Florida Funds Alternative Water Supply Projects
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, September 18, 2008 (ENS) – For more than a decade, Naples Bay on Florida’s southern Gulf coast has been subject to increased pollutant loading as a result of extensive land development in the county. The stormwater runoff entering the Gordon River Basin contains chemicals from fertilizers and pesticides, which are slowly [...]
Read More »21 U.S. Cities to Measure and Report Carbon Emissions
OAKLAND, California, August 11, 2008 (ENS) – Some of the largest U.S. cities will report their greenhouse gas emissions for the first time in a program that will demonstrate to companies, investors and the general public how cities are dealing with the risks and opportunities climate change presents. Twenty-one cities were announced today, with at [...]
Read More »South Florida Records Two Driest Back-to-Back Years
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, January 8, 2008 (ENS) – The past two years have been the driest back-to-back calendar years in South Florida since rainfall recordkeeping began in 1932, meteorologists at the South Florida Water Management District confirmed today. The 2006-2007 rainfall total of 83.63 inches district-wide displaces by nearly an inch the previous low [...]
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