Category: RT Newswire

USE ME! Essentially, this is a catch all for everything. This is probably the ONLY category where things that are not directly related to Rising Tide affiliates/allies should go. For example if a coal company goes out of business (and we didn’t directly cause it) it should probably only go here.

Hot Weather in Western States Threatens Trout Survival

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 2008
12:36 PM 

CONTACT: Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Jessica Lass, 310/434-2317 or 202/468-6718 (cell)

 

Hot Weather in Western States Threatens Trout Survival

Shrinking cold-water habitat jeopardizes billion dollar recreational fishing industry

 

HELENA, Montana – July 23 – Rivers and streams across the West are getting hotter and drier, making it increasingly difficult for trout to feed and spawn, according to a new report by fishing and conservation groups. The report says global warming is shrinking cold-water habitat, threatening the survival of trout and a billion dollar recreational fishing industry.

 

The states particularly at risk include Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.

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New Report: Providing Water for Fish Is the Surest Way to Create Water Supply Reliability for California Farms and Cities

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 2008
12:20 PM 

CONTACT: Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Sharyn Stein, 202-572-3396, sstein@edf.org
Jennifer Witherspoon, 415-293-6067, jwitherspoon@edf.org

 

New Report: Providing Water for Fish Is the Surest Way to Create Water Supply Reliability for California Farms and Cities

 

SAN FRANCISCO – July 23 – California’s salmon are teetering on the edge of extinction and the salmon fishing industry is facing economic devastation, but a report released today establishes a framework to help address this crisis. The report concludes that providing a more reliable water supply for the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary could help save fish, including salmon, while also helping to ensure adequate water for farms, cities, and the 25 million Californians who rely on the Bay-Delta’s water.

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Rainwater Harvesting Rules Have Developers Worried

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Rainwater Harvesting Rules Have Developers Worried

They question how standards will affect their bottom lines

CARLI BROSSEAU
Published: 07.23.2008

Tucson, AZ

When local developers heard they may be required to harvest enough rainwater to irrigate 75 percent of the landscaping on any new property they develop, they got nervous.

Then they started asking questions: How much will this cost? How will it work? Will I need to buy cisterns? Have they considered that those things are ugly?

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Do the World’s Forests Have a Chance?

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Rights and Resources Initiative
Public release date: 14-Jul-2008

Contact: Jeff Haskins
jhaskins@burnesscommunications.com
254-729-871-422

LONDON (14 July 2008) — Escalating global demand
for fuel, food and wood fibre will destroy the
world’s forests, if efforts to address climate
change and poverty fail to empower the
billion-plus forest-dependent poor, according to
two reports released today by the U.S.-based
Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), an
international coalition comprising the world’s
foremost organisations on forest governance and
conservation.

The studies were delivered today at an event in
the House of Commons hosted by Martin Horwood, MP
for Cheltenham. Sponsored by RRI and the UK-based
Forest Peoples Programme, speakers included
Gareth Thomas, the UK Minister for Trade and
Development; authors of the two reports; as well
as advocates for forest communities in Africa and
Asia.

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