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California Drought

24-Year-Old Given Months To Live Without Insurance

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact

Read More: Drought, California Drought, Foreclosure Crisis, Uninsured, Joseph Riofrio, Urangoo Baatarkhuyag, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, Bearing Witness 2.0, Health Insurance, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bearing Witness, Senior Community Service Employment Plan, Impact News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Urangoo Baatarkhuyag, a ...

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Sean Hannity Steals From Hollywood In His Mockumentary, "The Valley Hope Forgot"

David Fiderer | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

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David Fiderer

Depression-era symbolism resonates in California, a state with 12.2 percent unemployment. So Fox News fabricated a narrative taken from the plot of Chinatown to complement Dustbowl images from The Grapes of Wrath

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Alaska's Walruses High and Dry: (1st of 5)

Giles Slade | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Megan Fox, Polar Bears, Alaska, John Lennon, Chris Bucci, Wildfires, California Drought, Obama, Endangered Species, Global Warming, Pacific Walruses, Climate Change, Green News
Giles Slade

Pacific Walruses are a pagophilic (ice-loving) species whose livelihood and well-being depend on sea ice as a platform from which they dive to the ocean floor of the continental shelf to retrieve food.

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Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Pits The EPA Against Farmers

wsj.com | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green

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California has a new endangered species on its hands in the San Joaquin Valley - farmers. Thanks to environmental regulations designed to protect the ...

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Eco Etiquette: Help, My Neighbor Is A Water-Wasting Hoser!

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Drought, Water Conservation, California Drought, Water Shortages, Green Advice, Water Waste, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Because of the ongoing water shortage in my Southern California town, we're now limited to the number of days we can water our lawns. But in the neigh...

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Wild America Creeps Back

Carl Pope | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

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Carl Pope

For eight years under George Bush, America's wilderness faced a systematic assault from the federal government.

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As Reservoirs Fall, Prices Should Rise

Robert Stavins | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Policy, Economics, Water, Water Usage, Drought, California Drought, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Water Crisis, Green News
Robert Stavins

Throughout the United States, water is under-priced. Efficient use of water will take place only when the price reflects the actual additional cost of making that water available.

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Schwarzenegger Declares California Drought Emergency

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 03.30.2009 | Home

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Friday because of three years of below-average rain and snowfall i...

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Drought To Cut Off Federal Water To Calif. Farms

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 03.23.2009 | Green

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal water managers said Friday that they plan to cut off water, at least temporarily, to thousands of California farms ...

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Schwarzenegger: Calif. Headed For "One Of The Worst Water Crises In Its History"

Reuters | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A new survey of California winter snows on Thursday showed the most populous state is facing one of the worst droughts in it...

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California Drought: Schwarzenegger Signs Executive Order To Redirect Water

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Water Shortage, Water Conservation, California Drought, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Extreme Weather, Green News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a statewide drought after two years of below-average rainfall, low snowmelt runoff ...

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