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66 Million Dead Trees in California Increases Wildfire Risk
2016-07-05 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Those orange tree patches pictured arent harbingers of winter. They are dying or dead trees in California, most likely the result of pine beetle forest damage. Its hot now in much of the golden state, and as temperatures continue to rise, something else is happening: Trees are dying in unprecedented numbers. A recent U.S. Forest Service aerial detection survey revealed a record 66 million dead trees in southern Sierra Nevada. What were left with is a breeding ground for wildfires in a state...
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California Drought Causing Trees to Die by the 'Millions,' Scientist Says
2016-07-04 08:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: The devastation the California drought has caused to conifer trees in the Sierra Nevadas over the last couple of years "is far greater than previously observed," NASA scientists said in announcement of the publication of new map of the region. David Schimel, a senior research scientist who worked on the study, told ABC News that the map represented NASA's "first close look" at the extent of the damage caused by drought on Sierra trees. Schimel referred to the findings as "millions of trees...
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To lead on climate, California needs its whole arsenal
2016-07-03 02:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change is the greatest environmental challenge of our time. And California, as it has done so often in the past, is leading the nation and the world in developing policies to address a multifaceted ecological threat. To that end, California has put together a stable of programs to reduce carbon. You might think this notion using multiple means to address a complex problem like greenhouse gas emissions would make common sense. But not everyone...
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California wildfire prompts new round of evacuations
2016-07-02 23:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A new wildfire burning through bone-dry grass, shrub and timber has forced the evacuation of dozens of homes in a mountain community in central California and more houses could be in the inferno's path, fire officials said on Saturday. The so-called Deer fire sparked on Friday afternoon and has grown to char about 1,800 acres of Bear Mountain, Kern County Fire Department spokesman Phil Neufeld said. About 100 houses in Bear Valley Springs are under immediate threat from the flames and had to...
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California gas stations slap cap-and-trade 'cost' labels on pumps
2016-07-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Gas pumps in California could soon feature signs telling drivers theyre paying more per gallon because of the states cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions. The California Independent Oil Marketers Association (CIOMA), a trade group for oil distributors, is handing out to members a label that adds wording on cap-and-trade costs to the standard one that advises motorists on gas taxes. The state requires that a label with gas taxes appear on all gas pumps. Those change on July 1 to reflect...
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