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California imposes first-ever mandatory water restrictions
2015-04-04 10:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Four years of a historic drought that has left California parched forced Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday to declare the first mandatory water restrictions in the states history. He ordered the State Water Resources Control Board to enact mandatory cuts in water use by 25 percent, which could save 1.5 million acre-feet of water over nine months. An acre-foot contains 325,851 gallons of water. Brown issued the executive order while visiting the Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada an area that...
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Drought-Stricken California Exempts Big Oil and Big Ag from Mandatory Restrictions
2015-04-02 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The April 1 snowpack assessment in California, which set an all-time record for lowest snowpack levels in the states history, finally spurred Governor Browns office to issue an executive order to residents and non-agricultural businesses to cut water use by 25 percent in the first mandatory statewide reduction in the states history. But some groups have been exempted from the water restrictions, specifically big agriculture, which uses about 80 percent of Californias water, and oil companies....
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EPA will require weed-resistance restrictions on glyphosate herbicide
2015-04-01 13:55:12| Chemicals - Topix.net
U.S. regulators will put new restrictions on the world's most widely used herbicide to help address the rapid expansion of weeds resistant to the chemical, Reuters has learned. The Environmental Protection Agency confirmed it will require a weed resistance management plan for glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto's immensely popular Roundup weed-killer.
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Tighter California water restrictions to impact restaurants and hotels
2015-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As California enters year four of one of the most severe droughts in state history, officials on Tuesday welcomed a host of temporary water measures that limits landscape irrigation and restricts how restaurants and hotels use the vital resource. Under the new rules, districts that havent already restricted outdoor watering to two days per week are required to do so, restaurants and bars must ask customers if they want a glass of water before automatically serving one, and hotels and motels must...
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Worsening conditions force Calif tighten water restrictions
2015-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: With California's drought appearing to deepen, the state yesterday ordered local water agencies to impose and enforce conservation through limits on outdoor water use. More than 400 water suppliers that serve 95 percent of Californians must activate existing conservation policies or enact new rules restricting outdoor irrigation. The California Water Resources Control Board said agencies without regulations already in place should start with restricting watering to twice per week. Fines of...
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