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Drought devastates cherry crop, puts some growers out of business
2015-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A winter heat wave, late frosts and mandatory water restrictions devastated this year's Leona Valley cherry crop. A winter heat wave, late frosts and mandatory water restrictions devastated this year's Leona Valley cherry crop. Dave Shields started the engine of his tractor on a recent weekday and began toppling the hundreds of drought-stricken cherry trees he and his wife planted 15 years ago in this north Los Angeles County foothills community. A winter heat wave, late frosts and marauding...
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How Do CRE Building Owners Cope With Californias Drought?
2015-06-19 14:30:00| National Real Estate Investor
With California facing one of the states most severe droughts on record, a State of Emergency was declared last January by Governor Jerry Brown. How much of an impact are the water restrictions having on commercial property operation and management? read more
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Beyond the Perfect Drought: California Real Water Crisis
2015-06-15 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The current drought afflicting California is indeed historic, but not because of the low precipitation totals. In fact, in terms of overall precipitation and spring snowpack, the past three years are not record-breakers, according to weather data for the past century. Similarly, paleoclimate studies show that the current drought is not exceptional given the natural variations in precipitation of the past seven centuries. Nor can it be confidently said that the current drought bears the unequivocal...
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California to cut water for farmers amid major drought
2015-06-14 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The US state is restricting water use for agriculture because of a devastating four-year drought, despite fears that the move could threaten the countrys food production. The State Water Resources Control Board has announced that senior water right holders in Californias Sacramento, San Joaquin and delta watersheds wont be allowed to pump water for agricultural use anymore, because of the drought. According to the states water law, those holding water rights dating back to 1903 or later...
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California drought: Washington is fiddling as the Golden State burns
2015-06-13 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: In February 2014 farmer Joe Del Bosque stood in his field in drought-stricken California's Central Valley being personally reassured by President Barack Obama that Washington would not let his crops wither and die. It was Mr Obama's one and only visit to this vast agricultural area, half the size of England, which provides half of America's fruit and vegetables. Last week Mr Del Bosque, 65, ran out of water. He had to destroy a 70-acre field that was supposed to produce 300,000 lbs of asparagus....
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