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Oregon cap and trade bill to get vote on Monday

Oregon cap and trade bill to get vote on Monday

Amy Winzer of CalCAN and Caiti Hachmyer of Red H Farms talk about sustainable agriculture

https://youtu.be/TxsvJM13r58
  • Kansas farmers, tired of noisy wind turbines, want to require 3,000-foot setbacks from wind farms instead of current 500 feet
    Kansas farmers, tired of noisy wind turbines, want to require 3,000-foot setbacks from wind farms instead of current 500 feet
  • Oceans may rise seven feet in the next 80 years
    Oceans may rise seven feet in the next 80 years
  • CellCube plans no-degradation 50-MW/200-MWh vanadium grid battery for Port Augusta, Australia
    CellCube plans no-degradation 50-MW/200-MWh vanadium grid battery for Port Augusta, Australia

Tweet of the Week

Lake Chad has shrunk to half its size over the past fifty years. The area around it is plagued by conflict, and climate change might fuel it https://t.co/grx384T5sT pic.twitter.com/yN383r62eD

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 28, 2019

Laura Cunningham, Jim Coda and Skyler Thomas discuss ranching and elks at the national park in Point Reyes, California

https://youtu.be/-qPEZtl1CDM
  • DOE’s Menezes says U.S. LNG exports are “spreading freedom gas throughout the world”
    DOE’s Menezes says U.S. LNG exports are “spreading freedom gas throughout the world”
  • New oil discoveries surge to 3.2 billion BOE in first quarter, boosted by Guyana finds
    New oil discoveries surge to 3.2 billion BOE in first quarter, boosted by Guyana finds
  • U.S. recycling 9 percent of plastics
    U.S. recycling 9 percent of plastics
  • EPA wants to triple amount of rocket fuel perchlorate allowed in drinking water
    EPA wants to triple amount of rocket fuel perchlorate allowed in drinking water
  • Amazon shareholders reject plan to force company to reduce fossil-fuel emissions
    Amazon shareholders reject plan to force company to reduce fossil-fuel emissions

Mimi Willard and Paul Premo of COST discuss water prices with Charlie Duggan of MMWD

https://youtu.be/k5F_rrNk2TM
  • Texas considers making pipeline protests a crime equivalent to attempted murder
    Texas considers making pipeline protests a crime equivalent to attempted murder
  • The score on electric buses: China: 421,000; U.S.: 300
    The score on electric buses: China: 421,000; U.S.: 300
  • Air pollution causes more health problems than smoking, blamed for cancer, poor sleep, autism, Parkinson’s, obesity and mental health problems
    Air pollution causes more health problems than smoking, blamed for cancer, poor sleep, autism, Parkinson’s, obesity and mental health problems

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