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California's drought portends high prices for Cinco de Mayo favourites
2014-05-05 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: This year, food and drink-based Cinco de Mayo celebrations will be affected by the skyrocketing prices of limes. The hit to margaritas and guacamole are nothing compared to next year, though, when the California drought and resultant crop shortages are expected to ripple across the Cinco de Mayo meal table with higher prices expected for tomatoes, lettuce and avocados. Cinco de Mayo is a holiday inspired by a battle won by the Mexican army in Puebla, Mexico in 1862. That city is the only place...
Westport Debuts California's Only CARB Certified CNG Ford F-150 at ACT
2014-05-05 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
~Westport WiNG(TM) On Display at ACT Expo ~<br /> <br /> LONG BEACH, CA — Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT) (NASDAQ:WPRT), engineering the world's most advanced natural gas engines and vehicles, announces that the only California Air Resources Board and EPA certified Ford F-150, featuring the Westport WiNG(TM) Power System, is being debuted during the Alternative Clean Transportation Expo (ACT) in Long Beach, and will be on display May 6 to 8.<br /> <br /> Unveiling the new model at ...This story is related to the following:Transportation Industry ProductsSearch for suppliers of: Automotive Engines
8 Foods That Californias Drought Will Make More Costly
2014-05-02 16:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Most people expected food prices to rise over time as California`s drought worsened earlier this year, but some goods will be impacted more than others. Research from Timothy Richards, a professor of the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, shows that vegetables like lettuce and avocados are likely to experience the most dramatic prices bumps. "We can expect to see the biggest percentage jumps in prices for avocados and lettuce--28 percent and 34 percent, respectively,"...
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ARB adopts changes to Californias Truck and Bus Regulation; additional time for small fleets
2014-04-26 14:30:29| Green Car Congress
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Fields And Farm Jobs Dry Up With California's Worsening Drought
2014-04-22 09:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: On a recent afternoon on the main drag of Orange Grove, Calif., about a dozen farm workers gathered on the sidewalk in front of a mini-mart. One man sits on a milk crate sipping a beer. A few others scratch some lotto tickets. Salvador Perez paces back and forth with his hands stuffed in the pockets of his jeans. If there is no water, there's no work, he says in Spanish. Perez was laid off when the citrus farmer he worked for ran out of water. He has five kids to support, and though the...
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