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One Year After Calif. Rim Fire, Debate Simmers Over Forest Recovery
2014-08-18 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Eric Knapp breaks apart a burnt pine cone, looking for seeds - in his line of work this is considered a clue. "Going into an area after a fire, you almost feel like CSI, you know, sleuthing," Knapp says. He is standing in a part of the Stanislaus National Forest that was severely burned by the Rim Fire. Knapp, an ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service, is studying how forests recover. "It's completely dead," he says. "These trees won't be coming back to life." A lot of the forest was charred...
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Calif. couple conserves amid drought, could face fine for brown lawn
2014-07-17 22:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Southern California couple who scaled back watering their lawn amid the state's drought received a warning from the suburb where they live that they might be fined for creating an eyesore - despite emergency statewide orders to conserve. Michael Korte and Laura Whitney, who live near Los Angeles in Glendora, said on Thursday they received a letter from the city warning they had 60 days to green up their partially brown lawn or pay a fine ranging from $100 to $500. "I don't think it's right...
Truckers at 2 Calif. ports OK cooling off period
2014-07-13 03:14:41| Biotech - Topix.net
A Democrat running for Congress in conservative central Washington has removed an online campaign video that showed him blasting an elephant-shaped pinata with a shotgun.
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Truckers Strike At 2 Calif. Ports, Larger Labor Dispute Looms
2014-07-08 11:05:43| Apparel - Topix.net
Independent truck drivers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are on strike against three large trucking firms that operate at the ports.
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Calif: High-intensity oil extraction ban headed ballot
2014-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Santa Barbara Independent: Seven months and one day removed from their controversial approval of Santa Maria Energys 136 cyclic steam injection wells, the Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Friday to place a measure on the November ballot that would ban new cyclic steaming, hydraulic fracturing, and acidizing operations in the unincorporated areas of the county. Although the four-hour hearings conclusion was foregone it was either put the initiative on the ballot or adopt it outright its messages...
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