Governor Brown Issues Statement on President Obama's Action to Boost Household Energy Efficiency
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement after President Barack Obama announced executive action to accelerate the nation’s transition to cleaner energy sources and more energy-efficient households:
California Man Pleads Guilty to the Sale of Horns from a Black Rhinoceros
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San Francisco, California - Lumsden W. Quan, 47, an art dealer from San Francisco, California, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Act and to a violation of the Lacey Act for knowingly selling black rhinoceros horns to an undercover agent from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). His co-defendant, Edward N. Levine, charged in the indictment remains scheduled for trial on Oct. 19, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Governor Brown Announces Appointments to 45th District Agricultural Association, California Mid-Winter Fair and Fiesta Board of Directors
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.
Governor Brown on Scientific Research Linking Climate Change and California's Drought
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Sacramento, California - As wildfires burn across the Southwest and the drought stretches on, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement after new research from Columbia University, University of Idaho and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies scientists linked climate change to current and future drought conditions in California:
San Diego Zoo Safari Park Loans African Elephant to Fresno Chaffee Zoo
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San Diego, California - A team of animal care staff from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park went on the road this week with a 7,500-pound (3,432-kilogram) traveling companion named Vus’Musi. The 11-year-old male elephant—who is affectionately called “Moose” or “Moosey” by his keepers—was moved to a new home at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo on Thursday, Aug. 20 as part of a breeding loan recommended by the Species Survival Plan program, managed within zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
If Drought Continues: Environment and Poor Rural Communities Most Likely to Suffer
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San Francisco, California - If the California drought continues another two to three years, the state will face increasingly acute challenges in two areas: water supply in some low-income rural communities, where wells are running dry; and ecosystems, where the state’s iconic biodiversity is under severe threat and wildfire risk is growing to new extremes. Farmers have been hit hard, but are adapting. The state’s cities and suburbs are in the best shape to withstand more years of drought, thanks to investments in diversified water supplies and improved demand-management.
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