Environment

California's Ongoing Drought Hits Water Recreation Businesses

6:42pm April 03, 2015

by Nate Rott

California's ongoing drought isn't just hurting the pocketbooks of farmers. Rafting companies, ski areas and other businesses and towns that depend on water for recreation are also being hit hard.

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At Resource Management's material recovery facility, workers pull plastic bags, other trash and large pieces of cardboard off the conveyor belts before the mixed single-stream recyclables enter the sorting machines.

With 'Single-Stream' Recycling, Convenience Comes At A Cost

3:30pm April 03, 2015

by Veronique LaCapra

Many Americans now have access to a commingled recycling system, which lets users mix plastic, glass, paper and metal together in one bin. It's much easier, but not nearly as efficient.

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Environment

New Report Claims Atlantic Sea Level Will Rise

1:58am April 02, 2015

by Michael Burke

A report from a science advisory panel says seas will rise along the North Carolina coast over the next 30 years. The question is how much?

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Dry, cracked earth is visible on a cantaloupe farm near Firebaugh, Calif., last August. Record-low snowpack levels in the Sierra Nevada mean most Central California farmers will face another year without water from the federal Central Valley Project.

Scary Times For California Farmers As Snowpack Hits Record Lows

6:23pm April 01, 2015

by Nathan Rott

Much of the state depends on that snow for its water. In the Central Valley, the nation's most productive farming region, that means another year of fallow fields and emergency water measures.

President Obama, seen here inspecting solar panels on the roof of the Department of Energy, has submitted a U.S. pledge to reduce greenhouse gases.

U.S. Promises To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions Up To 28 Percent By 2025

7:57pm March 31, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The new target was submitted to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Tuesday. It is part of a plan for a new international treaty to be hammered out in December in Paris.

The male Asian subterranean termite (brown abdomen) and the female Formosan subterranean termite (orange abdomen) are surrounded by their hybrid offspring (eggs, larvae, workers, soldiers) in an eight-month-old colony.

'Super-Termite' Could Be Even More Destructive Than Parent Species

3:19pm March 30, 2015

by Greg Allen

In South Florida, the world's two most destructive termite species could be mating because of climate change. Researchers say if the hybrids colonize, they could pose an even greater economic threat.

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Environment

New Coal Ash Landfill Considered In Rockingham County

8:16pm March 29, 2015

by Keri Brown

Duke Energy is considering opening up a landfill to store coal ash waste in Rockingham County. The new site is part of the company's plan to find safer ways to store the toxic waste.

A worker kicks up dust as he drives a tractor at a farm on Aug. 22, 2014 near drought-stricken Firebaugh, Calif.

Calif. Governor Can't Make It Rain, But Can Make Relief Money Pour

6:05pm March 27, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed his sweeping $1.1 billion emergency drought relief bill Friday. It funds water infrastructure improvements like flood control and aid for farmworkers.

Environment

Robinson, Former President of Ireland, Pushes For Climate Justice

8:02am March 27, 2015

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Environment

Trouble In Paradise–Too Much Plastic In Our Oceans

8:17pm March 26, 2015

by Keri Brown

A remote tropical island in the Caribbean and the Yadkin River may seem like worlds apart.

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