"The Macondo well blowout on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico lays bare just how little scientists know about that great expanse of saltwater and its creatures, but in fishing communities from Florida to Louisiana, some people have vital questions of their own."
"WASHINGTON -- Parts of two nuclear power plants were shut down late Monday and early Tuesday, while another plant — the nation's oldest — was put on alert after waters from Superstorm Sandy rose 6 feet above sea level."
"Though the presidential campaigns have been focused on Hurricane Sandy, the politically sticky topic of disaster relief is making its way to the forefront. With Sandy bearing down on the East Coast, supporters of President Barack Obama are saying that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would gut FEMA, leaving it incapable of handling a massive hurricane or tornado."
"As Hurricane Sandy churned inland as a downgraded storm, residents up and down the battered mid-Atlantic region woke on Tuesday to lingering waters, darkened homes and the daunting task of cleaning up from once-in-a-generation storm surges and their devastating effects."
This one-day event in Fort Worth, TX, hosted by the Texas Wesleyan Journal of Real Property Law, will focus on legal and policy issues related to local, regional, and national water scarcity challenges.
New international, national and state laws impacting Great Lakes water quality and quantity will be the subjects of this event, sponsored by the University of Toledo College of Law and its affiliated Legal Institute of the Great Lakes. The keynote speaker is SEJ member Tom Henry, award-winning environmental writer for the Toledo Blade. The conference is free to the public.
For weather warnings, check the interactive, near-real-time national weather map [12] put out by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. It's updated every few minutes with color-coded warnings by type. You can also search for a forecast by state, city/state or zip code.
"Partisan battles are engulfing the nation’s ocean policy, showing that polarization over environmental issues doesn’t stop at the water’s edge."
"Growers are reluctantly trying to irrigate less to preserve their threatened underground aquifer."
"Among the various immobile pieces of infrastructure in the path of the East Coast hurricane are around 20 nuclear reactors, from Calvert Cliffs in southern Maryland to Pilgrim in Plymouth, Mass., and Vermont Yankee, just north of the Massachusetts line in Vernon, Vt. But the industry and regulatory officials say that this is an anticipated challenge."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/researchers-will-take-deep-look-gulf-seafood-safety
[2] http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Researchers-will-take-a-deep-look-at-Gulf-seafood-3991634.php
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nuclear-plants-shut-down-units-storm-hits-coast
[4] http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/10/30/us/politics/ap-us-superstorm-nuclear-safety.html?ref=news
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hurricane-sandy-what-romney-says-hed-do-fema
[6] http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/romney-cut-fema-president/story?id=17589353#.UI-4I1Eg_90
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/northeast-wakes-huge-damage-storm%E2%80%99s-path-millions-without-power
[8] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/us/hurricane-sandy-barrels-region-leaving-battered-path.html?hp
[9] https://www.sej.org/calendar/securing-water-supplies-future-risks-challenges-opportunities
[10] https://www.sej.org/calendar/12th-annual-great-lakes-water-conference
[11] https://www.sej.org/library/useful-links/national-weather-service
[12] http://www.weather.gov/
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/national-ocean-policy-sparks-partisan-fight
[14] http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/national-ocean-policy-sparks-partisan-fight/2012/10/28/af73e464-17a7-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/farmers-watching-their-water-use
[16] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444592704578062901539482028.html
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nuclear-reactors-await-hurricane-sandy
[18] http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/nuclear-reactors-await-hurricane-sandy/
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3789
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3786
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3787
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3788
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3791
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3792
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3793
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3794
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4946