Pollution May Be Reducing Calif. Rainfall
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Urban air pollution may be reducing rainfall in the Central Valley and along the heavily populated southern California coast, while trimming mountain snowfall that supplies much of the state's drinking and irrigation water and hydroelectric power, a Stanford University professor's study released Thursday shows.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 17--A long environmental battle over storm runoff into ocean waters off the Monterey Peninsula is close to over, though several local jurisdictions could still challenge details of the antipollution program.
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID  WASHINGTON - Pollution from Asia is helping generate stronger storms over the North Pacific, according to new research. Changes in the North Pacific storm track could have an impact on weather across the Northern Hemisphere.
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Scientists predict that rainfall in Australia's agrarian south may reduce by 15 percent in the coming decades.
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Proposition O, the $500 million bond measure for cleaning up L.A.'s runoff pollution passed in November 2004. The City of Santa Monica passed the similar Measure V to clean up their stormwater in November 2006.
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After experiencing a horrible smog season in 2003, Southern California&#39;s cool, mild summer helped make this the cleanest smog season in 25 years, officials said Thursday.
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By Chris Bowman, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 24--When it comes to fireside chats, local air pollution control officials believe money will talk louder than words.
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By Samantha Young, Associated Press  SACRAMENTO -- In 1980, as California was recovering from its longest drought since the Depression, state lawmakers thought they had found a solution to weather future water shortages.
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By PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM  SANTA CLARITA -- Local water suppliers are urging conservation as summer approaches in this driest year on record -- and as the region's main water supply is reduced to a trickle because of a threatened fish 300 miles away.
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Air quality in the Los Angeles basin this year has been the best in 25 years, largely because of a fluke in the weather. But by virtually all measures, the region, the
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By Jim Sparks, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Jun. 17--Substantial rain in recent weeks eased drought conditions throughout much of central and Northwest North Carolina.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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By Sally Connell, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 16--Now is the time to save water for San Luis Obispo residents who want to get a break on city sewer fees come summer.
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By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep.
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By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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California air regulators yesterday took up the world&#39;s most ambitious rules to reduce car emissions that contribute to global warming - an effort that could have a sweeping effect on how the country fights vehicle pollution.