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Jerry Brown says California’s groundwater management ‘not aggressive enough’
Posted by Sacramento Bee: David Siders on August 23rd, 2015
Sacramento Bee: Gov. Jerry Brown said in an interview aired Sunday that California is not aggressive enough policing use of the state’s groundwater, promising stepped-up oversight in future years.
Brown’s remarks on NBC’s “Meet the Press” followed the release of a study tying climate change to the worsening effects of California’s drought.
Asked he if was “about to police agriculture more,” the Democratic governor said, “Well, I think that’s good advice, but of course I don’t rule by decree. I work through...
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Comments Off on Jerry Brown says California’s groundwater management ‘not aggressive enough’Fiorina, Cruz and Walker respond to Jerry Brown on climate change
Posted by Sacramento Bee: David Siders on August 16th, 2015
Sacramento Bee: California Gov. Jerry Brown, blaming climate change for hot weather that has exacerbated the state’s historic drought, has pressed Republican presidential candidates in recent weeks to address the issue in their campaigns, first scolding them in a letter and then telling reporters, “My message is real clear: California’s burning. What the hell are you going to do about it?”
On Saturday, a rejoinder.
Asked about Brown’s prodding, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said at a gathering of Republican...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Fiorina, Cruz and Walker respond to Jerry Brown on climate changeCalifornia keeps talking climate change, but who?s listening?
Posted by Sacramento Bee: David Siders on June 8th, 2015
Sacramento Bee: The outcome was never in doubt when California’s Democratic-controlled Senate last week took up – and passed – the latest package of environmental bills to come out of California.
Still, lawmakers argued a familiar litany of points for their cause.
Legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the state’s reliance on renewable energy, they said, will create green technology jobs, reduce the health effects of pollution and guard against fluctuations in the price of oil.
For...
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