Drought threatens American River fish

Endangered steelhead about to hatch in the American River could soon be killed by low flows and warm temperatures caused by the drought, a sign of the ongoing struggle over scarce water supplies.

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The prognosis is not good as California's snowpack is currenty sitting at 8% of average.

The biggest source of U.S. carbon emissions is?

Coal extracted from public lands.

Taxpayer-owned coal is the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress and The Wilderness Society.

The report, released Thursday, finds that emissions from coal, oil and gas that is mined or drilled on federal lands and waters could account for 24 percent of all energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in 2012. The report also concludes that more than 10 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions result from the combustion of coal extracted on public lands in Wyoming and Montana, primarily in the Powder River Basin (PRB), where 40 percent of all U.S. coal is produced.

The report was released as coal companies operating on federal lands in the PRB are coming under increasing scrutiny for allegedly evading royalties by selling coal to their own subsidiary companies at depressed prices.

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All of the advocacy groups that tout, "responsible energy development" need to start demanding that those that profit off extracting resources from public lands should be at least paying their proper share for the priviledge.

Large hydro dams aren’t “green”

Photo: Sascha Brück

People believe hydroelectric dams provide clean energy.

It’s not true.

The actually drive climate change.

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Requiem of Ice

The same great film makers who brought you Mending the Line have released this new thought provoking piece on the disappearing Sandy Glacier Caves.

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Co2ld Waters - Official Trailer

The new Conservation Hawks movie CO2LD WATERS stars Craig Mathews of Blue Ribbon Flies, Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia, Steve Hemkens of Orvis, Tim Romano of Angling Trade, and Todd Tanner of Conservation Hawks. The film, which was shot on O’Dell Creek near Ennis, Montana and produced by Jeremy Roberts of Conservation Media, looks at the single biggest threat to the future of angling: Climate Change.

Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048

The apocalypse has a new date: 2048.

That's when the world's oceans will be empty of fish, predicts an international team of ecologists and economists. The cause: the disappearance of species due to overfishing, pollution, habitat loss, and climate change.

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