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Snow study shows California faces historic drought
Peak Oil News — ... was the driest ever recorded. "California is headed toward one of the worst water crises in its history, underscoring the need to upgrade our water infrastructure by increasing water storage, improving conveyance, protecting the (Sacramento) Delta's ecosystem and promoting greater water conservation," Schwarzenegger said in a statement. "We may be at the start of the worst California drought in modern history," added Water Resources Director Lester Snow in a separate statement. Reuters

DrumBeat: January 30, 2009
The Oil Drum — ... gases that cause global warming. Sulfur in Heating Oil to Be Reduced The suppliers will reduce sulfur in heating oil to 0.0015 percent from 0.2 percent. Brandon Wright of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America said that consumers should see a small increase in the price of oil as a result of the change, but that it would be offset by savings from more efficient furnace and boiler operation in their homes. Snow study shows California faces historic drought SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A new survey of ...

Global warming could erase California's farms
Ecoearth.info Blog — ... declining spring runoff has been a significant factor in water stress, wildfires and other problems in California for several years. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been warning that California is already experiencing the ill effects of climate change, in the form of a year-round fire "season" and increasingly untenable divisions of water wealth. California is in its third year of drought, and currently the snowpack holds only 61% of the water it holds in a normal year, according to a recent survey . The drought could become the worst in modern history, and as the climate ...

George Will and Journalistic Malpractice
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science — ... Meanwhile in California, the state is dealing with unprecedented drought. "We may be at the start of the worst California drought in modern history," said Water Resources Director Lester Snow last month." ...

Steven Milloy: The Climate Teabagger
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science — ... tactic of citing numbers without the proper references. But then what do you expect from someone who can say that “40 years ago before the Clean Air Act was enacted there was no scientific data to show that air quality in the United States, even in New York City was some general public health problem” with a straight face (Los Angeles says hi)? Or that water is “the most abundant substance on Earth. We can’t run out.” Tell that to Australia, California and other states that have already witnessed their fair share of crippling droughts. ...