by Admin | Oct 20, 2014 | Articles, Environmental hazards
You can now add pumpkins to your list of victims of the California Drought, which has lasted since January. Pumpkin crops are ripening sooner this season, causing many to fear that prices will rise and the quality of the crop will suffer during this season Halloween....
by Admin | Jul 25, 2014 | Articles, Environmental hazards
The 2014 drought in California, the third most severe on record, has brought with it a plague of new problems for the state. The drought has cost California’s economy $2.2 billion, according to a report from the University of California, Davis. The UC Davis Center for...
by Admin | Jul 1, 2014 | Articles, Climate Change
Many areas in the U.S. are experiencing droughts this summer but California is one of the areas which is being hit the hardest, experiencing one of its worst dry spells on record. This drought has led to some unfortunate repercussions in central California, where the...
by Admin | May 28, 2014 | Articles, Climate Change, Environmental hazards
Senator Dianne Feinstein overcame environmentalists’ objections and Republicans’ skepticism in pushing through a drought-relief bill that could ship more water to farms and cities and weaken protections for fish. Welcoming passage of a U.S. Senate bill to address...
by Admin | Apr 28, 2014 | Articles, Conservation, Information, Resources, Sustainability
On April 25th, Governor Jerry Brown announced the issuance of a second executive order aimed at reducing the impact of California’s drought. Brown was speaking at an environmental summit at the Getty Center. The order includes the suspension of parts of the California...
