9:00 pm in drought, texas, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
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Just outside of Rockport, Texas, stands an ancient Live Oak affectionately known as 'the Big Tree'. For well over 1,000 years, that towering tree has offered its long, cool shadow for weary locals to wade in -- and now they're returning the favor. After managing to survive centuries of hurricanes, fires, floods, lumberjacks and wars, the Big Tree is getting a helping hand to live through its latest challenge: drought. Volunteer firefighters, many of whom played among the Big Tree's branches as children, have begun watering it with their hoses in h...
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12:44 pm in climate change effects, government policy, News, texas, usa by TreeHugger
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ewige)
How dry is it it Texas?
So dry well levels are dropping. Groundwater levels are sinking appreciably enough that, according to the
Fort-Worth Star Telegram, "The dip in groundwater levels is forcing many rural homeowners who depend on residential wells to spend $500 to $1,000 to have their pumps lowered or, worse, $7,500 or more to have deeper wells drilled." And that's a relatively cheap proble...
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12:44 pm in climate change effects, government policy, News, texas, usa by TreeHugger
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ewige)
How dry is it it Texas?
It is so dry that water-well levels are noticeably dropping. In fact, groundwater levels are sinking enough that, according to the
Fort-Worth Star Telegram, "The dip in groundwater levels is forcing many rural homeowners who depend on residential wells to spend $500 to $1,000 to have their pumps lowered or, worse, $7,500 or more to have deeper wells drilled." And that's ...
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8:55 am in Business & Politics, economics, renewable energy, solar, solar power, texas, united states by TreeHugger
Earlier this week I posted about how
the solar industry can continue ferocious cost reductions, and there are plenty of advocates
predicting a solar energy tipping point in the not too distant future. But we are already seeing signs that falling prices are leading to increased uptake. Renewable Energy World, for example, reports that when
CPS Energy, the municipal utility for San Antonio, Texas,
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8:00 am in agriculture, drought, global warming effects, texas, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
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This summer has thus far been brutal across the nation.
Drought and high temperatures are making life difficult for farmers and ranchers alike. And it's no surprise that widespread drought in Texas specifically is causing the deaths of cattle, but the reason behind it is certainly unexpected. According to the
Associated Press and seen on
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10:34 pm in Business & Politics, climate change effects, europe, france, texas, usa by TreeHugger
"Central nuclear Marnay sur Seine." Image credit:Flickr,
lamon
Texas has a real Texas-size problem on its hands with
Frackers Firefighters And Farmers Competing For Water. Similar severe drought-caused problems are shaping up now in parts of Europe. French farmers face lost wheat production, for example. The famed nuclear fleet of France, mostly dependent on single-pass river water cooling systems, may have to consider shut downs...
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Texas Gov. Ricky Perry's swagger and anti-science views won't turn down the heat in his state/via rickperry.org
I've been to Texas a few times in the past year to visit a friend who moved there, but I'm not planning on returning any time soon if the state's record heat keeps up. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Thursday marked the 34th consecutive day that the mercury level went over the 100 mark. Dating back to 1895, July was the hottest month ever recorded in Texas, a state that knows a few thin...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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