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Wildfires Prompt Brown to Declare State of Emergency in California
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for all of California in the wake of at least 18 wildfires that killed one firefighter and drove hundreds of people from their homes.
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Wildfire in Northern California
Photos of the recent wildfires in California
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Thunderstorms May Challenge Firefighters Battling 65,000-Acre Rocky Fire
The unpredictable Rocky fire grew to 65,000 acres by Tuesday morning after bursting through the containment line and jumping a highway, sending embers over firefighters.
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Salmon on Vancouver Island Threatened by Heat Wave
River levels in Southern B.C. are at record lows and water temperatures are at record highs. This is threatening the millions of salmon coming home to spawn and the billion-dollar freshwater fishing industry that depends on healthy rivers.
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Los Angeles just found an awesome way to fight the drought. It involves balls. Here is a video.
#shadeballs
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Dying California Forests Offer a Glimpse into Climate Change
For the past four years, California has been going through a record-setting drought. Experts say this can offer a glimpse into climate change, and the effects could be even worse in Canada.
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Panama declares drought emergency
Panama's government has declared a state of emergency as it faces a drought that has prompted water restrictions, depleted reservoirs and affected shipping through its bustling canal. The government blamed the El Nino weather phenomenon for the major drought. The state of emergency declared Tuesday also sets up a government board tasked with rushing to deliver a water security plan in under four months.
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Chinese cave ‘graffiti’ tells a 500-year story of climate change and impact on society
Unique inscriptions found in a cave in China, combined with chemical analysis of cave formations, show how droughts affected the local population over the past five centuries, and underline the importance of implementing strategies to deal with climate change in the coming years.
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Beat the drought by hoarding water—if it ever rains again
Here's what you need to know about adding rainwater catchment to your bucket list.
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Get ready for the new normal: dry and drier
California in the Great Drought is a living diorama of how the future is going to look across much of the United States as climate change sets in. Like hippies and "dude," wine bars and hot tubs, mega-churches and gay rights, what gets big in California goes national soon enough. Now, the large dark bruise spreading across the state on the U.S. Drought Monitor map is a preview of a bone-dry world to come.
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Military Deployed to Battle Wildfires in the West
Active-duty soldiers being sent to fight fires in Washington; wildfires currently burning in seven states; California fires destroying 1,000 acres an hour
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Three Firefighters Killed in Washington as Wildfires Spread Across West
Three firefighters were killed near Spokane, Washington, fighting one of the more than 100 wildfires burning across the West, authorities said.
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Extreme Weather 101: Drought
Drought explained and the effects.
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The Climate Change ‘Bully’ in California’s Drought
How much of California's drought is due to climate change? New research has an answer: up to 27 percent. It also has another important number: climate change has made the odds of severe droughts like this one twice as likely.
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The drought isn't just a California problem
A rundown of other Western states in the middle of serious dry spells
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The drought is making California sink—and climate change is making the drought worse
So say two new studies.
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Agriculture Disaster Declared in Alberta After Losses from Extreme Weather
The provincial government declared the agricultural economic losses and hardship resulting from Alberta's extreme weather is a disaster on Friday.
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California's Drought Will Cost The State $2.74 Billion This Year
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California's ongoing drought will cost the economy in the most populous U.S. state an estimated $2.74 billion in 2015 and lead to the loss of 10,000 seasonal farm jobs, despite
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California Oilfield Operators Refuse To Report Water Usage, In Violation Of The Law
How much water does California’s oil and gas industry actually use? We still don’t know, despite a 2014 law signed by Governor Jerry Brown that went into effect this year requiring companies to report on all water produced, used and disposed of by oilfield operations.
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Drought Relief Bill Threatens to Drown Sacred Sites of a Northern California Tribe
Members of the Winnemem Wintu tribe in California are bracing for one of their biggest environmental justice struggles yet.
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