Jake Hughes
The Paw Print
In local new, the Alamosa water supply is under scrutiny. Treatment for the water is becoming expensive and more rigid standards are coming into play.
Voters may decide the fate of the San Luis Valley water supply in the ballot this November.
The city of Alamosa was forced into building a water treatment plant several years ago due to arsenic standards rising. With standards said to rise, the city may be forced into renovating its water treatment. If voters are successful the process could change the way water is managed, not only in the San Luis Valley, but in the state.
In regional news, Two transportation workers helping mitigate the risk of avalanches on Loveland pass have been injured. Both of the workers were taken to a Denver area hospital. One of the workers was seriously injured.
The two workers were injured when a mortar shell used to clear snow and induce snow slides went off prematurely.
26 people have been killed in eight different western states this season according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The latest fatality occurred on Sunday at Paulina Peak, Central Oregon when a snowmobiler was caught in a snow slide
In national news, 24 people have been killed and more than 2 dozen people are still missing In the Washington mudslide, officials say.
A rural mountainside community northeast of Seattle, Snohomish County has been devastated.
The mudslide is said to cost an estimated financial loss of $10 million, $7 million of that in structural damage and more than $3 million in their contents. Washington has called for aid for the 30 families without housing and personal goods. Gov. Jay Inslee requested federal aid that will help for funeral costs and mental health care programs for survivors, volunteers, community members, and first responders.
In international news, If the world doesn’t combat global warming the results will be “catastrophic,” US Secretary of State John Kerry has stated.
The most in depth report to date on global warming and its impact has been produced by the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes.
According to the report, humans are the blame to for global warming and all the impactions.
If the world doesn’t cut pollution of greenhouse gases, the affect could spiral “out of control,” the head of UN scientific panel stressed.
The way we live our lives will change dramatically. Certain animal species will go extinct, wildfires will be more common, sea levels and flooding will rise due to melting ice, and we will be unable to grow crops.
Everyone will be affected by this. It’s time to act now.
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