by Alex Kahl | May 10, 2006 | Globenews
This letter is from my friends Enid Schreibman and Fran Macy at the Center For Safe Energy. Kiev, April 27, 2006 Dear Friends, We are writing to you from Kiev where spring is breaking out, golden cupolas shine in the sun, and well-dressed people hurry alone wide...
by Alex Kahl | Feb 24, 2006 | Globenews
Many densely populated regions in the US face the threat of flooding as disastrous as after Hurricane Katrina. The culprit is urban spread into river floodplains. In California an earthquake or even a moderate flood could destroy the levee system protecting towns and...
by Alex Kahl | Feb 11, 2006 | Globenews
Thanks to greenhouse gases, California risks more winter floods and summer droughts.Global warming will affect river flows. We’ll have more rain and less snow. Snow remains will melt earlier in the year.California’s major rivers will flow higher during...
by Alex Kahl | Feb 11, 2006 | Globenews
2006 marks the 100th anniversary of the earthquake that almost wiped San Francisco off the map.Are we ready for it when it happens again? Trust us, you don’t want to find out.WELCOME TO YOUR NIGHTMAREThe minute the next big earthquake hits-whether on the Hayward...
by Alex Kahl | Feb 7, 2006 | Globenews
What a great way to spend a sunny Saturday morning!With my dog in tow I joined my neighbors and local volunteers in planting some native plant seedlings to help protect our local open space.In my case “local open space” is a protected wetland sandwiched...
by Alex Kahl | Jan 25, 2006 | Globenews
A humpback whale freed by divers from a tangle of crab trap lines near the Farallon Islands nudged its rescuers and flapped around in what marine experts said was a rare and remarkable encounter.Read the whole beautiful story:Daring rescue of whale off...
