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Huntington Lake summer fun drying up in California drought
2014-07-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The water dropped another 2 feet the week of Don Winters' vacation. Huntington Lake was at about a third of its normal level. An island in the middle of the lake - a mini-hilltop of wildflowers that in other summers he'd paddled to in a canoe - was connected to shore by a bridge of land. It was a quick stroll from the new shoreline, now in the middle of where there used to be water. But Winters, 65, never considered canceling his High Sierra vacation because of three years of California...
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UnitedHealth Group sues California over fine
2014-07-11 19:21:54| Beverages - Topix.net
The Los Angeles Times reports the lawsuit filed Thursday in Orange County Superior Court accuses Commissioner Dave Jones of setting a dangerous precedent by seeking such stiff punishment for relatively minor violations.
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Stevens, Albrecht Join California Resources Corp. As Executives
2014-07-11 18:03:00| OGI
California Resources Corp., a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corp., will focus on "high-growth, high-return" California assets.
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California Public Utilities Commission OKs safety policy amid storm of criticism
2014-07-11 17:51:58| Energy - Topix.net
After years of scathing criticism over failures to make sure PG&E natural gas pipelines don't blow up and passengers can get out of burning limousines, a state agency Thursday adopted a "safety-first" policy.
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To relieve drought in California, strong El Nio is needed
2014-07-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate News: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday said again that El Nio, a warming of temperatures in the Pacific, is 80 percent likely to strike this winter--though how intense it could get is still unclear. That uncertainty leaves a critical question unanswered: Could El Nio bring to America the same heavy rainfall this year that it has in the past? Nowhere is the need for an answer more acute than in California, where extreme drought covers 80 percent of the state and water...
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