Clearing the Backlog, Part VIII
Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
- “Carbon emissions have soared far above the expectations of most climate scientists”
- “Climate change will seriously affect the tropical Andes by the end of this century and could lead to water shortages”
- “Scientists have developed a method to predict the spread of the dengue-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito as the climate changes.”
- “Nigerian farmers who tested new maize crops resistant to the widespread Striga plant parasite are so enthusiastic about their increased crop yields that they are selling more seeds than the official distribution channels.”
- “The California Colloquium on Water [has videos of] scholars… in the fields of natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities, law and environmental design… [giving] lectures designed to increase the understanding and appreciation among students, faculty and the general public of water resources and to contribute to informed decisions about water in California. “
- “The hydroelectric dam, a low wall of concrete slicing across an old farming valley, is supposed to help a power company in distant Germany contribute to saving the climate — while putting lucrative `carbon credits’ into the pockets of Chinese developers. But in the end the new Xiaoxi dam may do nothing to lower global-warming emissions as advertised…. `The CDM’ — the 4-year-old, U.N.-managed Clean Development Mechanism — `is an excessive subsidy that represents a massive waste of developed world resources’.”
- RA sends a PDF “on rate changes that will be coming into effect for some of the water districts around San Diego. Looks like many of them will be adopting a tiered-rate schedule… which is good.” They are better than the City of San Diego’s flawed rates, but none of them implement TRUE conservation pricing.
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