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• The End
• Global Brain or Global Cancer?
• Abandoned Mine Lands 2019 – 3
• Abandoned Mine Lands 2019 – 2
• Abandoned Mine Lands 2019-1
• Electric Vehicles Reduce GHG Emissions, If You Live in the Right Place
• Will Electric Cars Save The World, or Is It All Marketing Hype?
• Prescribed Burning in Forests and Carbon Sequestration
• One-Quarter of the World’s Population Faces High Water Stress; Arizona and Nevada Face Mandatory Water Cutbacks
• The Heat Is On, the Fires Are Burning
• Is It Cloudier Than It Used to Be?
• Hurricane Barry, Tropical Cyclones, and Climate Change
• Western USA Snowpack and Reservoirs
• Land Use Change
• The World’s Thinning Glaciers
• Peak Streamflow Increasing in Missouri
• Births and Birth Rate Decline in 2018
• Fire and the Regeneration of Aspen Trees
• On a Break
• No Decline in Missouri Crop Yields (Yet)
• Missouri Has A Big, Unused Wind Resource
• Missouri Weather-Related Deaths, Injuries, and Damages in 2017
• Natural Disasters Down in USA in 2018
• Americans Still Think the Environment Is Worth Saving
• Trends Over Time
• Most Released Chemical
• Toxic Chemical Releases in Missouri – 2017
• PFAS and Public Water Contamination
• Cold Winters and Phony Baloney (at least in Missouri)
• 2018 Was Wetter Than Usual in Missouri
• 2018 Was the Fourth Hottest Year on Record
• California Snowpack Update – January 2019
• Small Missouri Earthquakes Continue to Increase
• 2017 Climate in the USA
• State of the Climate in 2017
• Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume 2
• U.S. National Climate Assessment, Volume 1
• Krugman: “The Depravity of Climate-Change Denial”
• Global Warming of 1.5°C (2)
• Global Warming of 1.5°C (1)
• Back in the Saddle
• The Election of 2016
• The Opiate of Public Opinion
• Vehicle Miles Driven at a New All-Time High
• Hurricane Climatology
• Very Dry vs. Very Wet Months in the United States, 2018 Update
• Air Pollution Is a Killer
• Ozone Was the Most Important Air Pollutant in Missouri in 2017
• Few Unhealthy Air Days in Missouri Counties in 2017
• Slightly Fewer Good Air Quality Days in 2017
• Air Quality Update, 2017
• Drought in American Southwest (Revised)
• Drought in American West and Southwest
• The First Half of 2018 Was Hot, but Not Record-Breaking
• Disinfectant Byproducts Are the Most Common Water System Violations
• Most Public Water Systems Met All Health-Based Regulations in 2016
• Census of Public Water Systems, 2018
• Missouri’s Major Power Outages
• Future Grid Resources in Missouri
• Long-Term Reliability of the National Electrical Grid
• What Could Go Wrong
• Missouri and The Grid
• The Energy on the Grid
• NERC, The North American Electric Reliability Corporation
• The Grid – Update 2018
• Energy-Related Emissions Grew in 2017
• More Developed Land Nationally and in Missouri
• Second Lowest Arctic Sea Ice on Record
• Birth Rates Have Declined, the Number of Births Has Not
• Below Average Snowpack in the American West
• Breeding Bird Survey, 2015
• Social Cost of Carbon Update
• The United States Wasted 31% of Its Food Supply in 2010
• Missouri Species of Concern 2018
• Three Effects of Climate Change
• Above Average Precipitation in 2017 for Contiguous USA
• The Second Warmest Year Ever
• Did Missouri Have Record Cold?
• Record Damage from Disasters in 2017
• Missouri Forest Resources Largely Unchanged in 2016
• Say Goodby to Saline Lakes
• Good Days Are Better in Bryce Canyon, and Bad Days Are, Too
• Background Air Quality 2017
• Happy Holidays
• Worldwide Carbon Dioxide Emissions Holding Constant
• Hazardous Waste in Missouri – A Summary
• Tanks and More Tanks!
• Brownfield Sites
• Other Missouri Hazardous Waste Sites
• Missouri Superfund Sites
• California Ablaze: Nature’s Revenge?
• Technological Progress and Demographic Conversion
• Why Does World Population Matter?
• People and More People!
