www3.signonsandiego.com - 3/2/2009
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SACRAMENTO Blamed for the widespread killing of marine life, California's coastal power plants are under mounting pressure to abandon an antiquated process that draws in ocean water to cool turbines. The battle has raged from the statehouse to the White House. California agencies are divided, ...
reuters.com - 3/4/2009
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reuters.com —
Reuters: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday declared
a state emergency due to drought and said he...
would consider mandatory water rationing in the face of nearly $3 billion in economic losses from below-normal rainfall this year. As ...
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California declares drought emergency
huffingtonpost.com - 3/2/2009
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No-one has ever accused California of being timid.
Certainly, in the area of energy and environmental policies,...
California has long been considered the leader among the 50 United States. But, maybe, California has bitten off more than it can chew -- ...
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Richard Stuebi: California Dreamin'
tech.yahoo.com - 2/27/2009
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Associated Press: California air regulators on Thursday broadened
their reach into Silicon Valley, implementing rules intended to...
cut greenhouse gas emissions from semiconductor plants. The state Air Resources Board voted unanimously to regulate some ...
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Calif. regulators target tech industry emissions
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Desalination - Energy Down the Drain
The Oil Drum —
... of millions
of marine organisms. While dry cooling can reduce the impacts
on the marine environment, conversion is expensive, controversial, and limits a desalination proponent’s plans
for bootstrapping onto an existing intake/outfall pipe. ...
Energy Down the Drain
Energy Bulletin - —
... of millions of marine organisms. While dry cooling can reduce the impacts on the marine environment, conversion is expensive, controversial , and limits a desalination proponent’s plans for bootstrapping onto an existing intake/outfall pipe. The Long Beach Water Department has been operating a demonstration desalination project for many years experimenting with a more responsible ...
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