Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, 8 Other State Attorneys General Intervene to Support New Nationwide Standards to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Operations
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Los Angeles, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, 8 other states and the city of Chicago today filed a motion to intervene in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Source Performance Standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions, specifically methane, from oil and natural gas operations. The new EPA standards mark the first time the EPA has directly limited greenhouse gases from the oil and natural gas sector and tightens existing limits on emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from oil and natural gas operations.
Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency in Lake County Due to Clayton Fire
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an emergency proclamation for San Luis Obispo County due to the effects of the Chimney Fire, which has burned thousands of acres, damaged critical infrastructure, destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of residents.
Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency in San Luis Obispo County Due to Chimney Fire
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an emergency proclamation for San Luis Obispo County due to the effects of the Chimney Fire, which has burned thousands of acres, damaged critical infrastructure, destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of residents.
Sacramento Farm Tank Summit Announces Exciting Line Up of Speakers
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Sacramento, California - Food Tank and Visit Sacramento’s Farm-to-Fork Program have announced the full speaker list for the first annual Farm Tank conference on September 22 during Sacramento’s Farm-to-Fork Celebration.
Updated UC Davis report on drought impacts to agriculture
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- Written by Josué Medellín-Azuara, Duncan MacEwan, Richard E. Howitt, Daniel A. Sumner, and Jay R. Lund
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Davis, California - The drought continues for California’s agriculture in 2016, but with much less severe and widespread impacts than in the two previous drought years, 2014 and 2015. Winter and spring were wetter in the Sacramento Valley, to the extent of several reservoirs being required to spill water for flood control, but south of the Delta was unusually dry. The much-heralded El Nino brought largely average precipitation north of the Delta, replenishing some groundwater, and drier than average conditions to the southern Central Valley and southern California.
Online Retailer Pleads Guilty for Fixing Prices of Wall Posters
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San Francisco, California - An e-commerce retailer pleaded guilty for conspiring to fix the prices of posters sold online, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
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