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Governor Jerry Brown links California's wildfires to drought, climate change
2015-08-06 22:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Crews backed by important firefighting resources are gaining ground against a massive Northern California wildfire, but it may be several days before thousands of evacuees can return home. At a news conference on Thursday morning, Governor Jerry Brown addressed the fires burning across California and how they are linked to the state's drought. He says California needs long-term solutions on climate change, which he says is responsible for one the worst droughts in California's history. He even...
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Puerto Rico extends water restrictions as drought worsens
2015-08-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A deepening drought in Puerto Rico that has affected 2.5 million people forced the government on Wednesday to extend severe water rationing measures to more communities that are already struggling with an economic crisis. Another 180,000 customers will now receive water only every third day, raising the total facing 48-hour cuts in service to 400,000, as the U.S. territory's main reservoirs continue to shrink, according to the island's water and sewer company. "We have to keep the water that's...
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Agriculture industry staying strong despite the drought: County...
2015-08-05 16:32:48| Agriculture - Topix.net
Although the fourth year of California's historic drought is continuing to hit local farmers and nursery workers hard, the 2014 San Mateo County Agricultural Crop Report shows production values slightly increased to boast a nearly $152 million industry. The 5.9 percent increase since 2013 is primarily due to floral and nursery crops grown indoors, a major commodity in the county that was valued at $94.5 million, according to the report.
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California Has Missed Equivalent Of Full Year of Rain in Ongoing Drought, Study Shows
2015-08-03 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Over the past three years of severe drought, California has accumulated a rain "debt" equal to a year's worth of precipitation, NASA researchers report in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. The state is roughly 20 inches behind in total precipitation, the scientists calculate, which is the average amount expected to fall in the state in a single year. The deficit has been driven primarily by a lack of extreme precipitation events known as atmospheric rivers water vapor-rich air...
Trickle-down politics: Drought could force real change among city, state leaders
2015-08-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: It's something of a relief, if a mixed one, that the drought has surged into the role of the latest scourge to freak out California. It's a relief in the sense that it means that the California economy, so recently frighteningly rocky, has receded as the top-billed problem facing the state, even if the recovery is more patchy and vulnerable than anyone might wish. But it's mixed, of course, because the drought carries its own dangers, and the ultimate solution - rain - remains wholly out of...
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