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Frani's interest in water and the environment started when she was a Girl Scout in Southern California. Someone’s father, who was less enthusiastic about cookie sales and sewing and more driven to make outdoorswomen of the young ladies, led the troop to acquire a reverence for the natural world, which she holds to this day.
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The Whiplash That Led to Disaster - H2O Radio
2 days ago · Fires in the Los Angeles area continued Sunday, January 12, having already killed 16 people and destroyed thousands of homes, businesses, and structures. It is uncertain when the nightmare will be over. The weather forecast is for winds and low humidity, and the National Weather Service has issued a ...
Is It Fluoride's Last Ride? - H2O Radio
Sep 27, 2024 · Opponents have argued there’s a potential risk of toxicity in young children, and a court decision last week may boost their case. As the Associated Press reports, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water, citing uncertainty about whether high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of ...
Drought Talks Dry Up - H2O Radio
Dec 15, 2024 · Democratic members of Congress urged the administration to assure that climate funds were paid out. The Hill reports that in a memo which became public, the White House chief of staff, Jeff Zients, said the administration has awarded 98 percent of the funds it could legally spend and that President Biden directed his administration to obligate as much money as possible by the end of his term.
Car Paint That Packs a Charge | H2O Radio
Dec 8, 2024 · The case was brought by island nations that are losing the battle against rising seas. Last year, the UN General Assembly asked that its highest court issue an opinion on the obligations of states to address climate change. The Associated Press reports that sea levels rose by a global average of nearly four inches from 1990 to …
Giving AI the Side-Eye - H2O Radio
Dec 1, 2024 · Researchers at Reichman University in Israel found that generative AI applications alone could add 1.2 to 5 million metric tons of hazardous trash to the world in just five years, an amount which is about 1,000 times more than all the e-waste that was produced in 2023.. AI uses servers, storage devices, and graphics processing units that handle thousands of calculations.
A River Sued a City—and Won - H2O Radio
The cacti that grew in the Florida Keys have fallen victim to climate change in what researchers from the Florida Museum of Natural History and Miami’s Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden are calling the “first local extinction of a species caused by sea level rise in the U.S.” The eponymous cacti were only first discovered in an isolated mangrove forest on Key Largo in 1992, when there ...
How Taking a Walk Can Clean Water - H2O Radio
Apr 14, 2024 · Last week, for the first time ever, the EPA finalized rules requiring the removal of certain PFAS chemicals from drinking water. PFAS chemicals have been used since the 1940s to make, among many items, non-stick cookware, firefighting foams, waterproof clothing and fabric. PFAS compounds can get into food from biosolid fertilizers produced by water treatment facilities that are used on ...