Nov 13, 2009 11:26 AM
During a keynote address given Oct. 29, 2009, at the National Press Club, Anne Castle announced that a U.S. Geological Survey report, Summary of Estimated Water Use in the United States in 2005, states that Americans used 410 billion gallons of water per day; slightly less than what was consumed in 2000. ...
Nov 11, 2009 11:21 AM
With projected 25-percent and 50-percent increases in U.S. and world populations, respectively, by 2050, substantial increases in freshwater use for food, fiber, and fuel production, as well as municipal and residential consumption, are inevitable....
Nov 9, 2009 11:13 AM, By Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A water bond to finance solutions to California’s water crisis on the ballot would face no better chance of passing than a snowball surviving in Death Valley....
Oct 15, 2009 10:57 AM
According to Rabobank’s bi-annual Farm & Ranch Survey, the use of alternative energy sources doubled to 11 percent since the last survey was released in April....
Oct 14, 2009 11:29 AM
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined federal, state and local officials, energy industry leaders, ranchers, and school children to celebrate Arizona’s first commercial-scale wind power project at the dedication of the Dry Lake Wind Power Project....
Oct 6, 2009 11:14 AM, By Richard Cornett, Western Plant Health Association, Director of Communications
The Western Plant Health Association hosted a regulatory conference in late August in downtown Sacramento that addressed many of the pressing issues facing California agriculture....
Sep 21, 2009 11:56 AM, By Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff
California’s water crisis may be on a collision course with the state’s ongoing fiscal predicament....
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