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. ...
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
By Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff
California’s water crisis may be on a collision course with the state’s ongoing fiscal predicament....
State water leaders are calling on Californians to increase their water conservation as the 2009 water year draws to an end. Proclaiming Sept. 1 as “Save Our Water Day” at the California State Fair, officials from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the state’s leading water association asked local communities to pledge to increase conservation efforts....
A new federal study shows that ground water levels are at historic lows. ...
By Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Kenny Marsh excused himself for a few minutes before driving around the 12,000-acre Triangle T Ranch in Chowchilla, Calif., to be interviewed about the 27 center pivot irrigation systems that have been installed on the diversified farming and livestock operation....
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