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Calif drought: Brown admin stick with strict conservation targets, despite court ruling
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mercury News: Gov. Jerry Brown is sticking to his statewide mandatory water conservation targets, his administration said Tuesday, even as a new appeals court ruling limits the ability of cities and water districts to hit people with punishing rates to encourage them to save water. "The court's decision is bad," said Michael Lauffer, chief counsel at the State Water Resources Control Board in Sacramento of the Monday ruling by an Orange County appellate court. "It's going to frustrate some local agencies' abilities...
William Shatner: Solve Calif drought Seattle pipeline
2015-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: For generations, water-hungry Southern California has jealously eyed the rainy Pacific Northwest as a potential source of the precious resource. And time after time, it has been rebuffed. When Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn in 1990 proposed digging aqueducts that would grab water from the Columbia and Snake rivers, Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt responded: "I have the distinct impression that you are trying to steal my water." Now actor William Shatner has waded in with his own...
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Calif. gas-line blast closes major highway, injures at least 11
2015-04-18 08:45:16| Energy - Topix.net
A large gas pipeline in central California exploded Friday injuring at least 11 people, at least three of them critically, police said. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion at the Fresno County Sheriff's gun range that brought traffic to a standstill.
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Organics Program Approved in Temecula, Calif.
2015-04-17 00:56:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.pe.com/">The Press Enterprise</a> The Temecula City Council on Tuesday night approved a new recycling program that will jack up trash rates by $1 a month per parcel starting in January and $1.95 per month per parcel in fiscal year 2016-17. read more
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Calif faces 'Dust Bowl'-like conditions, says climate tracker
2015-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: With a slew of statistics projected on the slideshow behind him, California's state climatologist had a stark warning during a Thursday presentation on the severity of the drought. "Youre looking on numbers that are right on par with what was the Dust Bowl," said the climatologist, Michael Anderson. The presentation was part of a briefing organized by the Assn. of California Water Agencies and attended by top state officials. Gov. Jerry Brown has been criticized for not doing enough to...
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