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Drought saps $2.7 billion from California economy, report says
2015-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The drought is on track to dry up $2.7 billion in revenue and erase more than 18,600 jobs from the California economy this year, according to a preliminary report. But that blow has been hard to detect because the agriculture sector is just 2% of the overall state economy and because farm employment has grown steadily in the last decade, a panel of experts told the state Board of Food and Agriculture. Despite the drought, in fact, statewide agricultural employment grew by 3,100 jobs last year,...
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Drought taking toll on West, senators told
2015-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Coloradoan: Witnesses presented a bleak picture of the impact of ongoing drought in the West during a Senate hearing Tuesday, but there were a few rays of hope. First the bad news: "Seventy-five percent of land in the 11 westernmost states are facing abnormally dry to exceptional drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. "California has ordered a 25 percent reduction in water use by non-farm users. "Washington has declared a statewide drought emergency and is predicting $1.2 billion...
Drought takes $2.7 billion toll California agriculture
2015-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The record-breaking drought in California brought about by a severe lack of precipitation, especially mountain snows has exacted a $2.7 billion toll on the states economy because of agricultural losses, researchers said Tuesday. During a briefing for the California Department of Food & Agriculture, scientists from the University of California, Davis, told officials that based on their preliminary research and modeling, the drought is resulting in a harder economic pinch this year than it was...
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As California drought worsens, experts urge water reforms
2015-06-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: As mandatory water restrictions took effect Monday across California, a panel of experts called upon the drought-plagued state to upgrade its water infrastructure and reform its antiquated water rights system. "The reservoirs we built in California over the 20th century were designed for a climate with extensive snowpack, and frequent wet periods," said Juliet Christian-Smith, a climate scientist with the California office of the Union of Concerned Scientists. "We know that this drought is...
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Drought scourges Utah farms
2015-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: This year, the state suffered its warmest and least-snowy winter since the late 1800s, when Utah was still a territory. The lowest-elevation snowpack has melted, and most of the higher altitudes will be quick to follow. "This is one of those years farmers will tell their grandkids about," said Utah state hydrologist Randall Julander. "About just how dry it was and how bad it was." This is how bad it is: Drought now grips 40% of the West, with no end in sight: globally, nine of the 10 warmest...
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