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California to limit pollutants from diesel exhaust to cow gas

By Sharon Bernstein September 19, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — California on Monday moved to restrict air pollutants from sources as diverse as diesel trucks and cow flatulence, the latest of several efforts in the most populous U.S. state to reduce emissions leading to climate change. Under a bill signed Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, the state will cut emissions of methane […] Read more

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California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions

By Sharon Bernstein April 21, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sacramento | Reuters — California communities where a wet winter has filled reservoirs and begun ameliorating the state’s catastrophic four-year drought begged water regulators on Wednesday to reduce or eliminate emergency conservation measures imposed last year. Facing pushback from aggravated consumers under the ongoing rules, water utilities say they will have little credibility asking for […] Read more

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California rules led to near 25 per cent cut in water use

By Sharon Bernstein April 4, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sacramento | Reuters –– Residents and businesses in drought-stricken California cut back water use by nearly 25 per cent from June 2015 through the end of February 2016 — enough to supply nearly six million people for a year, officials said Monday. The state’s first ever mandatory cutbacks in water use were imposed by Democratic […] Read more

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Deep snow in California mountains offers hope in drought

By Sharon Bernstein December 31, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — A cold, wet start to California’s winter has dumped nearly five feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, state water experts said Wednesday, fuelling hope that 2016 will bring enough precipitation to help offset four years of drought. Snow surveyors headed to the mountains in Phillips near Lake Tahoe on Wednesday for […] Read more

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Farmers would pay more for water from proposed California tunnel

By Sharon Bernstein November 16, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sacramento | Reuters –– California farmers would pay more to irrigate their crops under a proposal to build tunnels under the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta to funnel water to the state’s agricultural breadbasket, officials said Friday. The analysis released by state Treasurer Bill Lockyer said regional water suppliers and the farmers who purchase water from […] Read more

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California may step up enforcement of water restrictions amid drought

By Sharon Bernstein July 2, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sacramento | Reuters — California may ratchet up enforcement of drought-related pumping restrictions in slow-moving creeks and lakes under new rules being considered on Tuesday, prompting worry among farmers as the state enters the dry summer season. The widely anticipated move by the State Water Resources Control Board comes during worsening drought conditions and political […] Read more

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California drought will cost thousands of farm jobs, study says

By Sharon Bernstein May 20, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sacramento | Reuters — California’s drought will cause thousands of workers to lose their jobs and cost farmers in the state’s Central Valley breadbasket US$1.7 billion, researchers said in the first economic study of what may be the state’s driest year on record. The most populous U.S. state is in its third year of what […] Read more

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Rain soaks California causing floods, but won’t end drought

By Sharon Bernstein March 1, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Sacramento | Reuters — A large winter storm brought much-needed relief to parched California on Friday, boosting its reservoirs and dropping snow on the Sierra Nevada mountains, but the precipitation will not be enough to counter years of drought, officials said. California is in its third year of a drought that may break all records […] Read more

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California to limit pollutants from diesel exhaust to cow gas

California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions

California rules led to near 25 per cent cut in water use

Deep snow in California mountains offers hope in drought

Farmers would pay more for water from proposed California tunnel

California may step up enforcement of water restrictions amid drought

California drought will cost thousands of farm jobs, study says

Rain soaks California causing floods, but won’t end drought

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