"Utahns Want to Preserve, Protect Farms, Poll Says"
"A poll by Envision Utah suggests Utahns want to be more self-sufficient when it comes to food and preserving farming."
Source: KUER, 08/20/2015
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"In the San Gabriel Mountains, They're Asking: What Monument?"
"Visitors to the San Gabriel Mountains can be forgiven if they see overflowing trash bins, broken marijuana pipes, graffiti and road kill and wonder what became of President Obama's vision for the wilderness."
Source: LA Times, 08/20/2015
"As Seas Rise, Saltwater Plants Offer Hope Farms Will Survive"
"On a sun-scorched wasteland near India's southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds."
Source: AP, 08/20/2015
"Oft-Shaken Oklahoma Tops Last Year's Quake Record"
"The 585 earthquakes that Oklahoma had in 2014 was a lot. But this year, Oklahoma has had more than that in less than nine months."
Source: EnergyWire, 08/20/2015
"Three Firefighters Killed Battling Washington State Wildfire"
"Three firefighters in Washington state were killed and four injured while battling a wildfire threatening the town of Twisp, officials said on Wednesday, as more than a dozen major blazes burned in parched Western U.S. states."
Source: Reuters, 08/20/2015
Cyanide in Waters Near China Blast Site 277 Times Acceptable Level
"Chinese authorities warned that cyanide levels in the waters around the Tianjin Port explosion site had risen to as much as 277 times acceptable levels although they declared that the city's drinking water was safe."
Source: Reuters, 08/20/2015
"Report: Groundwater Pumping in California Has Land Sinking"
"Vast areas of California's Central Valley are sinking faster than in the past as massive amounts of groundwater are pumped during the historic drought, state officials said, citing new research by NASA scientists."
Source: AP, 08/20/2015
"Oil Companies Sit on Hands at Auction for Leases"
"HOUSTON — With oil prices collapsing and companies in retrenchment, a federal auction in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday attracted the lowest interest from producers since 1986."
Source: NY Times, 08/20/2015
10 Years After Katrina, Obama Will Visit a Much Safer New Orleans
"Ten years ago next week, a terrifying hurricane stood perched atop the Gulf of Mexico. Katrina. It had rapidly intensified from a Category 3 into a deadly Category 5 monster and began its northward turn towards the Gulf coast—weakening, fortunately, but still driving a tremendous wall of water."
Source: Wash Post, 08/20/2015
DEADLINE: 2016 Newport Beach Film Festival
The 17th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival announces Call for Entries for its Environmental Film Series, a curated program of films designed to raise awareness of important issues affecting our environment. Since Newport Beach is home to a wealth of environmental groups and natural wonders (from the beaches to the bays to the bird estuaries), the Newport Beach Film Festival is the ideal venue to present environmental films. Multiple deadline dates with ascending submission fees.
