The Monday Links: Water, Fracking, Big Ag, Big Oil and Better Ways

Link to A 2,500 Square-Mile Methane Plume Is Silently Hovering over Western US below

[Monday is "Links Day" with links gathered over the past week to online "stuff" to read and sites to surf that impact us directly or offer information about our regional issues. Please feel free to send me links to any conservation, environmental, simple living, city planning, energy and water, etc. stories that you have come across online.]

Water issues (always at the top of the list):

The Water of the West (Use this tool to see just how bad our water situation is by tracking reservoir levels in the west.)

Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.


In Dry California, Thirsty Oil and Big-Ag Industries Exempt from Water Regulations

California's Mandatory Water Reductions: Why Exempt the Corporate Farmers?

Transition - Water to Fracking:

A $600-Million Fracking Company Just Sued This Tiny Ohio Town for Its Water

Nebraska Farmer Invites Pro-Fracking Commission Members to Drink Contaminated Water

Fracking:

Big oil is pressuring scientists not to link fracking to earthquakes in Oklahoma

A 2,500 Square-Mile Methane Plume Is Silently Hovering over Western US:

Legacy of fossil fuel drilling is "giant cloud" of powerful greenhouse gas now visible from space

Alternatives:

Texas City Opts for 100% Renewable Energy - to Save Cash, Not the Planet

This amazing gadget is the best technology we have for trapping CO2

America’s Most Walkable Suburb Offers Lessons for Towns Everywhere