by Beth Holmes | Apr 24, 2023 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
Cloud seeding is becoming big business in drought-stricken areas like the Rockies, despite dubious research. Cloud seeding as it’s practiced today works like this. Seeders, either tower-mounted or by airplane, shoot silver iodide into clouds. The particulates...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 18, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
A Montana judge has canceled an important permit for a new natural gas power plant under construction along the Yellowstone River. The plant is being built by NorthWestern Energy, a company based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It’s expected to cost $250 million,...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 10, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Salinity in groundwater is a rising concern in coastal India, threatening the drinking water for hundreds of thousands. Kochi is a city of about 600,000 in the Chellanam area of India, on the southwestern coast against the Arabian Sea. Much of the water that provides...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 3, 2023 | Resources, Sustainability
Flooding fields to restore groundwater is a new tactic farmers are using, trying to hold onto the unusual amount of rain California got this year. While it’s hard to believe, the intense rain and flooding that California has seen the past few months...
