Climate change threatens elect...

May 23, 2015 by

Climate change threatens electric power supply in California, report warns

[Translate] theguardian By 2050 extended years of drought could lead to an electricity shortage as well as a water shortage,...

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RIVER CITIES OFFER LESSONS ON ...

May 21, 2015 by

RIVER CITIES OFFER LESSONS ON HOW TO ADAPT

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green “We can consider rivers as city-making landscapes,” said Thaisa Way, ASLA, professor of landscape...

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Private Water Industry Says Wa...

May 21, 2015 by

Private Water Industry Says Water Bills “Have to Go Up”

[Translate] Morning sunlight spilled through long, narrow windowpanes inside the ballroom of the Francis Marion hotel, located in the...

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CALIFORNIA’S WATER SUPPL...

May 18, 2015 by

CALIFORNIA’S WATER SUPPLY COULD DRY UP WITHIN A YEAR

[Translate]   Shutterstock California’s State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday expanded emergency regulations regarding...

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Sea Level Rise Is Happening Fa...

May 14, 2015 by

Sea Level Rise Is Happening Faster Than Anyone Thought

[Translate] by Natasha GeilingCLIMATE PROGRSS Sea level rise is happening faster than previously thought, according to a new study....

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7 Easy Tips to Save Water in Y...

May 12, 2015 by

7 Easy Tips to Save Water in Your Home

[Translate] by Yuka Yoneda, INHABITAT Did you know that your daily five-minute shower uses more water than the average person in a...

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Who controls California’s tap?...

May 11, 2015 by

Who controls California’s tap? Here’s what I learned from a fat book

[Translate] Black.Dots. By Nathanael Johnson   GRIST Like lots of people in drought-desiccated California, I have been hustling to...

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Let’s get over the whole “toil...

May 10, 2015 by

Let’s get over the whole “toilet to tap” thing, shall we?

[Translate] Nathan Phillips By Madeleine Thomas   GRIST “Toilet to tap” is such an unfortunate phrase, isn’t it? Hate to break it to...

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California Isn’t the Onl...

May 6, 2015 by

California Isn’t the Only State with Water Woes

[Translate] Environment Forty states will see water shortages in the next decade. By Elaine Povich / Stateline   VIA ALTERNET Photo...

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Scientists Discover Fracking C...

May 6, 2015 by

Scientists Discover Fracking Chemicals In Pennsylvania Drinking Water

[Translate] by Emily Atkin  CLIMATE PROGRESS Fracking opponents protest before the Tom Corbett inauguration to become the 46th...

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California’s Drought Could Upe...

May 5, 2015 by

California’s Drought Could Upend America’s Entire Food System

[Translate] AP by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS On April 1, California Governor Jerry Brown stood in a field in the Sierra Nevada...

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Farmers are watering your food...

May 4, 2015 by

[Translate] Shutterstock By Nathanael Johnson GRIST A story in the Los Angeles Times raises disturbing questions about the practice...

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California has a real water ma...

May 4, 2015 by

[Translate] Aqueduct in Saugus, Calif.    Jeff Turner By Nathanael Johnson GRIST When I started reporting on California’s drought I...

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Starbucks’ “ethical” water is ...

May 1, 2015 by

Starbucks’ “ethical” water is bottled straight from California’s drought

[Translate] Selling California’s water to help support other projects kind of misses the point Lindsay Abrams   SALON.COM...

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Water Industry Launches Attack...

Apr 29, 2015 by

Water Industry Launches Attack on Water Democracy, Promotes Privatization

[Translate] Environment Private water companies seek to undermine supporters of water systems operated by local, democratically...

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BREAKING: California Governor ...

Apr 29, 2015 by

BREAKING: California Governor Issues North America’s Most Aggressive Climate Goal

[Translate] by Ari PhillipsCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo On Wednesday morning, four-term California Governor Jerry Brown issued...

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California’s drought isn’t doo...

Apr 27, 2015 by

California’s drought isn’t doomsday, but yes, it will change the state

[Translate] Low water at Folsom Reservoir    Robert Couse-Baker By Nathanael Johnson GRIST As California parches, people in the state...

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‘Explosive’ Wildfires Ar...

Apr 26, 2015 by

‘Explosive’ Wildfires Are Already Out Of Control Months Before Fire Season

[Translate] by Samantha Page  CLIMATE PROGRESS California’s firefighters are bracing for a long summer. CREDIT: AP Photo/Marcio Jose...

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How Eco-Friendly is Your State...

Apr 24, 2015 by

How Eco-Friendly is Your State?

[Translate]   For the new report “2015’s Most & Least Eco-Friendly States,” WalletHub compared each state across...

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How to Save Water, the Califor...

Apr 24, 2015 by

How to Save Water, the Californian Way (Part 2)

[Translate]  The Dirt Contributor For the past century, much of California has relied on an inherently fragile and unreliable...

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Nasa spacecraft that found wat...

Apr 18, 2015 by

Nasa spacecraft that found water on Mercury prepares to crash into planet

[Translate] Mercury Messenger’s 11-year voyage of discovery to end on 30 April Mission has forced rethink about origin of planet...

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California drought water-use r...

Apr 18, 2015 by

California drought water-use rules could force 36% reduction on Beverly Hills

[Translate] The Guardian California Officials introduce proposals for different cities and counties, backed up with heavy potential...

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Why Brazil’s megadrought...

Apr 14, 2015 by

Why Brazil’s megadrought is a Wall Street failure

[Translate] Amy Larkin   THE GUARDIAN Brazil’s recent drought shows that Wall Street is still baffled by the economic cost of...

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California Cities Really, Real...

Apr 11, 2015 by

California Cities Really, Really Want Residents to Kill Their Lawns

[Translate] San Francisco and Los Angeles have announced new public-education programs encouraging people to use less...

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How to Save Water, the Califor...

Apr 9, 2015 by

How to Save Water, the Californian Way

[Translate]  The Dirt Contributor California is a big state. To offer water saving techniques for Californians, we first need to...

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How Peer Pressure Can Really M...

Apr 9, 2015 by

How Peer Pressure Can Really Make People Save Water

[Translate] Environment Levying fines also works. By Francie Diep / Pacific Standard V IA ALTERNET Photo Credit: Eric Norris/Flickr...

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Republicans Are Saying Environ...

Apr 9, 2015 by

Republicans Are Saying Environmentalists Caused California’s Drought. Here’s Why They’re Wrong

[Translate] CLIMATE PROGRESS by Ari Phillips Californian artist Ross Dickinson dramatized his home state’s eternal confrontation of...

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CALIFORNIA DREAM MEETS REALITY

Apr 4, 2015 by

CALIFORNIA DREAM MEETS REALITY

[Translate]   Homes in Rancho Mirage, Calif., in the Coachella Valley. Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered a 25 percent statewide reduction...

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Activists ‘Shut DownR...

Apr 1, 2015 by

Activists ‘Shut Down’ Nestlé Water Bottling Plant in Sacramento

[Translate] Protest group said the company is draining up to 80 million gallons of water annually during a record drought. By Dan...

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What the Frack Is Happening? A...

Mar 30, 2015 by

[Translate] Fracking From the aggressive anti-fracking moves in Maryland to a statewide ban in New York, the anti-fracking movement...

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