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Jerry Brown: News media ignoring climate change
2013-05-23 20:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: Gov. Jerry Brown complained bitterly this morning that the news media ignores climate change, in a speech attended by more than a dozen photographers and reporters. "If you take a look at Google and type in 'global warming news,' I venture to say on most days in the news, 20 to 30 percent, if not more, of the news, will be by climate deniers or skeptics, whatever you want to call them," Brown said at a conference with climate scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center. "Everything these guys are...
Jerry Brown blames climate change for state's early fire season
2013-05-06 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Gov. Jerry Brown put the states early wildfire season in global terms Monday, saying the state would have to grow accustomed to more forest fires as a consequence of climate change. Browns remarks at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protections aviation management unit in Sacramento came as firefighters in Ventura County said they expected to have the 28,000-acre Springs fire fully contained by Tuesday. State firefighters have responded to about twice the average number of wildfires...
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Jerry Brown Asks 3-Judge Panel to Lift Prison Population Reduction Order
2013-01-09 10:01:52| IT Services - Topix.net
Bay City News Service Gov. Jerry Brown has asked a federal three-judge panel to lift an order requiring the state to reduce the number of inmates in its overcrowded prisons to 110,000 by June.
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United States: Jerry Brown readjusts his stand on the environment vs. business
2013-01-01 05:35:48| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: When Gov. Jerry Brown spoke to a crowd of beaming environmentalists and renewable energy advocates at the launch of a solar farm last year, he turned heads by praising another form of fuel: oil. It was a surprising pivot from the man credited with helping to usher in the modern environmental movement as California's governor nearly four decades ago. Back then, Brown enacted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards, signed strict anti-smog laws and blocked offshore drilling. But in his...
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