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California lawmakers preparing $644 million drought relief bill
2014-02-05 03:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California's senate leader is preparing a $644 million emergency drought relief bill designed to quickly fund shovel-ready projects to combat the state's severe water shortage, according to a draft of the bill. The wide-ranging effort would fast-track water supply projects, speed up funding for expanded use of recycled water and stormwater capture projects, and better monitor and manage groundwater resources. California is facing its worst drought in decades. State officials have said it is...
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Drought cuts into California's hydro power supplies
2014-02-04 16:40:14| Energy - Topix.net
California's drought could dry up the state's supply of hydroelectricity, prompting utilities to switch to more expensive gas-fired plants.
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Australia: Farmers feel the heat as drought advances
2014-02-04 14:40:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: "The burning heat has just scorched everything off right back to the ground and then these hot winds have just blown it all away": Rod Barnes. Photo: Paul Mathews Sydney has recorded its lowest summer rainfall to date in more than 70 years, as the state swelters through its driest January in more than a decade. Since December, the city has had just 48.4 millimetres of rain, a little more than a quarter of the usual amount, and the lowest since 1941-42, said Acacia Pepler, a climatologist at the...
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How California's Drought is Affecting Unemployment
2014-02-04 05:44:56| Agriculture - Topix.net
It's not just water but also jobs which are drying up during this California drought.
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California governor pans Republican water plan in face of drought
2014-02-04 01:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California Governor Jerry Brown, whose state is facing its worst drought in decades, harshly criticized on Monday an effort by Congressional Republicans to roll back environmental rules limiting how much water agencies can pump out of the fragile San Joaquin-Sacramento River delta in dry years. The emergency legislation would allow state and federal water managers to send water to farms and communities in California's parched breadbasket next summer, when the impact of the drought begins to hit...
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