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Californians conserved more water ahead of mandatory cuts
2015-06-03 04:14:09| Electronics - Topix.net
In this Monday, June 1, 2015 photo, workers with JW Landscape work on removing 300,000 square feet of turf at Suzuki headquarters in Brea, Calif. The grass will be replaced with drought-tolerant plants and is expected to save the company 700,000 gallons of water a month, said R.F. Taitano, administrative services manager.
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Drought turns Californians against water bottling companies
2015-05-26 21:25:08| Beverages - Topix.net
As California residents are forced to cut back their water use, some are outraged that companies bottling water there aren't asked to do the same. They've made a scapegoat of big names like Nestle, which operates five water bottling plants in California.
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Battle over bottled water is brewing as Californians target Nestle, Walmart
2015-05-18 14:16:14| Beverages - Topix.net
Farmers in California's massive agriculture sector have increasingly turned to groundwater as surface supplies dry up. The problem is that no one knows how much water is being pumped from the ground.
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Californians In Hazmat Suits To Protest Oil Industry Aquifer Exemption Workshop
2015-03-25 05:51:13| oilandgasonline Home Page
Hazmat suit-wearing demonstrators with Californians Against Fracking will protest recently outside a state-run “aquifer exemption” workshop in Long Beach aimed at helping oil companies get federal permission to dump oil waste into California’s underground water.
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Oil, Gas Production Is Exposing Californians to at Least 15 Different Kinds Pollutants
2015-01-23 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Two communities in California are being exposed to at least 15 different kinds of pollutants from oil and gas development, according to a new report. And experts don`t yet know how the pollution is affecting residents` health. The report, published Thursday by environmental group Earthworks, used infrared cameras to record pollution coming out of oil and gas facilities in Upper Ojai in Ventura County, CA and and Lost Hills in Kern County, CA. The infrared camera made it possible for researchers...
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