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Southern California brush fire threatens homes, prompts evacuations
2016-06-05 07:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A brush fire outside Los Angeles was threatening thousands of homes and has prompted mandatory evacuation of local residents, authorities said on Saturday. The 200-acre brush fire in Calabasas, a small Los Angeles County city some 10 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean and about halfway between the Malibu and Santa Monica, was reportedly triggered when a vehicle hit a utility pole, downing power lines. Several homes were damaged, fire officials said, and mandatory evacuations were ordered for...
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As California goes, so goes the planet
2016-06-04 12:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: We need democracy like we need water. California primary voters must choose Bernie Sanders or the state will continue to experience a serious drought of both. Despite Californias claims to be an environmental leader, its government has been co-opted by the oil and gas industry and its citizens and climate are suffering. Gov. Brown has turned a blind eye to poor and Latino communities living next to polluting fracking wells and fracking wastewater being used to irrigate crops. Under a Hillary...
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Treasury Wine Estates puts California vineyards up for sale
2016-06-03 10:47:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Treasury Wine Estates is to sell off some of its Californian wineries as part of a shake-up of assets recently acquired from Diageo.
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Sanders Touts Fracking Ban as Clinton Pushes Renewables Plan Just Days Before California Primary
2016-06-02 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are ramping up their green bona fides before the Golden State`s crucial Democratic primary Tuesday. The Democratic presidential candidates recently elaborated their national energy plans, with Sanders calling for a nationwide ban on fracking and Clinton pledging to use federal lands to enable the nation`s transition to more renewable energy. Bernie Sanders If elected president, we will not need state-by-state, county-by-county action, because we are going...
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Feds OK fracking off the California coast
2016-06-01 15:08:49| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Los Angeles Times: An environmental assessment from two federal agencies has determined that fracking off the coast of California has no significant impact, lifting a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing that was instituted earlier this year. "The comprehensive analysis shows that these practices, conducted according to permit requirements, have minimal impact," Abigail Ross Hopper, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, said Friday in a statement. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement...
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