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Sweetwater (Calif.) board delays action on 2 school construction projects

2015-04-09 15:53:00| American School & University

Plans call for building a middle school and high school in Chula Vista, but board members aren't ready to give the go-ahead. read more

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Why does water rationing in Calif exclude fracking and agribusiness?

2015-04-07 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ecologist: California has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines for domestic 'water wasters', writes Evan Blake. But agribusiness and water-intensive industries like fracking remain untouched by the restrictions, even though they consume over 90% of the state's water. There are immense water efficiencies to be gained, but any rational reorganization is blocked by the US financial oligarchy, which, controlling the entire political system, will not abide any impingement on its profits....

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Calif water restrictions have not stopped the sprinklers from flowing

2015-04-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Los Angeles is a drought town. Its most precious commodity, water, is running low in the fourth year of serious drought in California, persistent overuse and what conservationists say should be considered the new normal climate change. But amidst the urban greenery, you could easily forget about rising temperatures and depleted reservoirs. Thick green lawns are the de facto carpeting in front of the citys single-family homes; shrubs line borders and irises are in full bloom at the start of...

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Brown defends not requiring water cuts for Calif farmers

2015-04-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: In a nationally televised interview Sunday, California Gov. Jerry Brown defended his decision to largely target urban areas rather than agricultural users with his historic order to curb water use. During an appearance on the ABC news program This Week, Brown told host Martha Raddatz that farmers had already fallowed hundreds of thousands of acres of land and pulled up vines and trees. Farmworkers who are at [the] very low end of the economic scale here are out of work, Brown said. There...

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In Long Beach, Calif., Smart Meters Spot Wasteful Water Users

2015-04-06 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: The city has reduced its water consumption 6 percent since the drought started. The new meters can detect illegal watering in real time, and they've helped to cut some homeowners' use by 80 percent.

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