climateprogress.org - 2/6/2009
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Finally, we have a top administration official telling it like it is. Energy Secretary and Nobelist Stephen Chu told a Los Angeles Times reporter:
In a worst case, Chu said, up to 90% of the Sierra snowpack could disappear, all but eliminating a natural storage system for water vital to ...
latimes.com - 2/4/2009
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latimes.com —
Reporting from Washington -- California's farms and vineyards
could vanish by the end of the century, and...
its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Americans do not act to slow the advance of global warming, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said ...
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California farms, vineyards in peril from warming, U.S. ...
usatoday.com - 2/2/2009
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usatoday.com —
The snowpack was about 61% of its usual
depth across the 400-mile-long mountain range, according to the...
state Department of Water Resources, which released the findings as part of the second snow survey of the season. Department Director Lester Snow ...
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Calif. facing worst drought in modern history
latimes.com - 2/4/2009
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latimes.com —
Reporting from Washington -- California's farms and vineyards
could vanish by the end of the century, and...
its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Americans do not act to slow the advance of global warming, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said ...
(more)
California farms, vineyards in peril from warming, U.S. ...
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Drought from California to China
350.org - Movement Dispatches and Climate News —
... Here in California, there might not even be a food chain for much longer. The new US Secretary of Energy, Stephen Chu, recently warned that if global warming continued unabated, 90 percent of the snowpack could disappear, virtually wiping out California's vast agricultural networks. "I don't think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen," he said. ...
Throbgoblins: End Daze
Celsias Expert Articles —
As Australia burns in a record breaking drought -(as does China and, soon, California) - James Lovelock advocates a Churchillian battening of national hatches, whilst others man the barricades. Related Reading: Throbgoblins: Cartoon Capture and Storage Throbgoblins: Fox Trot
Obama Tells Business Roundtable: “If You’re Giving Away Carbon Permits For Free … It Doesn’t Work” And “The Science Is Overwhelming”
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... and Steven Chu on climate change: "Wake up," America, "we're looking at a scenario where there's no more agriculture in California" ). And I'm not somebody who -- I've never bought into these Malthusian -- woe -- Chicken Little, the earth is falling -- I tend to be pretty optimistic. I wouldn't be here if I weren't pretty optimistic. But I think this is -- the science is overwhelming. This is a real problem. It will have severe economic consequences, as well as political and national security and environmental consequences. And I'm confident that if we do it smart, if we're ...
No, I said 'dessert.' I want more dessert
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... "). Certainly, Californian, Nobelist, and Energy Secretary Steven Chu gets this (see Chu: "Wake up," America, "we're looking at a scenario where there's no more agriculture in California"). ...
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