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Calif drought: agribusiness, fracking untouched by water rationing
2015-04-05 12:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: 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. The unprecedented drought gripping California has deepened for the fourth consecutive year, having already set new records for the lowest annual precipitation levels on record. 2014 brought the highest calendar-year temperature for the state, while this February was the hottest...
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Satellite Images Show Scope of Calif Record Low Snow
2015-04-03 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: When news broke of California's record low snow earlier this week, it wasn't a surprise this year was a recordbreaker. The real shock was just how low the snowpack had dwindled. Weak snowfall and downright balmy temperatures drove the snowpack down to just 6 percent of normal on April 1, a mark that "obliterates' the previous record, one official remarked. The previous record low came in the winter of 1976-77 when snowpack was 25 percent of normal, and was matched at the end of last winter. Satellite...
Plastic Bag Ban Goes Into Effect For Unincorporated Monterey County, Calif.
2015-03-26 22:04:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/">CBS SF Bay Area</a> Shoppers in unincorporated Monterey County will have to start bringing their own bags to businesses starting this Friday, when a plastic bag ban goes into effect, county officials said. read more
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Another Vote Planned for Food Waste Collection in Ukiah, Calif.
2015-03-26 21:45:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/">Ukiah Daily Journal</a> The Ukiah City Council will likely be voting again next month on whether to allow city residents to add kitchen scraps to their yard waste bins for composting. read more
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Lamont, Calif., Recycling Center's Legal Action Settled Under New Owner
2015-03-25 22:54:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/">BakersfieldNow.com</a> Two lawsuits filed against Kern County have been settled after a legal battle involving the Community Recycling facility in Lamont. read more
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