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VIDEO: Drought hits Indonesia's rice farmers
2015-11-03 00:47:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Indonesia's most important rice growing region is suffering from a severe drought.
India Drought 2015: Climate Change Biggest Threat India Economy, Modi Finance Aide Says
2015-11-02 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Climate change is threatening to derail Indias fast-growing economy, a top aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this week. Erratic monsoon rain patterns have left crops parched, jeopardizing Indias nearly $370 billion agricultural sector and hundreds of millions of jobs. The No. 1 risk we face is global climate change, because we are still very dependent on the monsoon, Jayant Sinha, the countrys junior finance minister and a Harvard Business School graduate, told Bloomberg News. The...
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Los Angeles considers officially 'drought shaming' water violators
2015-11-01 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Drought-stricken Los Angeles is weighing new ways to crack down on residents who use more than their fair share of dwindling water supplies. For the first time in many years, such water hogs could be publicly named in an official version of the increasingly familiar and social-media-driven phenomenon of drought shaming. Earlier this month, LA councilman Paul Koretz had a motion approved that gave the citys department of water and power 30 days to recommend measures to curb excessive water use,...
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Beverly Hills fined for not conserving enough water in drought
2015-10-30 20:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Upscale Beverly Hills is among four California cities where water utilities have been fined for not forcing residents to conserve enough water during California's unrelenting four-year drought, officials said on Friday. The wealthy Los Angeles area municipality was fined $61,000 on Thursday, making it the only community not located in a desert singled out for penalties, the California State Water Resources Board said. "Some urban water suppliers simply have not met the requirements laid before...
6 Los Angeles schools receive grants for drought mitigation
2015-10-29 19:22:00| American School & University
The campuses will take part in the states Drought Response Outreach Program for Schools read more
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