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California's wealthy lagging in water conservation
2015-04-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: There are few signs of California`s epic drought along a stretch of Maple Drive in Beverly Hills. Deep green front lawns stretch out, dotted with healthy trees and sculpted foliage. The only brown lawn in sight was at a home under construction. As California gears up for the first mandatory water restrictions in its history, a long-standing class divide about water use is becoming increasingly apparent. Beverly Hills and other affluent cities use far more water per capita than less-wealthy...
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Californias Wasteful Water Habits Run Up Against a Dry Future and Past
2015-04-05 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: You dont know youre in a megadrought until youre many years, if not decades, into one. So conditions in California could still turn around (which could lead to a shock to trance effect on water conservation efforts). But lots of signs are pointing to the current extraordinary dry spell, likely exacerbated by heat from human-driven climate change, taking California into conditions unexperienced since long before the states water-dependent economy exploded during Gov. Jerry Browns fathers...
Coping With California's Drought
2015-04-04 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: In a week when Governor Jerry Brown announced mandatory water restrictions, NPR's Arun Rath talks with reporter Kirk Siegler about his visit to the Sierra Nevada mountains, where the snowpack so vital to the state water supply is dramatically absent. ARUN RATH, HOST: While the world struggles with the problem of too much oil, here in California we're consumed with a far more primal concern - not enough water. From the moment we moved this show to Los Angeles, we've been reporting on how bad...
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One Farmers Battle with Californias Worst Drought
2015-04-04 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: On a warm March afternoon, farmer Cannon Michael walks alongside wheat fields adjacent to his house in Los Banos, in California's Central Valley. Most of these fields won't be watered again this year. Cannon Michael in on a mission to preserve farming in California, despite layers of agricultural regulations and the state's historic drought. "Wheat's not a glamorous crop, but it makes a lot of bread,' Michael quips. This wheat, though, won't return much money, Michael says. So it will be...
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Drought, Climate Change and California's Multibillion-Dollar Problem
2015-04-03 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Two weeks before California Governor Jerry Browns announcement on Wednesday that residents and businesses in the Golden State -- which is withering amid one of its worst droughts in modern history -- would be subjected to unprecedented restrictions on water usage, he issued a blistering attack on those who continue to question fundamental climate science. Such thinking, Brown said during an appearance on NBCs Meet the Press late last month, borders on the immoral, and the Democratic governor...
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