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President Obama: Fate California farms affects whole country
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: It's not often President Barack Obama gives a speech centered on agriculture, but the three years of scorching drought in California prompted him to fly there Friday to speak to weary farmers and ranchers and pledge millions of dollars worth of aid. "As anyone in this state could tell you, California is living through some of its driest years in a century,' Obama said after touring a farm and a water facility. Moments before Obama briefly painted a bleak picture of the state's condition by describing...
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Extreme weather in California forces farmers to take drastic measures
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: While most of the East is buried under ice and snow, the West is having a heat wave. It topped 80 degrees in Los Angeles Friday. President Obama is meeting with farmers in California's Central Valley who are struggling through one of the driest years in memory. The White House is providing some help: $160 million in disaster relief. Nearly all of California is in a drought. In 61 percent of the state, it is extreme or exceptional. Farmers have been forced to take drastic steps. Farmer Joe...
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Occidental to spin off California assets, move HQ to Houston
2014-02-15 14:49:22| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Occidental Petroleum Corp. said it would spin off its oil and gas assets in California into a separately traded company and move its headquarters from Los Angeles to Houston, where it will be closer to its largest U.S. operations.
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President Obama Pledges $2 Billion+ for Drought-Stricken California and U.S. Climate Resilience Fund
2014-02-14 20:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Acting on climate change and the growing toll its taking on U.S. agriculture, President Obama today will announce a $1.2 billion aid package for farmers, ranchers and communities in California and several more agricultural states pummeled by a series of devastating droughts and snowstorms in the past year. The President also will make public a climate-related item in his 2015 budget weeks before its March due date, a proposal to spend $1 billion more for a climate resilience fund. The money will...
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Obama pledges help for drought-stricken California
2014-02-14 19:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama toured parts of California's drought zone on Friday and pledged to speed help to the No. 1 farm state, but he said harsh weather in the United States will get worse until more steps are taken to address climate change. California is coming off its driest year on record and a recent winter storm did little to dull the impact of the drought in the state that produces half the country's fruits and vegetables. A recent drought monitor said 91.6 percent of the state is experiencing...
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