Imperial Valley News Center
South Sudan Conflict on the 4th Anniversary of its Independence
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Washington, DC - Today should be a time for celebration in South Sudan, but it is overshadowed by the tragic costs of conflict. Since December 2013 thousands have been killed, more than 2.2 million displaced, and 4.6 million people remain at risk of life-threatening hunger. Both the government and the armed opposition are responsible for ongoing military actions, violations of international humanitarian law, and widespread human rights abuses against civilians, including horrific crimes against women and children.
On the Passing of Prince Saud Al Faisal
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "Teresa and I join with my colleagues, past and present, across the United States government in expressing our deep sadness at the passing of Prince Saud Al Faisal, who served as Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia for more than forty years. We join his many friends and admirers around the world in expressing our condolences to the Prince’s family and friends, to King Salman and to the people of the Kingdom.
Governor Brown Announces Appointments
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.
Developing El Niño
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- Written by Paul Iñiguez - NOAA/NWS Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona - The term El Niño refers to the large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate phenomenon linked to a periodic warming in sea-surface temperatures across the central and east-central equatorial Pacifi. El Niño represents the warm phase of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle, and is sometimes referred to as a Pacific warm episode.
Soil in Northern China is drying out and farming, not climate change, is culprit
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- Written by Elizabeth K. Gardner
West Lafayette, Indiana - An important agricultural region in China is drying out, and increased farming may be more to blame than rising temperatures and less rain, according to a study spanning 30 years of data.
Governor Brown to Speak at Vatican Symposium on Climate Change and Modern Slavery Later this Month
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Sacramento, California - One month after the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’, and just months before the world’s leaders convene in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will travel to the Vatican, where he will join the pope, representatives of the United Nations and mayors and local governors from across the globe to discuss two of the world’s greatest challenges: climate change and modern slavery.
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