The US Drought Monitor shows southeastern New Mexico in an exceptional drought.
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_west.htm
Cloudcroft is located in the middle of the brown area, and has received rain on half of the days this month. This is what it looks like today.
Over the next 18 months, the Environmental Protection Agency will finalize a flurry of new rules to curb pollution from coal-fired power plants. Mercury, smog, ozone, greenhouse gases, water intake, coal ash—it’s all getting regulated. And, not surprisingly, some lawmakers are grumbling.
Industry groups such the Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned utilities, and the American Legislative Exchange Council have dubbed the coming rules “EPA’s Regulatory Train Wreck.” The regulations, they say, will cost utilities up to $129 billion and force them to retire one-fifth of coal capacity. Given that coal provides 45 percent of the country’s power, that means higher electric bills, more blackouts and fewer jobs.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports, “The only Australian company which manufactures solar cells is closing the operation. Ilex Solar has announced it will stop making the cells at its western Sydney facility, with 30 jobs to be lost.
h/t to Dave G
“If we follow ‘business-as-usual’ growth of greenhouse gas emissions, I think that we will lock in a guaranteed sea-level rise of several metres, which, frankly, means that all hell is going to break loose.”
as we know the polar bear depends on sea ice for survival
Right. Hudson Bay is ice-free for several months every summer
Aug 10th, 2011
Good numbers of polar bears are showing up in and around the Churchill area
The US Drought Monitor shows southeast Arizona and much of New Mexico in extreme to exceptional drought. People I know who live there tell me that it has been raining heavily for weeks and is very green.
