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California drought: agribusiness, fracking untouched by water rationing
2015-04-05 15:34:12| Energy - Topix.net
California has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines for domestic 'water wasters', writes Evan Blake. But agribusiness and water-intensive industries like fracking remain untouched by the restrictions, even though they consume over 90% of the state's water.
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Calif drought: agribusiness, fracking untouched by water rationing
2015-04-05 12:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: There are immense water efficiencies to be gained, but any rational reorganization is blocked by the US financial oligarchy, which, controlling the entire political system, will not abide any impingement on its profits. The unprecedented drought gripping California has deepened for the fourth consecutive year, having already set new records for the lowest annual precipitation levels on record. 2014 brought the highest calendar-year temperature for the state, while this February was the hottest...
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No region of US untouched by climate change, but effects vary, report finds
2014-05-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Human-triggered climate change is touching every region of the United States in some way, and effects are projected to intensify if greenhouse-gas emissions aren't reduced and eventually brought to zero, according to a comprehensive report on climate change in the US released Monday. The report is the third in a congressionally mandated effort to give lawmakers and policymakers periodic updates on what the latest climate research shows about current conditions and projected effects from global...
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The IPCCs stark warning: no nation will be untouched by climate change
2014-03-31 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The UN`s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned of the effects global warming will have on food prices, national security and the environment in its latest sobering report. The second part of the IPCCs Fifth Assessment Report, released on Monday, states that the scientific evidence is overwhelming. It adds that climate changes impacts have almost doubled since 2007. Speaking in Yokohama, Japan, IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri said Nobody on this planet is going to...
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IPCC report: 'no one will be untouched by climate change'
2014-03-31 05:36:22| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: No one on the planet will be untouched by the damaging effects of global warming in coming decades, the chairman of the organisation behind the world's most comprehensive climate change study to date warned on Monday. Flooding, storm surges, droughts and heatwaves are among key risks of global warming that will pose growing threats to humans in the future due to rising temperatures. Violent conflicts, food shortages and infrastructure damage were also forecast to become more prevalent over...
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