by Liam Smith | October 10, 2022 | Agriculture, Climate Change, Drinking Water, Environment, Water
Jackson, Mississippi has been struggling with getting clean drinking water to its residents. Nearly 7 weeks ago, the city issued a boil water notice due to the possibility of raw water entering city pipelines after a big storm. According to NPR, Jackson city officials...
by Liam Smith | October 7, 2022 | Agriculture, Environment, Location, Social Media, Water
Overdrawn. That was the theme of the Colorado River District annual water seminar in September of 2022. Overdrawn was the perfect theme given the rapidly depleting water resources of the Colorado River Basin. According to CPR’s report on the water seminar, the water...
by Liam Smith | October 5, 2022 | Climate Change, Environment, Industrial Pollution, Social Media
Air. We all need it, and we all need to be able to breathe it. However, the increase of greenhouse gases and pollution has made the very air that we breathe poisonous. Greenhouse gases and air pollution are similar to other forms of pollution in that pollution does...
by Liam Smith | October 1, 2022 | Agriculture, Drinking Water, Environment, Population
It’s National Coffee Day! For 64% of Americans, they can’t wake up without that invigorating boost of caffeine (for the other 36% it tastes like dirt). From the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, “Coffee is the most widely traded tropical product, with...
by Liam Smith | September 30, 2022 | Climate Change, Drinking Water, Environment, Fishing, Health, Irrigation, Location, Population, Social Media, Water
The water shortage in the Colorado River Basin has effects that span beyond the borders of the United States. As the Colorado River Basin loses its water supply at an alarming rats, it impacts everyone from Southwest of United States to Northern Mexico. Why is the...
by Liam Smith | September 27, 2022 | Climate Change, Environment, Fire, Social Media, Wildfire
The Western United States experienced a record setting heat wave through Labor Day weekend. According to NPR, temperatures in Nevada and Utah skyrocketed over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Meanwhile, the heatwave pushed the power supply throughout the West to its maximum...