• Damaging Weather Events in Missouri
• Severe Storms on the Increase
• Hurricane Harvey Devastates Houston
• The Legacy of Abandoned Mine Lands in Missouri – Update 2017
• High Priority Abandoned Mine Lands Spike in 2017
• Abandoned Mine Lands Increase Yet Again
• Green Buildings Are Better – Financial Performance
• Green Buildings are Better – Health
• Why 543 ppm CO2e Matters
• World Carbon Dioxide Concentration Above 400 ppm. for the First Time Ever
• Does Southwest Missouri Face a Future Water Shortage?
• Will Climate Change Affect Water Supply on the Missouri River?
• Declining Snowpack in the American West
• Missouri Burden of Disease
• Disease Burden Attributable to Environmental Factors
• Death and Disease from the Environment
• Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
• California Continues to Face Future Water Supply Challenges
• California Drought Emergency Officially Over
• Missouri Fish Advisory for 2017
• Environmental Toxins Limit Fish Consumption
• The Challenge of Urban Sustainability
• More and More Small Missouri Earthquakes
• Above Average Precipitation in 2016
• 2016 Second Hottest Year in United States
• Oroville Dam: When It Rains, It Pours
• And Now, Three Consecutive Record Warm Years
• The Temperature Keeps on Rising
• Invisible Pollution
• Countdown of the Top 10 GHG Emitting Facilities in Missouri
• Ten Largest GHG Emitters in Missouri
• Video of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
• Missouri’s Water Consumption Decreasing Slower Than the Nation’s
• Happy Holidays
• USA Water Consumption Declined in 2010
• Report Describes Ways Climate Change May Impact Health in the United States
• Heavy Precipitation Events on the Increase
• Area Burned by Wildfire Doubled by Climate Change
• Missouri Wildfire Statistics
• The Role of Wildfire in Missouri
• The Election of 2016
• Wildfires Growing in Size, Not Number
• The Opiate of Public Opinion
• Renewal By Fire
• Smokers, Smolders, and Big Blowups
• Wildfire!
• Harmful Algal Blooms
• Opinion: We Could Do It, If Only We Wanted
• A Wind Farm the Size of Iron County
• Too Little Real Estate on Rooftops?
• Cover Texas With Solar Panels?
• A Wind Farm the Size of South Carolina?
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel – 2016
• On Vacation!
• Yearly Variation in Missouri River Flow Increasing
• Missouri River Annual Flow 2016
• Hot First Half of 2016
• Missouri Riverine GAP Analysis
• Summary: Little Meaningful Progress on Energy in Missouri, 2016
• Consumption of Energy from Coal and Renewables
• Energy Consumption per Unit of GDP Decreases in Missouri
• Per Capita Energy Consumption in Missouri Increases
• Missouri Monitors More of Its Lakes, Less of Its Streams, than the Nation as a Whole
• Impairment in Missouri’s Lakes, 2014
• Impairment in Missouri’s Streams, 2014
• Water Quality Trends in Missouri Lakes
• Water Quality Trends in Missouri Streams
• Missouri Surface Water Quality – 2014
• Heavy Metals in the Big River
• Groundwater Contaminants Increase
• Final California Snowpack Reading: Below Average
• Summary of Climate Projections for St. Louis
• Climate Predictions for Columbia, MO
• Posey Projects Climate Change for St. Louis
• Climate Predictions for St. Louis: Dangerously Hot
• Interactive Map of Hazardous Waste Sites (Rerun)
• Missouri Weather Disasters 2015
• Billion Dollar Weather Disasters 2015
• Water Scarce for 2/3 of World’s Population
• California Water Update
• Blog Malfunction. My Apologies!
