Dealing with drought
Reduced snowpack due to global warming may prove a bigger problem than rising oceans. But if we get past the Yuck Factor, then water can be reprocessed, saving enormous amounts of money and water as well. Perhaps we will have…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Category drought
Watering fake grass during extreme drought
Yup, that’s what they’re doing in North Carolina… BTW, the greenest states are also the most liberal – no big surprise there, if you think about it.
Let them drink Gatorade
After Gutenberg has a fine rant about the extremely serious southeast drought, and how water shortages are at least partly a result of global warming and deforestation. How bad is the drought? Bad enough they hoped hurricanes would come. And…
Atlanta mayor begs residents to conserve water
He calls it a drought “of historic magnitude,” saying Lake Lanier, which provides water to one-third of Georgia, has only enough water for 121 days. All outdoor watering has been banned. Forecasts says the drought, which is getting worse, will…
Court mandates Southern California water cutbacks
This on top of the extreme drought, already in its eighth year. The cutbacks in water supply to southern California from the Sacramento Delta were ordered by U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wange to protect smelt, a species of fish.…