California lake mysteriously runs dry overnight, killing thousands of fish

Environment News Weekly Featured Welcome to the Before It's News Weekly Featured 5 Stories. We deliver the most important and interesting space news stories to your inbox. Be the first among your friends and colleagues to get the scoop on the stories everyone should be talking about today. California lake mysteriously runs dry overnight, killing thousands of fish CONTRIBUTOR: . Desdemona Despair By Kelly Ryan24 September 2015 FOLSOM LAKE (CBS13) – A Northern California reservoir ran dry overnight, killing thousands of fish and leaving residents looking for answers. While a $3.5 million drought safety net at Folsom Lake finishes, a lake in another part of the state is left high... Click here to read, "California lake mysteriously runs dry overnight, killing thousands of fish"... ....................................................................................................................... El Nino Toll on Rice; Global Warming Overheats Prisons; 70M Nigerians Affected by Desertification, Drought CONTRIBUTOR: . El Niño takes toll on US rice farmers – and points to even higher prices. Weather has caused planting delays in the southern states and while the price hike is limited to the U.S., experts wonder if parts of Asia will be next. How global warming overheats overcrowded... Click here to read, "El Nino Toll on Rice; Global Warming Overheats Prisons; 70M Nigerians Affected by Desertification, Drought"... ....................................................................................................................... Paris Goes Car-Free; Indonesia Damaging Air Pollution; Irish Ban on Smoky Coal CONTRIBUTOR: . All-blue skies in Paris as city center goes car-free for first time. The lack of sound on the Champs Elysées was striking. As Indonesia prospers, air pollution takes toll. While pollution here does not compare to the dire levels in cities like Beijing and New Delhi, it is... Click here to read, "Paris Goes Car-Free; Indonesia Damaging Air Pollution; Irish Ban on Smoky Coal"... ....................................................................................................................... This quartet is composed from 133 years of global warming data – ‘It uses all four instruments to describe the pace and the place of global warming’ CONTRIBUTOR: . Desdemona Despair The sound of climate change from the Amazon to the Arctic from Ensia on Vimeo. By Heather Hansman 21 September 2015 (smithsonian.com) – Four nervous-looking college students pick up their bows and start into a song at the bottom of their range. As the string quartet plays, the... Click here to read, "This quartet is composed from 133 years of global warming data – ‘It uses all four instruments to describe the pace and the place of global warming’"... ....................................................................................................................... Prosecution of Climate Deniers for Racketeering CONTRIBUTOR: . Climate Change Deniers Should be Held Responsible. Letter To: President Obama, Attorney General Lynch and OSTP (Office of Science and Technology Policy) Director Holdren. RE: Climate change deniers should be investigated under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The actions of these organizations have been extensively documented... Click here to read, "Prosecution of Climate Deniers for Racketeering"... ....................................................................................................................... True Colors CONTRIBUTOR: . by Jérôme Rigot, PhDRead package labels carefully to spot non-organic colors and other ingredients in organic processed foods.Surprising Facts about Colorings and Other Non-Organic Ingredients in OrganicsColors?!? Why would organic food need color? In fact, the original colors in prepared foods are often modified or destroyed during processing; thus, food manufacturers... Click here to read, "True Colors"... ....................................................................................................................... Herbicide Scrutiny Mounts as Resistant Weeds Spread in U.S. CONTRIBUTOR: . Reuters by Carey GillamSource: Mike MozartConcerns about the world’s most popular herbicide continue to mount, as U.S. agricultural experts note spreading weed resistance to glyphosate. As the key ingredient in Monsanto Co’s Roundup herbicide products as well as about 700 other products, glyphosate is widely used on farms as well... Click here to read, "Herbicide Scrutiny Mounts as Resistant Weeds Spread in U.S."... ....................................................................................................................... Nation nears wildfire record with more than 9 million acres burned – All of the top years for acres burned have occurred since 2000 CONTRIBUTOR: . Desdemona Despair By Doyle Rice25 September 2015 (USA TODAY) – The amount of land burned by wildfires in the U.S. this year has surpassed 9 million acres, according to data released Thursday by the National Interagency Fire Center. This is only the fourth time on record the country has reached... Click here to read, "Nation nears wildfire record with more than 9 million acres burned – All of the top years for acres burned have occurred since 2000"... ....................................................................................................................... U.S. drinking water imperiled by failing infrastructure – $384 billion over 20 years needed to maintain existing systems – ‘The future is getting a little dark for something as basic and fundamental as water’ CONTRIBUTOR: . Desdemona Despair By Ryan J. Foley26 September 2015 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Deep inside a complex of huge tanks, drinking water for Iowa's capital city is constantly cleansed of the harmful nitrates that come from the state's famously rich farmland. Without Des Moines Water Works, the region of 500,000... Click here to read, "U.S. drinking water imperiled by failing infrastructure – $384 billion over 20 years needed to maintain existing systems – ‘The future is getting a little dark for something as basic and fundamental as water’"... ....................................................................................................................... New Book Shows The ‘Pre-Apocalyptic’ Drought That Could Be Coming Thanks To Climate Change CONTRIBUTOR: . First published on ClimateProgress.org, a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, which was recently named one of Time magazine's Top 25 blogs of 2010. Three years ago, author Claire Vaye Watkins burst onto the literary scene with her acclaimed short story collection, Battleborn. On September 29th, readers... Click here to read, "New Book Shows The ‘Pre-Apocalyptic’ Drought That Could Be Coming Thanks To Climate Change"... ....................................................................................................................... Get Free Before It's News Headlines For Your Blog or Website  You can display Before It's News headlines on your blog or site with our new easy-to-use news widget. It's 100% free and takes just a minute or two to install. Choose from our diverse Featured headlines options or select  any one of our many targeted subject categories. No matter what your topic, you're bound to find a Before It's News widget that's right for your site. 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