…mandatory water restrictions for the first time in the state’s history. The executive order required a 25% reduction in water use by the state’s local supply agencies, which serve 90%…
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…States now routinely have “sunny-day flooding,” with salt water pushing up through drains even in the absence of storms. When London built the Thames Barrier in 1982, it was expected…
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…little as 7% (August 3, 2010) to as much as 46% (September 10, 2002).” Both short-term and long-term droughts directly impact agricultural production and water levels in groundwater, streams, rivers…
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…19 air quality rules were $77.3 billion to $518 billion, while the costs were $20.6 billion to $23.7 billion. The benefits of the Office of Water’s rules were $2 billion…
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…in developing countries. The percentage of the world’s population with access to clean drinking water increased from 77% to 87%. That puts the U.N. on track to achieve the goal…
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…Deanna Harlene; Garland, Kathleen A. Journal of Planning Literature, July 2012. doi: 10.1177/0885412212454013. Abstract: “Climate change is likely to increase losses and reduce supplies of freshwater during drought. Resilience, briefly…
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…70% of the freshwater supply, 25% of total freshwater use is accounted for by wasted food. On average, producing 1 kcal of food requires 3 kcal of fossil fuel energy;…
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…for more sophisticated tools to support accurate measurement and forecasts of phytoplankton as well as the importance of reduce the causes and impact of climate change. Tags: oceans, pollution, water…
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…They highlighted the need for both developing and developed countries to intensify efforts to design and implement policies to facilitate better environmental performance. Tags: Asia, biodiversity, carbon, China, pollution, water…
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…is needed to identify precise causal mechanisms. This paper suggests such analysis is of first-order importance, as the economic effects in poor countries appear large. Tags: greenhouse gases, pollution, water…
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