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California Could Solve Its Water Woes by Flooding Its Best Farmland
This story was originally published by Grist and co-published with Fresnoland. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The land of the Central Valley works hard. Here in the heart of California, in the most productive farming region in the United States, almost every square inch of land has been razed, planted, and shaped to support…
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Chile Moves to Restrict Water After More Than a Decade of Drought
Chile’s harsh drought has begun its 13th year, forcing country’s capitol to ration water.
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California’s Epic Snowstorms Are Great News
A series of winter storms in California over the Christmas weekend dumped snow all over the Sierra Nevada mountains. This is good water news for the upcoming year following a bone-dry summer that set several worrying new records for water scarcity.
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Surreal Photos Show the Fierce Battle Against Caldor Fire at a Tahoe Ski Resort
The Caldor Fire forced the evacuation of basically the entirety of South Lake Tahoe, a resort community of 22,000, on Monday. Firefighters are waging an all-out battle to keep the fire from reaching the town and wreaking havoc in the Lake Tahoe Basin.