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California wildfire that has injured 12 nearly contained
2013-08-12 06:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wind-driven wildfire was nearing full containment on Sunday after raging for five days through brush east of Los Angeles, injuring 11 firefighters and one civilian, state fire officials said. The so-called Silver Fire erupted south of the Riverside County town of Banning and by Sunday evening had charred some 20,292 acres in the San Jacinto Mountains, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. Two of the firefighters suffered minor injuries on Sunday and the other injuries...
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Businesses soon may meet California air rules by paying someone else to slash emissions
2013-08-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: It will be a lifeline of sorts for the cement factories, oil refiners and hundreds of other businesses struggling with California's stringent greenhouse-gas restrictions. Soon they'll be able to comply - in part - by paying other people to reduce their own carbon emissions. That's right: Under standards being drawn up by the California Air Resources Board, companies that have to meet the state's greenhouse-gas standards will be able to satisfy part of their burden by purchasing "offsets" -...
Viewpoints: Renewable energy, not fracking, is the best choice for California
2013-08-11 13:08:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A debate currently raging in the California Legislature will greatly influence the state's economic and energy future.
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California wildfire season: 43 percent more fires, so far
2013-08-10 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: California truly is the Golden State this summer -- golden brown -- and that has fire officials worried heading into the peak of the wildfire season. It's still weeks before the fire-fanning Santa Ana winds usually arrive and already it's been a brutal fire season, with nearly twice as many acres (hectares) burned statewide from a year ago, including 19,000 acres (7,690 hectares) scorched this week in a blaze still raging in the mountains 90 miles (145 kilometers) east of Los Angeles. So far...
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An RV Trip to Pasadena, California
2013-08-10 19:13:40| Grocery - Topix.net
I'll admit. Before I spent time in Pasadena, California, I rarely gave the city a thought.
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