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Fracking Makes Californias Drought Worse
2014-08-01 16:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: California is in the middle of an epic water shortage, with nearly 80 percent of the state experiencing extreme or exceptional drought conditions. Check out this animated map to get a sense of how extensively the drought has impacted the Golden State. Things have gotten so bad that California enlisted Lady Gaga to record a public service announcement. Given the situation, anti-fracking activists say its time for Governor Jerry Brown to put a stop to water-intensive fracking, claiming that...
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Sri Lanka drought relief measures for farming families
2014-08-01 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Eco-Business: Sri Lanka`s government will roll out a relief programme to help vulnerable farmers cope with the effects of a worsening drought, as part of a wider effort to protect people from the frequent extreme weather events that are threatening the country's steady economic gains. "The impact of climate change impact has become severe now,' said Punchi Banda Jayasundera, Secretary to the Treasury and the man primarily responsible for setting national economic policy, as a 10-month-old drought dents agricultural...
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Record-Setting Drought Intensifies Parched California
2014-08-01 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The relentless heat that has plagued the western half of the country this summer has ratcheted up California's terrible drought once again, bringing it to record levels. More than half of the state is in "exceptional' drought, the highest category recognized by the U.S. Drought Monitor, which released its latest update on Thursday. The progression of the drought in California through the spring and summer of 2014, as the two highest categories, extreme and exceptional drought, grew. "The heat...
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Not even Jesus is going to save California from this drought
2014-07-30 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: California is looking pretty thirsty these days, having gotten less than half the historical average rainfall over the past year. But a few months ago the state began think that a great wet hope might step in to save them: El Nio, the weather system named after Jesus himself. Now the forecasts have changed, however, and it looks like Californians are SOL. Back in April, scientists said there was a close-to-80 percent chance that an El Nio would form this year. Some believed that all of the pieces...
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California drought dries up plans for historic gold rush celebration
2014-07-29 00:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Californias drought has claimed yet another historic casualty in this parched capital city - the annual heritage celebration known as Gold Rush Days. Staged for the past 15 years by tourism groups who turn the city's Old Sacramento district into a dirt-paved scene from the 1850s, the Labor Day weekend tradition was canceled on Monday due to concerns about water use and fire. Steve Hammond, president and chief executive officer of the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau, said that up to...
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