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California drought: Strife over groundwater boils over
2014-03-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francisco Chronicle: Zinfandel will flow like the water once did in Paso Robles this weekend. Bottles will pop open during a wine festival as rigs drill deep across the city to find a resource whose scarcity threatens Paso Robles to its core: water. How scant has the crucial underground water supply become around the San Luis Obispo County city? Sue Luft can tell you anecdotally. The water levels in wells that feed homes and wineries around her 10-acre property just south of Paso Robles have dropped 80 feet in some...
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Drought-stricken California, court rules smelt fish get water
2014-03-14 22:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A California appeals court sided with environmentalists over growers on Thursday and upheld federal guidelines that limit water diversions to protect Delta smelt, in a battle over how the state will cope with its worst drought in a century. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court should not have overturned recommendations that the state reduce exports of water from north to south California. The plan leaves more water in the Sacramento Delta for the finger-sized fish and...
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Benutech's data-driven prospecting tool may help California Realtors drum up sellers
2014-03-14 13:31:34| Real Estate - Topix.net
Many real estate markets are starving for sellers, particularly in California. In January, home sales in the state fell for the sixth straight month , at least partially due to low inventory and the increasingly unaffordable prices that shortage has precipitated.
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California vies to fill energy gap left by closed San Onofre nuclear power plant
2014-03-13 16:36:57| Energy - Topix.net
More than two years after the San Onofre nuclear power plant stopped production, California is looking to fill the gap left in its energy grid by the plant that provided enough electricity for 1.4 million homes.
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California Energy Commission awards $1.6M to support conversion of UPS and USPS vans to electric powertrains
2014-03-13 13:30:17| Green Car Congress
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