und drang over Lake Mead’s dropping levels and their implications for the water future of Las Vegas, the preliminary numbers in the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s 2010 Annual Operating Plan are worthy of note. The latest posted version of the plan is marked “final draft”, but I’m told ...4 days ago -
Could Global Warming Be Good for Colorado River Flows?
jfleck at inkstain —
Authority: 469
Pasadena, CA, blogger Wayne Lusvardi, who sometimes writes about that city’s water problems, had a post recently suggesting that global warming might lead to increased flows in the Colorado River . This would, of course, be excellent news for Pasadena and others who use Colorado River water (thought it does ...5 days ago -
A Grand Epic, All in a Day’s Run
The Mountain Culture —
Authority: 420
“Bad idea.” That was the advice of the guy at the Park Service desk for the IMAX movie at the Grand Canyon when we told him we were planning on running across the canyon the next day. “Really bad idea. We’ve had 15 deaths in the canyon so far this year.” Good thing we didn’t tell him we were planning ...6 days ago -
Lawsuit challenges uranium mine that threatens water and wildlife of the Grand Canyon
Aquafornia —
Authority: 152
From the Center for Biological Diversity, this press release:“Today the Center for Biological Diversity, Grand Canyon Trust, and Sierra Club filed suit in an Arizona federal court challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of the restart of a defunct uranium mine just north of Grand Canyon National ...1 week ago -
Mad in Moab
Tom Paine's Ghost —
Authority: 128
I took this photograph of the Colorado River one week ago and anger has been drumming up inside me ever since. This image shows browned water leaching into the river from the old altas uranium mine site less than a mile north of Moab, Utah. The Department of Energy working with hundreds of millions of US tax ...1 week ago -
Upgrading Hoover Dam
jfleck at inkstain —
Authority: 469
Henry Brean observes that Hoover Dam’s ability to generate electricity is down 20 percent with low lake levels, a reminder of the tight integration of water and power questions along the Colorado River. The history of the big dams on the Colorado River, and the question of who gets their water, is inextricably ...1 week ago -
In the long emergency, how far will we ship our lettuce?
jfleck at inkstain —
Authority: 469
A couple of months ago, Coco raised a great question when I was riffing about the amusing implications of shipping lettuce from the Imperial Valley to Albuquerque so I could feed it to ants : Not enough water to grow lettuce in the Middle Rio Grande? Maybe someday. Depends. Someday, not enough cheap oil for ...1 week ago -
Climate Changes
NEXT100 —
Authority: 129
By: Kory Raftery Several stories on the science and politics of global warming caught our attention this week: Former Vice President Al Gore stumped for sustainable construction practices at the annual U.S. Green Building Councils (USGBC) annual convention in Phoenix. Gore said "building green" would stimulate ...1 week ago -
IBM’s water tech threefold effect
Cleantech Group - Latest clean technology news —
Authority: 573
The company inks a $14.5M deal in Sydney, as its software aims to improve water availability in Japan, and manage resources and services in Texas.1 week ago -
Mafia Wars Money Guide
3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog —
Authority: 587
While Mafia Wars is going to cost you a fortune to play, the great news is that money is much easier to come by in the game legitimately than in your real life! You are going to need lots of money to purchase weapons, real estate, hotels, casinos, and other pleasures of life.How To Get [...]1 week ago -
The Book
jfleck at inkstain —
Authority: 469
The Book Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck . So here’s the book. Box arrived today. I’d wrestled with its words and pictures separately, seen the proofs, but there’s something about holding it in my hands…. Available for pre-order on Amazon (click the link in the right-hand rail) if you’ve got ...2 weeks ago -
Five Mile Dam Park starts new improvement phase
Newstreamz San Marcos —
Authority: 449
With the summer season gone, Hays County has begun Phase II of improvements to Five Mile Dam Park to have them ready for next summer.2 weeks ago -
A Clarification on the Mead-Powell Data
jfleck at inkstain —
Authority: 469
A lack of precision in the way I worded a post last week on reservoir levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead seems to have led to some confusion. I was writing about the rising levels in Lake Powell as Lake Mead was dropping, and suggested this was the result of a management decision rather than natural forces. But I ...2 weeks ago -
If you’re into hotspotting, best drag your feet
Michael Gracie —
Authority: 116
I’ve moved from fly fishing purgatory straight to heaven over the last few weeks. Reports have been posted, and it’s time for the roundup. Why now you ask? Colorado River tributaries have been smoking, and most of my regular cohorts have now had a shot at them. The spawn is over, hence it’s too late for ...2 weeks ago -
On the Colorado, Are We Doing Better Than I Thought?
jfleck at inkstain —
Authority: 469
Here’s a question for the western water wonks in the audience. During a time of unprecedented population growth in the west, we just went through the driest 10-year stretch on the Colorado since record-keeping began . And no one had their water turned off. What does this say about the systems we have in place to ...2 weeks ago -
A Very Dry Decade on the Colorado
jfleck at inkstain —
Authority: 469
With the 2009 “water year” just completed, it’s time to take stock. The decade just completed, 2000-2009, is the driest 10-year period in the Colorado River Basin in the record, according to preliminary data in the latest draft of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Colorado River Annual Operating Plan , a compendium ...2 weeks ago -
Salazar flooded with support for ban on Grand Canyon uranium mining
Colorado Independent —
Authority: 676
In 2003, there were a mere 100 mining claims in the million or so acres of public land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. Now there are more than 8,500 – mostly for uranium – with more than 1,100 claims less than five miles from arguably America’s most iconic national park . Late last week, Interior ...2 weeks ago
