I want to know where Romney is going to drill for WATER!
WASHINGTON, April 2 — In one of its most important environmental decisions in years, (click title to entry - thank you) the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate heat-trapping gases in automobile emissions. The court further ruled that the agency could not sidestep its authority to regulate the greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change unless it could provide a scientific basis for its refusal....
Reduce gas consumption by 20% over 10 years (click title to entry - thank you)
Pres. Bush, prodded by a Supreme Court ruling, said his administration will decide how to regulate pollution from new Bush signed an executive order that will “cut gasoline consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.”
“When it comes to energy and the environment, the American people expect common sense and they expect action,” the president said. “We’re taking action by taking the first steps toward rules that will make our economy stronger, our environment cleaner and our nation more secure for generations to come.“
What those rules would look like was anything but clear. An official said the president’s position opposing mandatory emissions caps has not changed. Bush has said that anything other than a voluntary approach would unduly harm the nation’s economy.
Bush officials indicated that the new rules could implement the president’s plan for reducing gas consumption by 20 percent over 10 years.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Fremont, California
Photographer states: If you don't believe we're in a drought situation, consider this: If I were standing one year ago where I stood when I took this photograph, I'd have been under at least six feet of water.
Reduce gasoline usage by 20% in 10 years
It is in our vital interest to diversify America’s energy supply--and the way forward is through technology. Dramatic advances are within reach. Let us build on the work we have done and reduce gasoline usage in the United States by 20% in the next ten years--thereby cutting our total imports by the equivalent of 3/4 of all the oil we now import from the Middle East. To reach this goal, we must increase the supply of alternative fuels, by setting a mandatory fuels standard to require 35 billion gallons of renewable and alternative fuels in 2017--this is nearly five times the current target. At the same time, we need to reform and modernize As we continue to diversify our fuel supply, we must also step up domestic oil production in environmentally sensitive ways. And I ask Congress to double the current capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
All the dry weather means there's less water flowing through (click here) the once mighty river into the Gulf of Mexico, and low outflow means saltwater from the Gulf is creeping in.
Some Louisiana cities have already begun purchasing drinking water. Now New Orleans is at risk.
Saltwater typically encroaches on the Mississippi every eight to 10 years, but that could be changing, says Mark Davis, director of the Tulane Institute on Water Resources, Law and Policy. "With rising seas, and if we talk about deepening the channels of the rivers to accommodate bigger ships, this kind of thing is something you may face more frequently, and if you get it wrong, it can affect the vitality of industries and the health of populations," Davis says...
The last salt water impingement on the Mississippi was in 2005 when Katrina hit.
