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Drought-stricken state gets drenched, but not enough to ease historic shortfall
2014-03-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: California got some much-needed precipitation over the weekend, but not nearly enough to ameliorate the state's persistent drought, weather and water experts said. Long-awaited storms in Northern and Southern California dumped several inches of snow and rain on parched mountains, fields and cities. Los Angeles saw its precipitation nearly quadruple over the past week. After receiving 4.24 inches of rain since Thursday, the city is now at 5.5 inches since July 2013 -- still just half its normal...
Federal water allocation drought-stricken California farms cut to zero
2014-02-21 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The worsening drought in California will force a first-ever complete cutoff of federally supplied irrigation water to most farm districts throughout the state's Central Valley heartland this year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said on Friday. The projected 2014 zero allocation to all but a handful of agricultural districts supplied by the federally run Central Valley Project comes three weeks after forecasts of similarly drastic cuts were announced by managers of a separate water-delivery system...
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President Obama Pledges $2 Billion+ for Drought-Stricken California and U.S. Climate Resilience Fund
2014-02-14 20:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Acting on climate change and the growing toll its taking on U.S. agriculture, President Obama today will announce a $1.2 billion aid package for farmers, ranchers and communities in California and several more agricultural states pummeled by a series of devastating droughts and snowstorms in the past year. The President also will make public a climate-related item in his 2015 budget weeks before its March due date, a proposal to spend $1 billion more for a climate resilience fund. The money will...
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In drought-stricken Central Valley, Obama calls for cooperation
2014-02-14 20:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chicago Tribune: President Obama on Friday warned against thinking of water as a "zero-sum game' and urged regional players to push beyond politics in solving supply problems. On a dusty afternoon spent with politicians and farmers, Obama argued against pitting agricultural interests against urban ones, or north against south. "We're going to have to figure out how to play a different game,' Obama told participants in a round table Friday afternoon. "We can't afford years of litigation and no real action.'...
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Obama pledges help for drought-stricken California
2014-02-14 19:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama toured parts of California's drought zone on Friday and pledged to speed help to the No. 1 farm state, but he said harsh weather in the United States will get worse until more steps are taken to address climate change. California is coming off its driest year on record and a recent winter storm did little to dull the impact of the drought in the state that produces half the country's fruits and vegetables. A recent drought monitor said 91.6 percent of the state is experiencing...
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