• The Wettest Year Ever in the United States
• 2015 the Second Warmest Year Ever in the USA
• 2014 Was the Hottest Year Ever Worldwide
• U.S. GHG Emissions Increase
• Kansas City Shows Progress
• Creve Coeur Shows Progress
• Toxic Releases Increased in Missouri in 2013
• Lead Is the Most Released Toxic Chemical in Missouri
• Toxic Chemical Waste 2013
• Summary of Missouri Air Quality in 2014
• The Most Important Pollutants in 2014
• Few Unhealthy Air Days in Most Counties
• 2014 Air Quality Improved in Some Counties
• Air Quality Update 2014
• Turkeys
• Vanishing Lake Mead
• Drought in California Part 15: Summary and Discussion
• Drought in California Part 14: A Scenario California May Follow
• Drought in California Part 13: Some Options California Won’t Try
• Drought in California Part 12: The California Economy in General
• Drought in California Part 11: Studies of the Economic Damage
• Drought in California Part 10: How Drought May Affect California’s Economy
• Drought in California Part 9: Summary of the Water Deficit and Strategies to Cover It
• Drought in California Part 8: Conserving Water – Urban Water Conservation
• Drought in California Part 7: Conserving Water – Agricultural Water Efficiency
• Drought in California Part 6: Conserving Water – Population and Environment
• Drought in California Part 5: The Potential of Desalination
• Drought in California Part 4. The Potential to Procure Additional Ground and Surface Water
• Drought in California Part 3: California’s Total Water Deficit
• Drought in California Part 2: The Status of California’s Current Water Resources
• Drought in California Part 1: California Climate and Drought
• Drought in California: Introduction
• Wastewater Injection Causes Oklahoma Earthquake Problem
• Missouri Continues to Experience Increase in Earthquakes
• The Legacy of Abandoned Mine Lands
• Hazardous Mine Lands – Comparisons Between States
• Missouri Abandoned Mine Lands Increase – Again
• 2015 Census of Public Water Systems
• Record Low Snowpack in California
• Vehicle Miles Traveled Per Capita and per Unit of Economic Activity
• Missouri Vehicle Miles Traveled
• Vehicle Miles Traveled Again on the Increase
• Americans Believe the Environment Should Be Protected
• Pesticides Seeping Into Urban Streams
• Birth Rate Declines in 2013
• Birds Are On the Rebound…Or Not
• Transportation by Car…or Not
• Record High Concentrations of Greenhouse Gas
• Don’t Look Now…
• 2014 Hottest Year On Record
• Wobbly Polar Vortex
• Baby, It’s Cold Outside!
• 1.16 Million Nuclear Generating Plants
• Ameren Accounts for 1/3 of Missouri Large Source GHG Emissions
• Missouri Has Made Dramatic Air Quality Progress, but Still Has Work to Do
• Ozone and PM2.5 Are Our Most Important Air Pollutants
• Update on Missouri Air Quality
• Climate Change Threatens National Security
• Climate Change Projected to Impact the USA in Many Ways
• Missouri Tornados Up by 70% in 2013
• Summer Sets Global Heat Record
• Many Missouri Counties “Struggling”
• Are Compact or Sprawled Regions More Economically Vital?
• Missouri Is Sprawling
• Sprawl Index
• Coliform Problems Are the Most Common Public Water System Violation
• Missouri Public Water Systems Show Small Improvement
• Updated Census of Public Water Systems
• Missouri Superfund Sites Remain the Same
• Summary of 14 Missouri GHG Inventories
• Columbia Emissions Down More Than 14%
• Brentwood Reports GHG Emissions
• Off-Site Impacts from Abandoned Mine Lands
• Does St. Louis Have a Tornado Alley?
• Hazardous Mine Lands – Contrasts Between States
• Missouri Abandoned Mine Lands Increase
• More Than One-Quarter of Missouri Natural Communities Imperiled
• Eighty-Four Percent of Missouri Toxic Waste Is “Managed”
• Missouri Toxic Releases Down 2% in 2012
• National Academy of Sciences Publishes Primer on Climate Change
• Are Earthquakes Swarming Missouri?
• Is Missouri Exempt from Abrupt Climate Change?
• Two Kinds of Abrupt Climate Change Likely Before 2100
• List of Aquatic Nuisance Species
• Unwelcome Aquatic Species Invade Missouri
• Summary of Background Air Pollution
• Ozone on the Rise in the Mid-Troposphere
• The Best Is Better, but the Worst Is Worse
• The Worst Is Better, but the Best Is Worse
• Background Sulfur Dioxide and Nitric Acid Pollution Improve
• Background Air Quality
• Interactive Map of Hazardous Waste Sites
• Climate Change Predicted to Hit Missouri Forest Species Hard
• Riparian Cover
• Fragmented Forest Equals Wildlife Loss
• High Quality Forest Giving Way to Low Quality Forest
• Missouri Distance to Edge of Forest
• Electrical Outages from Storms Increase
• Energy Sector Vulnerable to Climate Change & Extreme Weather
• It Was Less Hot in 2013
• Missouri Wetter Than Average in 2013
• California Drought Intensified in 2013
• A “Truthier” Look at Tornadoes?
• Least Health Burden from Nuclear Energy?
