Drought sets up ’emergency situation’ for Calif. trees
By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News
The rush to save water is claiming legions of unintended casualties — California’s trees.
Specimens that have stood tall and strong for decades are stressed and dying because of the drought, as Californians turn off spigots to comply with Gov. Jerry Brown’s mandatory conservation measures.
All over the state — in yards, on median strips and along freeways — ghostly sheaves of brown leaves will be an enduring symbol of the drought, long after winter rains resume. Their loss will reduce habitat, shade and property values, experts say.
So many trees are dying in the fourth year of this historic drought that some cities have begun delivering truckloads of water in an effort to save them.
If we had more water storage we could have more water to save these trees in urban areas. The trees could be very dangerous during heavy storms with branches breaking off and falling on houses, cars and people. Just a thought.
There is an open comment period to EPA regarding the question whether or not airplane emissions effect air quality and if they should be regulated. Currently there is no regulation. There is also no regulation on weather modification activities. From the EPA website:
” Greenhouse Gas Determinations: Emissions from Aircraft Cause or Contribute to Air Pollution that May Reasonably Be Anticipated to Endanger Public Health and Welfare ”
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0828-0001
http://www.c-span.org/video/?327586-1/epa-hearing-commercial-aircraft-emissions
http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/resources/geoengineering-introduction-letter/
Aerosol spraying is done in the precipitation season on the West coast to prevent rainfall. The drought is an attack on you freedom and food supply! If letters are written, it needs to be clearly stated that there cannot be EPA exemption for the DOD and their private contractors. Otherwise, any law will be useless.
aircraft which most burn a form of diesel certainly have carbon footprint, but they don’t burn a fraction of the gallons that ground vehicles do.
How do you regulate aircraft significantly without just grounding them? New jets do indeed burn far less fuel than older ones due to better engine design
And what is this BS about spraying to prevent rainfall?
Yes there are attempts to increase rainfall and snow by seeding clouds with iodine crystals and other aerosols, but preventing rainfall??????? Why would anybody do this? One of the conspiracy things I fail to understand.