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California Approves Big Fines for Wasting Water During Drought
Posted by LA Times: Bettina Boxall on July 16th, 2014
LA Times: Cities throughout California will have to impose mandatory restrictions on outdoor watering under an emergency state rule approved Tuesday.
Saying that it was time to increase conservation in the midst of one of the worst droughts in decades, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted drought regulations that give local agencies the authority to fine those who waste water up to $500 a day.
Many Southern California cities, including Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Long Beach, already have...
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Canada National Energy Board Delays Trans Mountain Pipeline Review Deadline
Posted by CTV: None Given on July 16th, 2014
CTV: The City of Burnaby's refusal to co-operate with Kinder Morgan has forced a seven-month delay in a National Energy Board review of the company's proposed expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline through British Columbia.
The NEB announced Tuesday it has deferred the deadline for the final report to cabinet until Jan. 25, 2016, while Kinder Morgan completes necessary studies.
The agency wants more information about a preferred new route through Burnaby Mountain but, so far, the Metro Vancouver...
Texan Tragedy Ample Oil, No Water
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 16th, 2014
Guardian: Beverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap, a pump working overtime to no effect. But it still did not prepare her for the night last month when she turned on the tap and discovered the tiny town where she had made her home for 35 years was out of water.
"The day that we ran out of water I turned on my faucet and nothing was there and at that moment I knew the whole of Barnhart was down the tubes," she said, blinking...