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National Stormwater Calculator Updated · Environmental Management & Energy Ne... - 0 views

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Adriana Trujillo on 12 Feb 14

The EPA's National Stormwater Calculator (SWC), which can help site developers and landscape architects reduce runoff from a property, has been updated.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The EPA's National Stormwater Calculator (SWC), which can help site developers and landscape architects reduce runoff from a property, has been updated.</div>

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Only 13% of World's Oceans Remain Wild - 1 views

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Del Birmingham on 27 Jul 18

A new study has unveiled humanity's sweeping impact on the world's oceans. Commercial fishing, climate change, agricultural runoff and other human-caused stressors have wiped out nearly 90 percent of Earth's marine wilderness, researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Queensland, Australia revealed.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A new study has unveiled humanity's sweeping impact on the world's oceans. Commercial fishing, climate change, agricultural runoff and other human-caused stressors have wiped out nearly 90 percent of Earth's marine wilderness, researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Queensland, Australia revealed.</div>

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In a Warming West, the Rio Grande Is Drying Up - The New York Times - 1 views

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shared by Del Birmingham on 29 May 18 - No Cached

Del Birmingham on 29 May 18

"The effect of long-term warming is to make it harder to count on snowmelt runoff in wet times," said David S. Gutzler, a climate scientist at the University of New Mexico. "And it makes the dry times much harder than they used to be."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The effect of long-term warming is to make it harder to count on snowmelt runoff in wet times," said David S. Gutzler, a climate scientist at the University of New Mexico. "And it makes the dry times much harder than they used to be."</div>

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New Disney Facility in Santa Clarita Faces Hurdles - The Hollywood Reporter - 0 views

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removal of 158 oak trees
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Planning and the Environment
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We’re considering our options.”
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The Ranch, which will take up 58 acres of Golden Oak Ranch
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an 890-acre piece of land owned by Disney that already hosts about 300 days of production each year.
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six soundstage buildings
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2,854 people and contribute $533 million in annual economic activity throughout Los Angeles County.
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Full build-out, though, could take years, even after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the project during a vote Tuesday. Still ahead are meetings with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
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SCOPE and other environmental groups have been addressed
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plant 1,600 new oak trees in the area, and argues that 637 acres of Golden Oak Ranch will remain a natural backdrop area. Disney also touted several “green design features” for reducing energy consumption, traffic and storm-water runoff.
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Plambeck, though, isn't satisfied,
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"to a voluntary project condition that places a conservation easement over the remaining undeveloped portions of the Golden Oak Ranch as a condition precedent to any permit issuance."
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not develop 637 acres,
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but if that's the case, why won't they put it into a conservation easement to assure everybody of their intentions?"
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The Sierra Club, for example, has taken a neutral position on the
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Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13

A local environmental group slams the plan for the just-approved 58-acre facility, which will eventually employ 2,800 people but faces months of hearings before breaking ground

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A local environmental group slams the plan for the just-approved 58-acre facility, which will eventually employ 2,800 people but faces months of hearings before breaking ground</div>

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Ocean Dead Zones Are Getting Worse Globally Due to Climate Change | Science | Smithsonian - 0 views

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Del Birmingham on 12 Nov 14

Nearly all ocean dead zones will increase by the end of the century because of climate change, according to a new Smithsonian-led study. But the work also recommends how to limit risks to coastal communities of fish, crabs and other species no matter how much the water warms.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Nearly all ocean dead zones will increase by the end of the century because of climate change, according to a new Smithsonian-led study. But the work also recommends how to limit risks to coastal communities of fish, crabs and other species no matter how much the water warms. </div>

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