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Drought Means Big Business for Landscapers
2015-04-10 08:28:55| Agriculture - Topix.net
A rebate program to help cut water use is an incentive that's already making a difference in Los Angeles. John Cadiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, 2015.
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The bright side of Californias drought: More solar power
2015-04-10 01:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: As the four-year-long California drought goes from terrible to catastrophic, its hard to find any good news. Love almonds? Im so sorry for your loss. Water-hungry almond growers have begun to abandon hope, as evidenced by stacks of almond firewood on sale at Whole Foods. Farmers have started to sell water to cities rather than use it to grow crops. Many migrant laborers are out of work because there are fewer crops to plant or harvest. Fish are threatened by record-low runoff, possibly spelling...
L.A. launches 'Save the Drop' campaign in face record drought
2015-04-09 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti launched a "Save the Drop" campaign on Thursday, seeking to rally residents of California's most populous city behind water-saving measures in the face of a devastating, multi-year drought. The public relations push comes as state officials tighten already strict rules on water usage and ask cities and towns across California to enforce a 25 percent reduction in water usage before the hot, dry summer season begins. California is entering its fourth year of a...
What Record-Breaking Drought Means for California's Future
2015-04-09 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Wildfires, water rationing and snow-free mountaintops are all becoming the new norm in California. The Golden State is experiencing the most severe drought on record, and research suggests the conditions will only worsen in the coming decades. "Climate change is going to lead to overall much drier conditions toward the end of the 21st century than anything we've seen in probably the last 1,000 years," said Benjamin Cook, a climatologist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New...
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How Meat Consumption Is Linked to Climate Change and Drought
2015-04-08 18:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As news keeps pouring in about Californias epic drought, Democracy Now! looks at the link between water shortages, climate change and meat consumption. Last week, Gov. Brown ordered residents and businesses to cut water use by 25 percent. The order, which was the first mandatory water restriction, was issued when the April 1 snowpack assessment revealed that snowpack levels are at 6 percent of normal for the state. The mandate, however, exempts some of the biggest water users in the stateBig Agriculture...
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