Articles tagged with: environment
by Asia Scudder
On January 21 the City of Norman hosted the second in a series of water related forums. Kyle Arthur of the Oklahoma Water Resource Board spoke about how Oklahoma has gone through “boom and bust” periods of water availability since the mid-1800′s…
Read the full story »
On October 24, Normanites joined the International Day of Climate Action, taking part in one of more than 5200 events in 181 countries. The Day was organized by 350.org, an international campaign to reduce the carbon in earth’s atmosphere to less than 350 parts per million, which many scientists have identified as a safe upper limit to avoid disastrous climate change…
Read the full story »
by Asia Scudder
In order to gain a better perspective of our local water issues I spoke to Ken Komiske, Utilities Director for the City of Norman and Charles Wesner, Chair of the Sierra Club Oklahoma Chapter…
Read the full story »
by Asia Scudder
Every morning, most of us without much thought will take a shower, make coffee, shave, brush teeth, water the yard – we have an unquestioned, plentiful supply of water available for our daily needs. And clean water is essential for health and community development…
Read the full story »- Juvenile detention agency may have furloughs
- Mint excludes Survivor Tree from Oklahoma quarter
- Oklahoma County officials defend staff raises
- Oklahoma bankruptcies up almost 30 percent from last year
- Mercury Marine will pay back Oklahoma tax incentives
- Edmond preacher gets rich mixing faith and financial advice
- Over $100k in fines to Oklahoma Ethics Commission going unpaid
- [Video] Oklahoma’s second ‘Gold Standard’ green home nearing completion
