Articles tagged with: environment
From The Journal Record:
Read the full story »Whether you believe that human activity is a cause of climate change or not, you probably would opt for a car that gets better mileage and creates fewer emissions than your current car or truck, if at the same or lower price as your gas-powered vehicle. Who wouldn’t? Well there are a few actually, but we won’t waste any print space here talking about members of the Flat Earth Society.
The truth is we Americans love our cars and we love our environment. We often don’t realize the direct impact the former has on the latter. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the transportation sector accounts for almost 33 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.
From The Associated Press:
Read the full story »A federal judge says the state of Oklahoma is entitled to a jury trial for a part of its civil lawsuit against Arkansas poultry companies. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell ruled Wednesday that a jury could determine whether the companies are liable for civil penalties under one of the state’s anti-pollution laws.
From The Oklahoma Gazette:
Read the full story »The anonymous tipster had interesting news for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry officials. There was a tinhorn dumping who knows what into the Oklahoma River near the Oklahoma National Stockyards and surrounding industrial property. A tinhorn is another name for a steel culvert, or pipe.
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- The Apache House: Interview with artist Zachary Carlisle Davidson
- Oklahoma Rock Newsblog: Interview with El Paso Hot Button
- Fresh Greens: Money for trash and the perks aren’t free
- The Archivist: The 9-foot bed sheet
From The Tulsa World:
Read the full story »In less than a week, the town of Picher will officially close its city offices.
As the community prepares for the last of its residents to move away, about 40 people turned out Tuesday evening for a meeting of the Lead-Impacted Communities Relocation Assistance Trust. The town is expected to shut down Sept. 1. After that, “there will be no city government,” Mayor Tim Reeves said after the meeting.
From The Associated Press:
Read the full story »The Ozark aquifer, a primary source of water in southwest Missouri, could go dry in places even with slight growth over the next 50 years, according to a report from the U.S. Geological Survey.
The USGS study showed that pumping from the Ozark aquifer may not be sustainable at Carthage and Noel if a 1 percent annual increase in water-withdrawal rates occurs annually from 2007 to 2057, the Joplin Globe reported.
The USGS findings on the Ozarks Plateaus aquifer system were based on a groundwater flow model for the aquifer, which is used in parts of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
