We’re getting a lot of hits and comments about composting so Fall must be close! If you don’t live in the Greater Charlotte NC area, please watch the composting videos for a quick how-to. But if you are lucky enough to live in the area, Mecklenburg County offers 4 hr Composting and Sustainable Gardening classes for only $10 and you don’t have to live inside the county lines to take advantage of them! What’s more, you get a wire composting bin and a book of information and a comprehensive list of native plants. Go to the Wipe Out Waste website for a listing of the classes. I’ll be teaching the classes being held on Oct 3rd, Oct 24th, 31st, and Nov 7th.
Environmental News- Seth Stein: The quake killerThe US government says that a huge earthquake risk lurks in the heart of the country, where a series of large shocks hit 200 years ago. Seth Stein says that kind of warning is dead wrong.
- A struggle for powerBrazil is developing the last great untapped reserve of hydroelectricity, the Amazon basin.
- Dam controversy: Remaking the MekongScientists are hoping to stall plans to erect a string of dams along the Mekong River.
- Angry words over East Asian seasChinese territorial claims propel science into choppy waters.
- Seven billion and countingA look behind this month's global population landmark reveals a world in transition.
- Redrawing the Arctic map: The new northGetting to grips with a changing polar landscape.
- Scientific challenges in the Arctic: Open waterAs the ice melts, fresh obstacles confront Arctic researchers.
- Special issue on the Arctic: After the iceAs the Arctic thaws, can science help to chart a sustainable path for the north?
- Brazil cooks up transgenic beanApproval draws criticism over transparency and safety tests.
- Scientists push for agricultural monitoringNetwork would collect environmental and socioeconomic data from around the world.
- Seth Stein: The quake killer
- Environmental News From Reuters
- China's top climate negotiator removed from leadership list February 27, 2015BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top climate change negotiator has been removed from the nation's leadership list, appearing to confirm media reports he has retired, but the move has left it unclear who will lead China at crucial climate talks in Paris at the end of the year.
- Peru seeks extradition of Greenpeace activist over Nazca damage February 27, 2015LIMA (Reuters) - Peru is seeking the extradition of a Greenpeace activist from Argentina to face charges he damaged the country's iconic Nazca Lines during a widely criticized stunt last year, a court said on Thursday.
- Rules to control crowds of swimmers, manatees in Florida springs February 26, 2015TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Tourists may keep swimming this winter with endangered Florida manatees in cramped Three Sisters Springs under new rules announced by federal wildlife managers on Thursday to protect the beloved "sea cows" coming to the U.S. sanctuary to warm up.
- Heavy snow cuts power, snarls travel across U.S. South February 26, 2015RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) - Residents across the U.S. South were digging out on Thursday after the latest winter wallop, which dumped more than a half-foot of snow and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands in a region accustomed to milder cold-weather conditions.
- Cooler Pacific has slowed global warming, briefly: study February 26, 2015OSLO (Reuters) - A natural cooling of the Pacific Ocean has contributed to slow global warming in the past decade but the pause is unlikely to last much longer, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.
- Reducing consumer food waste could save $300 billion yearly by 2030 February 26, 2015ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Reducing consumer food waste could save the global economy up to $300 billion annually by 2030 as one third of all food produced worldwide ends up being discarded, a research group said on Thursday.
- Jordan, Israel agree $900 million Red Sea-Dead Sea project February 26, 2015AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan and Israel signed an agreement to go ahead with a World Bank-sponsored project to build a desalination plant in the Gulf of Aqaba and a pipeline linking the Red Sea with the Dead Sea.
- Green groups divided on Hillary Clinton's oil interest ties February 26, 2015WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's connections to oil and gas interests has created a dilemma for some environmental groups, troubling activists for whom she would be the natural candidate to support for president.
- Snow storm leaves over 220,000 without power in U.S. Carolinas February 26, 2015(Reuters) - More than 220,000 homes and businesses remained without power in North Carolina and South Carolina early Thursday due to a winter storm with high winds that brought down trees and power lines.
- Nearly all California voters think water shortage is serious: poll February 26, 2015SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nearly all California voters believe the state's water shortage is a serious problem, though they were split on whether environmental protection should be rolled back in response, according to a Field Poll released on Thursday.
- China's top climate negotiator removed from leadership list February 27, 2015
- “Environmental Doom and Gloom with a sense of humor”
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