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San Diego County farmers warn water reduction rules 'devastating'
2015-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A water district serving farmers in northern San Diego County has asked state water officials who are devising cutback regulations for the same exemption given to farmers in the Central Valley. "Not All California Agriculture Is Found Between Bakersfield and Redding," Gary Arant, general manager of the Valley Center Municipal Water District, wrote to the chairwoman of the State Water Resources Control Board, using capital letters and bold print for emphasis. Arant was protesting the proposed...
Opponents say casino would be 'devastating' for New Bedford
2015-03-21 22:30:19| Energy - Topix.net
Opponents are making the arguments that a casino located on NStar's abandoned power plant on MacArthur Drive will be a sap on inner city businesses, will not provide high-paying jobs, will escalate personal bankruptcies and will drain what little resources the poor have. "It would be devastating to our city.
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First aid teams reach Vanuatu islands after devastating cyclone
2015-03-15 14:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The first aid teams to reach Vanuatu reported widespread devastation on Sunday as authorities declared a state of emergency after a monster cyclone tore through the Pacific island nation. With winds of more than 185 mph, Cyclone Pam razed homes, smashed boats and washed away roads and bridges as it struck late on Friday and into Saturday. Aid workers described the situation as catastrophic. The count of confirmed deaths was at eight with 30 people injured. But those numbers were almost certain...
Quirky Winds Fuel Brazil's Devastating Drought, Amazon's Flooding
2015-02-26 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: In So Paulo, Brazil, which is suffering its worst drought in almost a century, Maria de Fátima dos Santos has lived for days at a time with no water, relying on what she had carefully hoarded in bottles. But in the Bolivian Amazon, about 1,800 miles (2,897 kilometers) away, Nicolás Cartagena recalls the day almost a year ago when floodwaters rose to the thatched rooftops of Indian communities, destroying crops and washing away homes. The drought in South America's biggest city and the flooding...
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California suffers dry January, prolonging devastating drought
2015-02-01 16:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California has experienced one of the driest Januarys on record, and the lack of rain during a time of year when the weather is usually wet indicates the state is likely headed for a fourth straight year of drought, officials said. A prolonged drought could portend further economic and environmental setbacks for the nation's most populous state, which has already lost both crops and jobs to the dry weather. The state's driest January on record was in 1984, when the 30-day average precipitation...
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