Texas Approves Use Of Fracking Wastewater To Irrigate Crops
Texas wants to use recycled wastewater from fracking operations to irrigate crops within the state. What could possibly go wrong?
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Athens Has A Water Problem, So They Looked Back To The Ancients For Answers
It’s been another year of record-breaking heat and dwindling rainfall in Greece. Lake levels have noticeably receded. Struggles in the agriculture sector to irrigate make crop production tenuous. Wildfires have complicated water scarcity problems, because, as firefighters battle the infernos, the water they use depletes already weakened supplies. Water reservoirs … [continued]
Solar Power Meets Hydropower On Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Ancestral Land
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe is bringing a unique hydropower system and one of the nation’s largest solar power projects to Colorado as part of their climate action plan.
Water Saving Solar Panels, Coming Soon To A Canal Near You
Solar panels on canals can save water, prevent toxic algae blooms, conserve land, and generate zero emission electricity, too.
Sand to Green in Africa
Like a scene from Dune, the French–Moroccan startup Sand to Green aims to turn the desert from threat to food producer. It’s a lesson Australia also needs to learn. “If we were to try to produce all the food we will need in 2050 using current production systems, the world … [continued]
Last Month in Climate Science: More Injury-Related Deaths, Mass Seabird Die-Off, River Ice Disappearing
Every month, climate scientists make new discoveries that advance our understanding of climate change’s causes and impacts. The research gives a clearer picture of the threats we already face and explores what’s to come if we don’t reduce emissions at a quicker pace.
DIY Solar Drip Irrigation System Conserves Water By Responding To Weather
Australia-based Dr. Bernie Omodei created a DIY solar-powered irrigation system to facilitate the automatic watering of plants. Measured irrigation allows the user to know how much water is going to be consumed during the watering process.
Study: Water Stress To Drive Severe Reductions In US Crop Yields By 2050 In “Hotspots”
Agricultural yields in certain “hot spots” within the US will be severely diminished by 2050 as a result of the impact that climate change will have on water availability and irrigation, according to a new study from MIT.
Climate Change & More Green News Link Bomb (Leo DiCaprio Climate PR, Earth Homes…)
Closing out this series of “link bombs,” here are other cleantech/green news items that don’t fit into the solar energy, wind energy, electric vehicle, and bicycling categories: Climate Change Related Leo DiCaprio Wins Oscar for Best Climate Activist! Leonardo DiCaprio’s Huge Carbon Footprint Leo DiCaprio Talks Climate Change Syria’s Drought Has Likely Been Its Worst … [continued]
Fracking Wastewater Spoils California Drinking, Farm Supplies
Central California, already painfully stressed by the worst drought in 50 years (which the US Drought Monitor designates as “extreme or exceptional drought,” the most serious category on the agency’s five-level scale), has another problem with its water supply. Aquifers that supply drinking and irrigation water have recently had to … [continued]
