http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/23/california-drought-continues-to-shrink-as-flooding-becomes-the-new-crisis.html According to the latest updates of the drought monitors, past areas in Southern California that were once drought stricken have made huge process and are now facing floods. Recent rains have brought Southern California out of the drought and the Central Valley that was once lacking water is now fleeing the floods. "The precipitation that fell this week continued to reduce long-term drought in California," stated CNBC of drought monitor reports. "Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, which have been the epicenter of drought in California in recent weeks, received much-needed rainfall," exclaims news broadcaster CNBC. These past weeks areas such as Santa Barbra received 7 to 8 inches of rain weekly. These conditions have shown that only 38% of the areas in California are being drought monitored on a moderate drought level. The recent storms have also lawn down a fresh blanket of snow across the Sierra Nevada's. Cold storms are predicated to continue bringing more flood warnings and snow to the Sierra's. This winter has been quit the come back from recent drought years.
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http://blog.sfgate.com/storystudio/2017/01/09/californias-big-bright-renewable-future/ Renewable energy has become a rising trend across America but California definitely takes the lead in renewable sources. California has distinguished itself globally for its bold, visionary policies on carbon reduction and clean energy. It cannot stop now. As a state we want to carry on our proud tradition of building and maintaining an energy infrastructure that allows California to deliver on this vision. California, with its abundant natural resources, has a long history of support for renewable energy. In 2009, 11.6 percent of all electricity came from renewable resources such as wind, solar, geothermal, biomass and small hydroelectric facilities. Large hydro plants generated another 9.2 percent of our electricity. Renewable energy in the United States accounted for 13.44 percent of the domestically produced electricity in 2015. California is a leading state and around 20% of California's electricity comes from RPS eligible renewable sources, and more if traditional hydropower sources are included.Renewable energy sources include hydropower, wood biomass, alternative biomass fuels, waste, geothermal, wind, and solar.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oroville-Dam-emergency-spillway-in-use-for-first-10925628.php “The event that we never wanted to happen, and didn’t expect to happen, has happened,” said Doug Carlson, spokesman for the California Department of Water Resources, which owns and operates the dam and reservoir. “But it has performed as we hoped it would, even though it was the first time.” This is stated about the emergency drainage route at the Oroville Dam which for the first time since the dam opened in 1968 had to be put in use. Due to excessive amounts of winter storms the dam would have over flowed if the emergency route wasn't put into use. Problems for the reservoir began Tuesday when a section of the lake’s primary spillway that is 180 feet wide and more than 3,000 feet long collapsed during high-volume water releases caused by the heavy winter storms California has been thankfully receiving. The resulting craterlike hole has grown dramatically. This caused officials to ease the amount of water released out the main spillway and ultimately use the emergency channel to keep the lake from flowing over the top of the dam. The craterlike hole did not stop the heavy water flow therefore the emergency channel which is nothing more than a mountain side was put into action. The emergency spillway, is nothing more than an open hill that drains toward the Feather River below. Officials said the emergency spillway, activated at 8 a.m. Saturday, would remain in use through at least Sunday night as mountain runoff from recent heavy storms continued to overflow the lake. California's second largest resovior next to Lake Shasta, was suprisgnly pleased with the heavy winter storm and gladly opened their emergency spillway to allow all the unexpected winter runoff to flow.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-remains-open-minded-environmental-issues-article-1.2907001 "I'm very open minded. I'm still open minded," Trump said on "Fox News Sunday" when asked for his position "on the environment." In the past, Trump has called climate change a "con job" and a "hoax created by the Chinese." But in recent weeks, he's sat down with climate experts Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio and told The New York Times that "clean air is vitally important," and that "there is some connectivity" between humans and climate change and even suggested he'd keep "an open mind" about his previously made promises to withdraw from the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. Trump's rumored pick for secretary of state, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, is hated by many environmentalists over his company's checkered record on the environment. Trump's pick is said to determine the future of the United Staes environmental issues.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38746608 Trump plans to get rid of quote on quote unnecessary and harmful policies put into place by Obama in the past eight years. Obama ran on the base of the Climate Action Plan which help cut carbon emissions. Trump finds this plan unnecessary and harmful to the economy so his first step is to cut the plan. Trump has also hushed the EPA and told them not to release any news of his actions to the press. Grant making has also took a halt since Trump has entered office. The Trump team has also taken immediate action to creating two oil pipelines to cross the United Sates. While the current steps being taken by the Trump team may turn out to be less restrictive than feared, on this side of the pond, the EPA's standpoint there's a great deal of concern.Climate scientists in the US are also rallying to fight back. The US is not ready for Trump to go through with his promise of elimination of unnecessary and harmful policies.
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