EU Plans to Make it Mandatory For Ship Owners to Measure Carbon Emissions
Owners of large ships using EU ports will have to measure and report annual carbon emissions from January 2018 under new European commission proposals published on Friday.
A Vertical View of Wildfire Smoke as it Heads to Sea
Meteorologists closely monitor smoke plumes from wildfires because smoke can spread across vast distances and pose significant health hazards, particularly to children and the elderly.
Large Dead Zone Forming in the Gulf
Ocean experts had predicted a large “dead zone” area in the Gulf of Mexico this year, and according to the results from a Texas A&M University researcher just back from studying the region, those predictions appear to be right on target.
Crabs, Oysters Disappearing on Maryland’s Shrinking Island
Smith Island, Maryland island is slowly disappearing…Scientists at the University of Maryland say the water level is rising in part because of climate change and that the island could disappear in 20 to 50 years.
Los Angeles Bans Free Plastic Bags In Grocery Stores
Los Angeles became the biggest city in the country to ban free plastic bags in grocery stores following a city council vote. Under the law, shoppers will have to tote their own bags, or pay 10 cents each for paper bags.
Sand Mining Will Continue to Relocate Families in Sierra Leone
For people desperate to earn a living, this all translates into break-neck, environmentally disastrous, 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operations to carry hundreds of tonnes of sand from the beaches and sell it to builders as construction material. Not much is being done to stop what is almost a military operation…
Jobless Youths Revert to Beach Sand Mining, John Obey Beach, Sierra Leone
There´s a construction boom in Sierra Leone. For people desperate to earn a living, this all translates into break-neck, environmentally disastrous, 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operations to carry hundreds of tonnes of sand from the beaches and sell it to builders as construction material.
For our future, today can’t be Obama’s final Act On Climate
President Obama ordered the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants today, as part of a broad-based climate change initiative.
U.S. Airports Face Increasing Threat From Rising Seas
Due to climate change-related sea level rise, LaGuardia and other coastal hubs throughout the U.S. face a growing risk of flooding during even modest storms.