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Drought hinders California's clean energy goals
2014-07-20 23:35:38| Energy - Topix.net
Already locked in its third dry year, an ongoing drought could complicate California's battle against global warming and make it more expensive, officials said.
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Drought hinders California's clean energy goals
2014-07-20 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: California's ongoing drought could complicate the state's effort to combat global warming. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Sunday (http://bit.ly/1qTT5Ej ) that a drought stretching on for years could slash the amount of clean energy collected from the state's dams and send emissions spewing from other sources. State officials are pushing utility companies by 2020 to obtain 33 percent of their electricity from renewable sources that also include wind and solar power. California is in its third...
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California's water conservation could weaken utilities' credit
2014-07-18 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California's strict new regulations for water conservation could have the unintended consequence of hurting the credit quality of water utilities in the drought-stricken state. Regulators on Tuesday passed new measures to limit outdoor water use in an increasingly desperate effort to conserve. On Thursday, Moody's Investor Service warned that a significant drop in water sales could weaken the credit quality of some water utilities, many of them public districts. Increasing rates to offset the loss...
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Oil companies try to weasel out of Californias cap-and-trade program
2014-07-08 23:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Like climate change, California`s cap-and-trade program is an evolving and growing beast. Since its official launch last year, power plants, cement producers, glass manufacturers, and some other heavy industries operating in the Golden State have been required to reduce carbon emissions and pay for the privilege of polluting the atmosphere with heat-trapping gases. In January of 2015, the program is due to expand to affect suppliers of natural gas and motor fuels, helping to further slow global warming...
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Californias Drought Just Got a Little Worse
2014-06-19 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Just when it seemed like California's drought couldn't get any worse, it did: A staggering one third of the state is now in the worst stage of drought. The latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor, released Thursday, showed the amount of the state in "Exceptional Drought' -- the highest category -- expanding to about 33 percent from 25 percent. The increase came not because of a lack of rainfall, as the state is in its dry season, but because drought experts and local officials are getting...
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