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Beach showers shut off as California struggles drought
2015-07-11 02:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Starting next week, California parks will no longer offer showers for people to wash sand and salt from their bodies at the beach, part of a broader plan to conserve water as the state's years-long drought drags on. The most populous U.S. state is in the fourth year of a catastrophic drought that has cost billions to its agricultural sector and prompted its first-ever mandatory cutbacks in urban water use. "California is facing extremely severe drought conditions," State Parks Director Lisa...
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Electrical Problem Shuts Down BART in California
2015-07-10 22:11:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
An electrical problem on a BART train filled a car with smoke in Oakland, closing stations in the East Bay yesterday morning for five hours. Content Classification: Curated read more
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California Gov. Jerry Brown to Meet With Pope on Climate Change
2015-07-10 20:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: California Gov. Jerry Brown announced Thursday that he will travel to Vatican City later this month to discuss climate change and modern slavery with dignitaries including Pope Francis as the governor seeks to burnish his legacy as a climate change activist. Brown, a former Jesuit seminarian, plans to attend a two-day event starting July 21 hosted by the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences. The focus is on two issues highlighted in the pope's recent teaching document, called...
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Two Months After Oil Spill, Southern California Beach to Reopen
2015-07-10 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County will reopen to the public next week, two months after a pipeline ruptured and fouled the coast with thousands of gallons of thick black crude. lRelated Official says pipeline firm violated state guidelines for reporting Santa Barbara spill L.A. Now Official says pipeline firm violated state guidelines for reporting Santa Barbara spill See all related 8 Response officials toured the beach Thursday and cleared it to reopen July 17 at noon. "We...
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Network Rail Consulting to assist on California high-speed rail line
2015-07-10 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The UK's Network Rail Consulting has been selected as part of a consultant team led by Parsons Brinckerhoff to provide integration, programme delivery and programme management services to the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) in the US.
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