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Colorado girds fproliferating people and increasingly scarce water
2014-11-09 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: Colorado is looking for 163 billion gallons of water, and a long-awaited state plan for finding it calls for increased conservation, reusing treated wastewater and diverting more water from the Western Slope. The plan, ordered by Gov. John Hickenlooper to deal with a massive projected water shortfall, is about to be unveiled. Rising demand from population growth and industry, if continued through 2050, threatens to leave 2.5 million people parched. But water suppliers east and west of the Continental...
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Climate change talk scarce at science institutions
2014-11-08 09:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Visitors to Pittsburgh science-education facilities can experience an earthquake, look down the gullet of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and wander through a distant rain forest. But learning about climate change - which scientists warn poses a serious global threat - may take a bit more imagination. The Carnegie Science Center`s exhibits make no mention of climate change. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History`s 1983 "Polar World" exhibit says nothing about how ice is shifting beneath the feet of its...
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Water scarce for thousands in Mexico's Los Cabos as new storm looms
2014-09-18 23:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Thousands of tourists were stranded in the storm-battered Mexican Pacific resort of Los Cabos on Thursday, with water in short supply and looted stores sitting empty as a new hurricane threatened to buffet the popular tourist hub. Odile churned into the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula on Sunday as a Category 3 hurricane, wreaking havoc on a scenic area popular with U.S sun seekers that has rarely witnessed such devastation. Two people died after trying to cross a flooded stream...
Retail projects expand with space scarce
2014-08-14 17:45:53| Grocery - Topix.net
Houston retail developers are expected to add more than twice as much shopping space to the Houston market this year as they did in 2013, a new report shows.
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Report: Water to grow scarce without better management
2014-08-11 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pharos Tribune: When more than a dozen wells dried up near the small town of Parr two summers ago, leaving residents without water to bathe or flush a toilet, local officials suspected the record heat and drought. State investigators decided otherwise. At fault were large farming operations that drew huge amounts of water to irrigate fields and keep rain-starved crops from dying. The incident was widely publicized, but state Sen. Ed Charbonneau, R-Valpraiso, fears it was soon forgotten. Today, if you asked...
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