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California water use declines 13.5 percent, state board reports
2015-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: After lagging during the first part of the year, water conservation in California improved significantly in April following Gov. Jerry Brown`s historic order requiring big cuts in water use amid the worsening drought. Water use in April dropped 13.5%, compared with the same month in 2013, a sign that residents and urban water suppliers were taking Brown`s dire conservation calls seriously. Despite the improvement, the state has a long way to go to meet the 25% cut Brown ordered on April 1....
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Drought saps $2.7 billion from California economy, report says
2015-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The drought is on track to dry up $2.7 billion in revenue and erase more than 18,600 jobs from the California economy this year, according to a preliminary report. But that blow has been hard to detect because the agriculture sector is just 2% of the overall state economy and because farm employment has grown steadily in the last decade, a panel of experts told the state Board of Food and Agriculture. Despite the drought, in fact, statewide agricultural employment grew by 3,100 jobs last year,...
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Drought takes $2.7 billion toll California agriculture
2015-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The record-breaking drought in California brought about by a severe lack of precipitation, especially mountain snows has exacted a $2.7 billion toll on the states economy because of agricultural losses, researchers said Tuesday. During a briefing for the California Department of Food & Agriculture, scientists from the University of California, Davis, told officials that based on their preliminary research and modeling, the drought is resulting in a harder economic pinch this year than it was...
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California District Court Grants Summary Judgment Based on Lack of...
2015-06-02 23:11:40| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
A California district court recently granted summary judgment in favor of four defendants on the grounds that plaintiffs had no evidence that a decedent was exposed to asbestos from defendants' products. The district court found that the plaintiffs' aircraft expert could not provide admissible evidence as to how the decedent may have been exposed to asbestos while working as an aircraft electrician for the U.S. Air Force.
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California District Court Grants Summary Judgment Based on Lack of...
2015-06-02 22:48:44| Paper - Topix.net
A California district court recently granted summary judgment in favor of four defendants on the grounds that plaintiffs had no evidence that a decedent was exposed to asbestos from defendants' products. The district court found that the plaintiffs' aircraft expert could not provide admissible evidence as to how the decedent may have been exposed to asbestos while working as an aircraft electrician for the U.S. Air Force.
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