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California drought causes cattle and elk to lock horns over pasture
2015-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A herd of tule elk move warily along a California coastal hill as a herd of Black Angus cattle graze nearby. Despite the apparent peaceful coexistence, the animals are at the center of a battle for precious grasslands reduced by the state's drought. Ranchers and farmers who live and work within the 71,000-acre (287-square km) Point Reyes National Seashore, 35 miles (56 km) northwest of San Francisco, want the free-roaming elk fenced in so their livestock do not have to compete for grass. Wildlife...
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William Shatner: Solve Calif drought Seattle pipeline
2015-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: For generations, water-hungry Southern California has jealously eyed the rainy Pacific Northwest as a potential source of the precious resource. And time after time, it has been rebuffed. When Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn in 1990 proposed digging aqueducts that would grab water from the Columbia and Snake rivers, Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt responded: "I have the distinct impression that you are trying to steal my water." Now actor William Shatner has waded in with his own...
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4 Ways to Beat the California Drought and Save the Colorado River
2015-04-21 14:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The epic drought in California is beatable and we can save the Colorado River. All of Southern Californiaincluding the massive farm fields in Imperial County, the grapes and golf courses in the Coachella Valley and Palm Springs, and every person from Los Angeles to San Diegogets most of its water from the Colorado River. The very same drought that has hammered southern California is almost as bad across the entire Southwest U.S.including in the mountains of Utah, Wyoming and Colorado which are...
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California drought spurs protest over 'unconscionable' bottled water business
2015-04-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Californians facing the prospect of endless drought, mandated cuts in water use and the browning of their summer lawns are mounting a revolt against the bottled water industry, following revelations that Nestlé and other big companies are taking advantage of poor government oversight to deplete mountain streams and watersheds at vast profit. An online petition urging an immediate end to Nestles water bottling operations in the state has gathered more than 150,000 signatures, in the wake of an...
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California drought water-use rules could force 36 percent reduction on Beverly Hills
2015-04-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Billionaire-studded Beverly Hills will be ordered to cut water usage by 36% under a tough new mandate proposed by regulators on Saturday to try to help parched California cope with its extreme drought. Los Angeles will have to reduce usage by 16%; the more environmentally conscious San Francisco will only have to reduce its water consumption by 8% after doing more in the last year to cut use voluntarily, according to the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). The framework...
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