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Record Number Of Stranded Sea Lion Pups Strains Calif Resources
2015-03-20 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: There are more than two dozen pens at the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, Calif., and no vacancy. They're filled with more than a hundred sea lion pups, grouped by health condition. The pups in the first row of pens are swimming in small pools and sliding across the wet concrete. "These guys on this half of the facility are actually doing pretty well," says Lauren Palmer, the chief biologist at the center. "They're eating on their own. They're playing. They're porpoising." It's a...
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Worsening conditions force Calif tighten water restrictions
2015-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: With California's drought appearing to deepen, the state yesterday ordered local water agencies to impose and enforce conservation through limits on outdoor water use. More than 400 water suppliers that serve 95 percent of Californians must activate existing conservation policies or enact new rules restricting outdoor irrigation. The California Water Resources Control Board said agencies without regulations already in place should start with restricting watering to twice per week. Fines of...
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Southern Calif fog falls victim to concrete
2015-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Summertime fog that helps keep coastal southern California cool and damp appears to be melting away, and scientists who have documented nearly 70 years of its decline think they can explain why: concrete. The urban heat island effect, the phenomenon of cities warming faster than surrounding countryside, is a main culprit for a two-thirds reduction in the number of foggy mornings in Los Angeles since 1948 -- a trend that's expected to intensify as greenhouse gas pollution pushes temperatures upward....
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Exide to Shut Down Vernon, Calif., Battery Recycling Plant
2015-03-12 22:08:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://abc7.com/">ABC7.com</a> The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday the permanent closure of a battery recycling plant in Vernon operated by Exide Technologies. read more
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Supervisors Approve Private Operation of Sonoma County, Calif., Landfill
2015-03-04 22:25:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.pressdemocrat.com/">The Press Democrat</a> A decade after its Central Landfill was closed by water-quality regulators, Sonoma County officials signed off on a series of agreements Tuesday that represent the final step in an arduous effort to permanently transfer responsibility for the 170-acre dump to a private company. read more
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