• New Information on Methane Emissions
• Uncertainty in Climate Projections for the Midwest
• Extremely Hot Days to Double in Missouri
• Wind Turbines Have No Affect on Nearby Property Values
• Damage from Carbon Dioxide to Cost Billions
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel
• U.S. GHG Emissions Decline in 2011
• Drought Trends in the Northern Plains and California
• Drought in Missouri
• The Role of Climate Change in Extreme Weather Events of 2012
• Protected Lands Also Growing
• Decades of Development Near Protected Lands
• Housing Increases Near Protected Lands
• Power Generation Uses 7 Out of Every 10 Gallons of Water in Missouri
• U.S. Water Consumption Slowly Growing
• Water Consumption Most Intense in Idaho, Nebraska, and Montana
• Half of All Water Consumption Goes to Electricity Generation
• IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Summary Released
• University City Reports GHG Emissions
• Urban & Rural Home Size Growth Identical
• Residential Energy Consumption Quadruples
• More Homes and Bigger
• Missouri Damage from Severe Weather Increases
• Billion Dollar Weather Disasters in the United States
• Food Production Accounts for 57% of Missouri Land
• How Much Land Is In Its Natural State?
• Converting Land From Its Natural State
• Land Use Change in Missouri
• Sprawl
• Population Growth in Missouri’s Suburbs and Exurbs
• Missouri Population Growth Lags the Nation
• Are Missouri Buildings Energy Efficient or Spendthrift?
• Honeysuckle Rose
• The Monsters That Are Overrunning America
• 95% of Missouri Water Systems Met All Water Quality Standards in 2012
• The Most Powerful Tornadoes Are Less Frequent
• Tornadoes Seem More Frequent, But They Aren’t
• Tornadoes In and Around Missouri
• Energy Consumption by Sector Per Inflation Adjusted Unit of Economic Output
• Energy Consumption by Sector Per Unit of Economic Output
• Per Capita Energy Consumption by Sector
• Energy Consumption by Sector
• Inflation Adjusted Energy Consumption By Source
• Energy Efficiency for All Sources Appears to Increase, But Does It Really?
• Per Capita Energy Consumption by Source
• Energy Consumption from Coal Soars
• Energy Consumption per Unit of Gross State Product
• Missouri Low in Per Capita Energy Consumption
• Ozone Is the Most Important Air Pollutant
• Fewer Unhealthy Air Days
• On Some Days, Air Quality is Good
• Is Air Quality Better or Worse?
• 7% of Water Systems Nationwide Had Health-Based Violations in 2010
• Why Per Capita GHG Emissions Vary Across Missouri Communities
• GHG Emissions and Daytime Population
• GHG Emissions Per Square Mile
• It’s the Fossil Fuel, Stupid
• Wildwood and Maplewood Lead the Pack on GHG Emissions – But Should They Celebrate?
• Wildwood Reports Low GHG Emissions
• Maplewood Reduces GHG Emissions 5%
• Rebate Program Saves 37 Billion Btus Per Year
• 1 LED Per Household Would Save 8 Billion kWh in Missouri
• A Few Public Drinking Water Systems Violate Water Quality Standards
• 2,738 Public Water Systems in Missouri
• Map of Impaired Surface Water In Missouri
• Shallow Groundwater Contaminants Within Established Limits
• Missouri Groundwater Contaminated at 607 Hazardous Waste Sites
• Surface Water Contaminants and Their Sources
• Impaired Surface Water in Missouri
• 89 Toxic Waste Sites in Missouri
• Toxic Releases in Missouri
• Missouri Superfund Sites
• Hazardous Mine Lands – Comparisons Between States
• Missouri’s Hazardous Abandoned Mine Lands
• Summary of Missouri GHG Inventories
• City of St. Louis GHG Emissions Down 6% Between 2005 and 2010
• St. Louis County Emissions at 23.5 Million Metric Tons of CO2e in 2008
• Lee’s Summit Reports Emissions of 1,756,819 MTCO2e in 2009
• Richmond Heights: 243 Metric Tons of GHG in 2008
• Clayton Reports 472,466 MTCO2e in 2006
• Kirkwood Emissions at 576,676 MTCO2e in 2008
• Creve Coeur GHG Emissions Inventory
• Kansas City GHG Emissions Top 9.9 Million Metric Tons in 2000
• New Draft Climate Assessment Report Sees Many Changes Ahead
• Columbia, MO: 2.6 Million Tons of GHG in 2000
• Local Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Record Heat in 2012
• Missouri GHG Emissions Update (1999)
• Comparing GHG Emissions Across States
• Missouri GHG Emissions from Electricity in 1990
• Missouri 1990 Greenhouse Gas Emissions