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Construction Workers Shocked in California
2014-12-08 20:45:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Two construction workers were shocked while jack hammering in Irvine, California. Content Classification: Curated read more
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4th California blackout FERC enforcement case settles
2014-12-08 18:23:49| Energy - Topix.net
Federal regulators have approved a settlement with another federal agency over its role in a 2011 blackout in California, Arizona, and Mexico. On September 8, 2011, the Southwest's electric grid was hit with a widespread power outage that left over 5 million people in California, Arizona and Baja California, Mexico, without power for up to 12 hours.
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California struggles in national study of mental health access and care
2014-12-08 16:13:28| IT Services - Topix.net
Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente has taken heat recently on the issue of access to mental health care , but a new national study suggests that any such problems extend throughout the Golden State's health-care landscape. California ranked 37th of the 50 states on mental health care access, according to the new national Mental Health America report, "Parity or Disparity: The State of Mental Health in America."
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California just had its worst drought in over 1200 years, as temperatures and risks rise
2014-12-08 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A new paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters by Griffin & Anchukaitis concludes that the 20122014 drought in California was its most intense in at least 1,200 years. The study used drought reconstructions from tree-ring cores, from the North American Drought Atlas (NADA) and from cores Griffin & Anchukaitis collected from blue oak trees in southern and central California. Blue oak tree ring widths are particularly sensitive to moisture changes. According to Griffin, The...
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NOAA report says California drought mostly due to natural causes, not global warming
2014-12-08 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The build-up of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere may worsen western droughts in the future, but it is not the principal driver of historic drought afflicting the entire state of California right now, says a major NOAA report released today. Natural oceanic and atmospheric patterns are to blame for the drought, the 42-page report says. Specifically, it highlights a persistent area of high pressure off the West Coast that has blocked rain-bearing storms from coming ashore which some have...
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