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EU ruled out 2030 offsets due to carbon market drought
2014-03-15 16:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurActiv: The EU had little choice in proposing not to outsource more of its emission cuts abroad to meet a proposed 40% reduction in greenhouse gas output by 2030 because the slow pace of global talks to develop new carbon markets gave it nothing to buy, a senior EU official said. The European Commission in January proposed meeting the target entirely from CO2 cuts made within Europe, unless a global climate change agreement required it to deepen the goal. Jürgen Lefevere, a senior official at...
California drought: Strife over groundwater boils over
2014-03-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francisco Chronicle: Zinfandel will flow like the water once did in Paso Robles this weekend. Bottles will pop open during a wine festival as rigs drill deep across the city to find a resource whose scarcity threatens Paso Robles to its core: water. How scant has the crucial underground water supply become around the San Luis Obispo County city? Sue Luft can tell you anecdotally. The water levels in wells that feed homes and wineries around her 10-acre property just south of Paso Robles have dropped 80 feet in some...
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Cut drought, drown-out risk with drainage improvement, additional irrigation
2014-03-15 02:14:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Combat weather extremes As weather extremes become more common, the Alversons, who farm in South Dakota, have taken steps to protect their farms productive capacity. Theyve added drainage tile, plus irrigation on fields with lighter soils. Theyve also retooled their equipment lineup for quicker planting. read more
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Pakistan drought: government accused over child deaths Sindh province
2014-03-12 18:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: NGOs in Pakistan say the death of at least 132 children in a drought in Sindh province might have been avoided had the government responded sooner. As government aid begins to arrive in the area, local activists have linked the crisis to long-term failures to provide proper health care and infrastructure in the region. The deaths occurred in the Thar desert, part of Tharparkar district, some 350km (200 miles) from Karachi, which runs up to the border with India. Local organisations working...
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Australia: How severe is the drought in Queensland and New South Wales?
2014-03-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced a $320 million assistance package to support drought-hit farmers in New South Wales and Queensland. Justifying the package, Mr Abbott said: "Drought of this severity is not the normal course of business. This is not just a once-in-a-decade drought. It's a once-in-a-quarter-century drought in many places. In some places, it's a once-in-a-century drought". ABC Fact Check investigates whether the current drought really is a "once-in-a-quarter-century" drought...
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