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California Drought Proves Laws of Nature Absolute
2014-07-09 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: One peril of being human is that we often respond poorly to crises. I`m sure we all have examples--personal to global--where the heat of the moment pushed us in the wrong direction. Because we now face one of the worst droughts in California history, the stage is set to flirt with error on a scale as colossal as the crisis itself. The House of Representatives, for example, passed H.R. 3964 in February to indiscriminately move additional northern California water southward, to abandon restoration...
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Drought Drains Lake Mead to Lowest Level as Nevada Senator Calls for Govt Audit
2014-07-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As the largest reservoir in the U.S. falls to its lowest water level in history, Nevada State Sen. Tick Segerblom introduced a bill title and issued a press release on July 8 calling for an independent scientific and economic audit of the Bureau of Reclamations strategies for Colorado River management. Sen. Segerbloms position represents the growing political impatience with the current management system for the river. He takes hard aim at the Bureau of Reclamation as being responsible for...
Wichita Falls drought prompts chemical relief
2014-07-07 09:35:49| Waste Management - Topix.net
Desperate to keep the precious little water left in its reservoirs from evaporating, the city of Wichita Falls may turn to a chalk-like powder for help.
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Wichita Falls Considering Chemical for Drought Relief
2014-07-03 15:09:20| Waste Management - Topix.net
Desperate to keep what precious little water remains in its reservoirs, Wichita Falls may turn to an "evaporation suppressant" for help.
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USDA Weekly weather update, June 24: More rain, more flooding, less drought, less fieldwork
2014-06-27 14:27:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: USDA Rain intensified across the Upper Midwest, erasing vestiges of drought but halting fieldwork and triggering lowland flooding. Weekly totals of at least 4-8 inches were common across southern Minnesota, northern Iowa and parts of neighboring states, sending rivers out of their banks and in some cases to record-high levels. read more
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