Updated 7:31 am PDT, Saturday, May 11, 2019 In this Wednesday, April 24, 2019 photo, a pile of flood damaged debris burns in a field in Hamburg, Iowa. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP) In this Wednesday, April 24, 2019 photo, a pile of flood damaged debris burns in a field in Hamburg, Iowa. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP) Photo: Brian Powers, AP Photo: Brian Powers, AP Image 1 of / 7 Caption Close Image 1 of 7 In this Wednesday, April 24, 2019 photo, a pile of flood damaged debris burns in a field in Hamburg, Iowa. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP) In this Wednesday, April 24, 2019 photo, a pile of flood damaged debris burns in a field in Hamburg, Iowa. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP) … [Read more...] about Crews address environmental threats flooding leaves behind
Environmental concerns
Exclusive–Steve Camarota: ‘Liberal Coalition’ Silent on Environmental Impact of Immigration
The “liberal coalition” is largely silent on the country’s rapid population growth caused nearly entirely by legal immigration and its impact on the environment, Center for Immigration Studies Director of Research Steve Camarota says. During an interview with SiriusXM Patriot’s Breitbart News Daily, Camarota said that while the political left has made a point to bring environmental concerns to the forefront of national debate in recent years, the country’s mass legal immigration policy — whereby about 1.6 million foreign nationals resettle in the U.S. every year — goes unmentioned.LISTEN: “The U.S. population grows a little without immigration, but most of all of the population increases come from immigration,” Camarota said. “So that’s the big question, if you add 75 million people, doesn’t that mean more cars on the road? It means more land development. It means more greenhouse gas emissions.” … [Read more...] about Exclusive–Steve Camarota: ‘Liberal Coalition’ Silent on Environmental Impact of Immigration
Warrenpoint Port bosses abandon dredging plan over ecological concerns
Warrenpoint Port bosses abandon dredging plan over ecological concerns BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Bosses at Northern Ireland's second largest port have abandoned plans to create a more cost-effective dredging site in the mouth of Carlingford Lough over environmental concerns. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/warrenpoint-port-bosses-abandon-dredging-plan-over-ecological-concerns-37620652.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/article37620651.ece/83789/AUTOCROP/h342/2018-12-13_bus_46484637_I1.JPG Email Bosses at Northern Ireland's second largest port have abandoned plans to create a more cost-effective dredging site in the mouth of Carlingford Lough over environmental concerns. Warrenpoint Port authorities made the decision after an analysis of the proposed location between Cranfield Point and Greencastle revealed substantial differences in water flow during ebb and flood tides make the site infeasible. Chief executive Clare … [Read more...] about Warrenpoint Port bosses abandon dredging plan over ecological concerns
Scotland spaceport facing years-long delays amid concerns for eagle population
0 Have your say A £45m plan to build the UK’s first spaceport could be delayed for years amid concerns over Scotland’s population of white-tailed eagles. The UK Space Agency in partnership with Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has put forward a plan to create a launch site for rockets to carry micro-satellites.It had hoped that a commercially viable launch site on Melness Crofting Estate on A’Mhoine peninsula in the Scottish Highlands would be created by 2020.However local crofters are threatening to take the UK Space Agency and the Melness Estate to the Scottish Land Court over environmental concerns.There are fears over the areas unique ecology and that the project could threaten Britain’s only established population of white-tailed eagles.READ MORE: Scotland chosen for UK’s first spaceportJohn Williams, co-founder of the Protect the Mhoine group, which is campaigning against the development, said: “The A’Mhoine is … [Read more...] about Scotland spaceport facing years-long delays amid concerns for eagle population
With Google coming to San Jose, housing concerns and opportunities for downtown revitalization
By Emily DeRuy | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: November 9, 2018 at 12:56 pm | UPDATED: November 9, 2018 at 12:58 pm With Google expected to build a massive San Jose campus in the coming years, a new report takes stock of the project’s possible benefits like a revitalized downtown and its potential drawbacks — soaring housing costs and displaced residents. The report, published by the city with input from a number of community organizations and residents, comes just weeks before Dec. 4, when the City Council is expected to approve the sale of some 20 acres of land near Diridon Station to the tech company. Since February, nearly 40 people — including Carl Guardino of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a business advocacy group that counts Google among its members and Maria Noel Fernandez of Silicon Valley Rising, an organization that has raised concerns about gentrification — have met monthly as part of an advisory group … [Read more...] about With Google coming to San Jose, housing concerns and opportunities for downtown revitalization