April 7, 2021 at 10:30 pm by Sean Crommelin
During the historic California drought from 2012 to 2015, warm temperatures and piddling precipitation took the state for a whirl unlike any other. In the 2015 wet season, the Sierra Nevada snowpack reached its lowest peak in half a millennium, while reservoirs left boats grounded and farmers with little water to tend their crops and livestock.Â
The canopy of a valley oak tree (Quercus lobata).
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Governor Jerry Brownâs yearslong Emergency Drought Declaration instituted increased water efficiency standards to combat the new water scarcity, leading to longstanding changes in patterns of water use in Californiaâs metropolitan centers which outlived the drought itself.Â
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March 3, 2021 at 9:00 am by Sean Crommelin
On Wednesday, Feb. 24, the Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality and Democracy at UC Santa Barbara hosted a public forum, âThe Green New Deal in Action,â to discuss the relevance of the mammoth policy initiative to residents of the Santa Barbara area and other communities in the Central Coast.
A booth hosted by Sunrise Movement during the pre-pandemic Dec. 6, 2019 climate strike.
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Over 130 people attended the public forum, including UCSB students, I.V. residents and others in the broader Goleta area.
Championed by the Sunrise Movement and other figures in the progressive movement, including politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey, the Green New Deal refers to various public policy proposals intended to simultaneously address climate change, create jobs and reduce economic inequality.