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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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Brown defends not requiring water cuts for Calif farmers
2015-04-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: In a nationally televised interview Sunday, California Gov. Jerry Brown defended his decision to largely target urban areas rather than agricultural users with his historic order to curb water use. During an appearance on the ABC news program This Week, Brown told host Martha Raddatz that farmers had already fallowed hundreds of thousands of acres of land and pulled up vines and trees. Farmworkers who are at [the] very low end of the economic scale here are out of work, Brown said. There...
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In Long Beach, Calif., Smart Meters Spot Wasteful Water Users
2015-04-06 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The city has reduced its water consumption 6 percent since the drought started. The new meters can detect illegal watering in real time, and they've helped to cut some homeowners' use by 80 percent.
LEED to Recognize Living Building Challenge Energy and Water Requirements
2015-04-06 07:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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Will Turning Seawater Drinking Water Help Drought-Hit California?
2015-04-06 00:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: ast week, Governor Jerry Brown made water conservation mandatory in the drought-stricken state of California. "As Californians, we have to pull together and save water in every way we can," he said. But if the four-year drought continues, conservation alone - at least what's required by the governor's plan - won't fix the problem. Across California, communities are examining all options to avoid running out of water. Some, like the coastal city of Santa Barbara, are looking to the past for inspiration....
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