nytimes.com - 1/2/2009
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The Los Angeles Aqueduct, which carries water from the Sierra Nevada. Snowpack measurements there, along with cooler Pacific waters, may presage a third consecutive year of drought.
gosolarcalifornia.org - 1/2/2009
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gosolarcalifornia.org —
photo of large solar array in farm or
vineyard? photo from CPUC A Decade of Support for
Solar The California Solar Initiative is part of the Go Solar California campaign and builds on 10 years of state solar rebates offered to customers in ...
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The California Solar Initiative - CSI
sfgate.com - 12/29/2008
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San Francisco Chronicle: The Southern California desert could
produce a gusher of renewable energy. Strong sunlight bathes
its open plains, even in winter. Powerful winds stream through its mountain passes. Fractures in the earth along the San Andreas ...
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United States: Getting renewable power to the people
ens-newswire.com - 1/6/2009
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Environment News Service: As of January 1, every
2009 model year and newer car built for sale
in California will be required to carry a label that clearly ranks the vehicle's environmental impact. A vehicle's certification level can be found under the ...
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New California Cars Display Smog, Global Warming Scores
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Signs of Another California Drought Year
Ecoearth.info Blog —
... Date: January 2, 2009 Byline: Felicity Barringer Original URL California, just finished with its second consecutive year of drought, might well be facing a third. If so, state authorities may be forced to impose water rationing on farmers, homes and businesses. With the rainy season well under way, early partial measurements indicate that the amount of water stored in the Sierra snowpack, the state`s natural reservoir, is higher than the amount at this time last year but well below average, said the state`s meteorologist, Elissa Lynn. The deficit can be made up if January, ...
California Could Be Heading Into Third Year of Drought
Green Daily —
... be made up if early 2009 brings big storms. However, with La Nina returning, according to meteorologists, water from storms could be lessened, as La Nina generally brings drier conditions. The fishing and agriculture industries could be particularly affected in the state. California Could Be Heading Into Third Year of Drought originally appeared on Green Daily on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:09:00 EST 0. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | ...
The WHO Garden: Out with the Lawn and In with the Food
Switchboard, from NRDC —
... to grow food. They were nice to look at, walk on, or perhaps play a game of cricket. These luxurious landscapes originated in Western Europe where rainfall was abundant and grass grew naturally. Three hundred years later Americans have an unhealthy fixation with lawns that's draining our natural resources and polluting our soils, waterways, and air with pesticides. Lawns are extremely water intensive, especially during hot summer months and in drought ridden parts of the U.S. (eh em, California). The shallow root systems of grasses prevent water from filtrating deep into the ...
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Sierra Nevada beer production waste used to make ethanol
autobloggreen.com 2/4/2009 — Beer. What can't it do? I mean, you can turn leftovers from the production process into ethanol or ethanol or even electricity ethanol . Want to hear something else? You can also turn it into ethanol. No, seriously. That's what the Sierra Nevada ...
Drought, politics trouble farmers in California
npr.org 5/11/2009 — National Public Radio: California is in its third year of drought, and many farmers in the state's crop-rich Central Valley are looking at dusty fields, or worse, are cutting down their orchards before the trees die. Hardest hit is Westlands, the ...
California declares drought emergency
reuters.com 3/4/2009 — 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 ...
A California Town Squeezes Water From A Drought
npr.org 5/29/2009 — Morning Edition , May 26, 2009 California is in the third year of a drought, and many cities and towns are calling for various forms of water rations. But the northern California coastal community of Bolinas had to learn water conservation the really ...
United States: Worst drought ever expected after mild January
sfgate.com 2/2/2009 — San Francisco Chronicle: California teeters on the edge of the worst drought in the state's history, officials said Thursday after reporting that the Sierra Nevada snowpack - the backbone of the state's water supply - is only 61 percent of normal. ...
Nevada News | University of Nevada, Reno
unr.edu 1/27/2009 — The first real-world, demonstration-scale project in Nevada for turning algae into biofuel has successfully completed the initial stage of research at the University of Nevada, Reno. The project is on track to show the process is an economical, ...
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. goes electric with charging stations
autobloggreen.com 4/27/2009 — A few months back, we heard about Sierra Nevada Brewing Company's plans to begin using waste from its beer brewing process to make ethanol . That's great, but there's apparently more greening going on at the company's brewery in Chico, CA. The first two ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations ...
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