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Shock Videos from California: Wildfire Evacuation as a Small Town Burns to the Ground
Shock Videos from California: Wildfire Evacuation as a Small Town Burns to the Ground However prepared you think you are for an emergency wildfire evacuation, when it looks like you’re driving through the outer edges of Hell, it’s going to be a scary ride. Wildfires are a real threat every year in California, but this […]
Thousands Flee Lake County as Valley Fire Spreads to 25,000 Acres
Thousands Flee Lake County as Valley Fire Spreads to 25,000 Acres Cal Fire says the Valley Fire in Lake County has grown to over 25,000 acres burning homes, shutting down parts of Highway 29 and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people from of nearby towns. LAKE COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) — Cal Fire says the […]
Oil Giants Crush California Bill Aimed at Reducing Gasoline Use
Oil Giants Crush California Bill Aimed at Reducing Gasoline Use Steve Snodgrass / CC BY 2.0 The oil industry has derailed an environmental bill in California designed to reduce gasoline use by up to 50 percent by 2030. The Guardian reports: Senate president pro tempore Kevin de Leon announced on Wednesday that he would amend the bill, SB350, […]
California Drought and Strengthening El Nino Accelerate Statewide Water Transition
California Drought and Strengthening El Nino Accelerate Statewide Water Transition New infrastructure, laws, and practices help the state respond to hydrologic extremes, but more are needed. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue California’s canal system moves water hundreds of miles from the Sierra Nevada foothills to Los Angeles and San Diego. Adapting […]
California Oilfield Operators Refuse To Report Water Usage, In Violation Of The Law
California Oilfield Operators Refuse To Report Water Usage, In Violation Of The Law How much water does California’s oil and gas industry actually use? We still don’t know, despite a 2014 law signed by Governor Jerry Brown that went into effect this year requiring companies to report on all water produced, used and disposed of […]
Nestle Pays Only $524 to Extract 27,000,000 Gallons of California Drinking Water
Nestle Pays Only $524 to Extract 27,000,000 Gallons of California Drinking Water Los Angeles, CA — Nestle has found itself more and more frequently in the glare of the California drought-shame spotlight than it would arguably care to be — though not frequently enough, apparently, for the megacorporation to have spontaneously sprouted a conscience. Drought-shaming worked sufficiently enough for […]
Parts of California Have Sunk Over a Foot in Eight Months Due to Drought
Parts of California Have Sunk Over a Foot in Eight Months Due to Drought California Dreamin’ this is not. Sounds pretty freakin’ terrifying actually. From Bloomberg: Land in California’s central valley agricultural region sank more than a foot in just eight months in some places as residents and farmers pump more and more groundwater amid a […]
‘Biggest El Niño of our generation’ may be tempered by The Blob
‘Biggest El Niño of our generation’ may be tempered by The Blob Climatologists unsure of outcome of battle of ‘Godzilla’ El Niño vs. the Pacific Blob For many drought-weary Californians, it has become the ‘Great Wet Hope.’ Bill Patzert, a climatologist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, has given it a less enthusiastic nickname. “This […]
Tomgram: William deBuys, Entering the Mega-Drought Era in America
Tomgram: William deBuys, Entering the Mega-Drought Era in America The other day here in New England it was chilly, rainy, and stormy and I complained. Where was the sun? The warmth? The summer? I happened to be with someone I know from California and he shook his head and said, “It’s fine with me. I […]
California Distributed Energy Incentive Program Disproportionately Benefiting Fossil Fuels, Regulators OK With
California Distributed Energy Incentive Program Disproportionately Benefiting Fossil Fuels, Regulators OK With A California program designed to spur innovation in technologies for distributed generation of low-emission energy is disproportionately benefiting fossil fuels projects, primarily natural gas — and a new proposal to update the emissions threshold that determines which projects are eligible will not change […]
World without Water: The Dangerous Misuse of Our Most Valuable Resource
World without Water: The Dangerous Misuse of Our Most Valuable Resource REUTERS Amid climate change, drought and mismanagement, our world’s most valuable resource is becoming scarce. Much of the crisis is man-made — and even water-rich countries like Germany are to blame. By SPIEGEL Staff Men like Edward Mooradian are saving California. Indeed, there would hardly be […]
Forest Service Official Who Let Nestle Drain California Water Now Works For Them
Forest Service Official Who Let Nestle Drain California Water Now Works For Them An ongoing investigation by The Desert Sun into Nestle’s contentious bottled water operations in drought-stricken California first disclosed that the company’s permit to draw water had a rather astonishing expiration date that occurred over a quarter century ago, in 1988. Recently, the Sunreported an update in the investigation with […]
Disappearing Lake Shows Drought’s Extent in New Space Image
Disappearing Lake Shows Drought’s Extent in New Space Image Aerial view of Goose Lake on the border between California and Oregon taken June 25, 2015, NASA Earth Observatory Landsat 8 – OLI. Credit: Jesse Allen View full size image A lake straddling the California-Oregon border looks like an empty swimming pool in new photos […]
Surviving the Drought: 25 Easy Ways to Conserve Water
Surviving the Drought: 25 Easy Ways to Conserve Water If you aren’t already storing and conserving water, it is absolutely your top preparedness priority as our country suffers from the drought that has now reached epic proportions. Forget, for now, about the beans and rice – how are you going to cook them without any water? From […]
The Politics of California’s Water System
The Politics of California’s Water System In a decision bursting with symbolism, the California State Water Resources Control Board recently announced its intention to draw down the main water supply reservoir for a half-million people who live just outside of the state capitol to only 12% of capacity by September 30. Lake Folsom on the […]
