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Firefighters make progress battling blaze near California's Yosemite
2014-09-07 06:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Crews battling a wildfire on the outskirts of Yosemite National Park in central California reported progress Saturday containing the blaze and evacuation orders were lifted for all but a handful of about 700 homes, officials said. The blaze, named the Bridge Fire, was 60 percent contained and holding steady at 300 acres (120 hectares), one day after it erupted in Mariposa County near Oakhurst, some 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) southwest of the national park, according to the California Department...
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Shut Californias Fukushima: Diablo Must Go
2014-09-06 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The catastrophe at Fukushima was not an accident. Its unfolding again in California. The next west coast quake could easily shake the two reactors at Diablo Canyon to rubble. They are riddled with defects, cant withstand potential seismic shocks from five major nearby fault lines, violate state water quality laws and are vulnerable to tsunamis and fire. Diablo`s owner, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), is in deep legal and financial crisis. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)...
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California's 100-year drought
2014-09-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: California is in the third year of one of the state's worst droughts in the past century, one that's led to fierce wildfires, water shortages and restrictions, and potentially staggering agricultural losses. The dryness in California is only part of a longer-term, 15-year drought across most of the Western USA, one that bioclimatologist Park Williams said is notable because "more area in the West has persistently been in drought during the past 15 years than in any other 15-year period since the...
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Climate Change Could Soak Up California's Fresh Mountain Water Runoff
2014-09-01 21:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPBS: The Sierra Nevadas deliver freshwater runoff that could dry up if temperatures continue rising. A new study suggests rising global temperatures could cut into California's water supply by altering high-altitude vegetation. Water used to irrigate crops in the Central Valley often begins as runoff from the top of Sierra Nevada mountains. It's so cold up there, vegetation can't take root. But with global temperatures rising, that could change. "Rain or snow comes in, and the vegetation -- the...
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Battle lines: the fight for Californias High-Speed Rail project
2014-08-26 09:30:00| Railway Technology
Cost overruns, public apathy, staunch Republican opposition and a multitude of environmental and legal lawsuits have turned California's dream of a high-speed rail line into a nightmare. With ground finally broken on the $98bn project, we ask if it n
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