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Drought Intensifies in Western U.S
2014-02-03 18:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: In recent days California has announced its most severe water restrictions ever as drought continues to hit the state. Scientists say the regions rainfall has been declining over the years and the consequences are serious. January is the month when Californians put on their rain jackets--but not this year. Its the month which is usually wettest in the western U.S., when rivers and reservoirs are replenished: this year there was virtually no rain through January in much of the region, following...
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Playing politics w/ California drought
2014-02-03 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: As California's drought continues, and more than a dozen rural communities ponder what to do when their drinking water runs out sometime in March, it would be nice if the state's Republican politicians brought some straightforward plans for relief to the table. But what many of them are bringing instead is a tired political tactic barely, and laughably, disguised as a remedy for the lack of rainfall. The "man-made California drought" is the term House Republicans use to describe the state's current...
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Severe Drought Has U.S. West Fearing Worst
2014-02-01 18:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The punishing drought that has swept California is now threatening the states drinking water supply. With no sign of rain, 17 rural communities providing water to 40,000 people are in danger of running out within 60 to 120 days. State officials said that the number was likely to rise in the months ahead after the State Water Project, the main municipal water distribution system, announced on Friday that it did not have enough water to supplement the dwindling supplies of local agencies that provide...
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Amid Drought, California Agency Will Withhold Water Deliveries
2014-01-31 23:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Amid Californias most crippling drought of modern times, state officials announced on Friday that they would not allocate water to agencies that serve 25 million people and nearly a million acres of farmland. The announcement was the first time in the 54-year history of the State Water Project that such an action has been taken. The director of the California Department of Water Resources, Mark Cowin, said the action was taken to conserve the little water that remained behind the dams in the states...
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California agency will not deliver water to farmland afflicted by drought
2014-01-31 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Amid California's most crippling drought of modern times, state officials on Friday announced they will not allocate water to agencies that serve 25 million people and nearly 1m acres of farmland. The announcement marks the first time in the 54-year history of the state water project that such an action has been taken. State department of water resources director Mark Cowin said the action was taken to conserve the little water that remains behind the dams in the state's vast system of reservoirs....
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