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25 Years After The Northridge Earthquake, Is LA Ready For The Big One?

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Jacob Margolis | 0 Comments

From NPR On Jan. 17, 1994, a 6.7 magnitude quake rocked the suburbs north of Los Angeles, leaving 57 dead and causing more than $43 billion in damage. Officials worry LA isn’t ready for the next big quake. (Image credit:…

Dutch citizens demand end to quake-hit Groningen gas production

Posted on January 17, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Angry Dutch citizens on Thursday will ask their country’s highest court to put an immediate end to gas production in the Groningen region due to the risk of life-endangering earthquakes. Decades of extraction from what once…

Australia's blistering heat set records for December: weather bureau

Posted on January 17, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

A koala grooms itself near a sprinkler during a heatwave in Springfield's Carrick Hill, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia in this still image taken from social media video January 15, 2019. Catherine Lawless via REUTERS MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia reported its…

Five deaths blamed on storms that dump snow, rain on California

Posted on January 17, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - At least five people have died in severe rain and snowstorms that blanketed parts of California with at least five feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains this week, besides triggering flooding and mudslides, officials said. Forecasters…

India pollution court asks Volkswagen to deposit $14 million by Friday: TV

Posted on January 17, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

FILE PHOTO: Volkswagen logos are pictured during the media day of the Salao do Automovel International Auto Show in Sao Paulo, Brazil November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File PhotoNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India’s pollution court on Thursday asked car maker Volkswagen…

Sixteen coal ash pits contaminating Texas groundwater: report

Posted on January 17, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Sixteen coal ash pits in Texas are leaking contaminants including arsenic, boron, cobalt and lithium into groundwater, according to a report released on Thursday by the Environmental Integrity Project. Coal ash is the residue left after coal…

China installed 18 percent less solar power capacity in 2018

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China put just over 43 gigawatts (GW) of new solar generation capacity into operation in 2018, down 18 percent from a year earlier, an industry group said on Thursday, after a government move to curb new capacity…

Shutdown Threatens To Stall Recovery In Wildfire-Ravaged Paradise, Calif.

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Kirk Siegler | 0 Comments

From NPR A federal grant for basic infrastructure projects is stalled. There is concern that, if fire survivors don’t see evidence that recovery has begun, they could give up hope and leave the region. (Image credit: Noah Berger/AP) Read the…

China new solar power capacity down 18 percent on year in 2018: industry group

Posted on January 17, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China put just over 43 gigawatts (GW) of new solar generation capacity into operation in 2018, down 18 percent on a year earlier, an industry group said on Thursday, after a government move to curb new capacity…

Home – The Allegheny Front

Posted on January 17, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

This week on The Allegheny Front, America’s role in the global struggle with climate change. Plus, the push for petrochemicals in the Ohio Valley. And, Haiti is a paradise of biodiversity, but the country is quickly losing most of its forest, and…