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California drought making spring allergy season worse
2015-05-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Millions of Americans are suffering through a miserable allergy season, and on the West Coast, the ongoing drought is making things even worse. Los Angeles native Lesley Holmes says she's been having more trouble than usual with her chronic allergies to pollen, pets and pollution. Her symptoms improve when she travels, but then return with a vengeance when she gets back home. "This year, it's been a lot worse, to where it's really affecting my daily life," she told CBS News. "It's stressful, you...
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California drought may benefit Oregon
2015-05-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Public Radio: The agriculture industry in California is in the midst of its worst drought in decades and that may inadvertently be having a positive impact on Oregon. It's caused some growers to look north. One Oregon crop that is being affected is hazelnuts, which are drawing record sales and prices. It takes a gallon of water--usually diverted from a river or aquifer--to grow a single California almond. But Oregon hazelnuts (sound of rain) get their water from the sky. 99-percent of the U.S. hazelnut crop...
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Texas, Oklahoma Drought 'All But Over'
2015-05-22 15:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: While the Western drought has its claws firmly dug in, the nearly five-year drought that has gripped Oklahoma and Texas is on its last legs, thanks to recent torrents of rain, government climate scientists said Thursday. "I think the Texas drought is pretty much all but over,' Victor Murphy, climate services program manager for the National Weather Service's Southern Region, said during a press teleconference. The last vestiges will likely disappear over the next few months as forecasters with...
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Tracy Power Plant Trying To Help With The Drought
2015-05-22 05:12:04| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Right off USA Parkway near the wild horses sits the Frank A. Tracy Generating Station commonly known as the Tracy Power Plant. "On peak we will be producing 500 megawatts.Today we will produce about half of Northern Nevada's Energy requirements," said Brian Lawson, director, Tracy Power Plant.
Tracy Power Plant Trying To Help With The Drought
2015-05-22 04:56:34| Electronics - Topix.net
Right off USA Parkway near the wild horses sits the Frank A. Tracy Generating Station commonly known as the Tracy Power Plant. "On peak we will be producing 500 megawatts.Today we will produce about half of Northern Nevada's Energy requirements," said Brian Lawson, director, Tracy Power Plant.
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