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Santa Cruz Enforces California’s Toughest Drought Restrictions
Posted by National Public Radio: Richard Gonzales on October 15th, 2014
National Public Radio: California cities are taking drastic measures and none more so than Santa Cruz, where rationing is enforced through penalties. And if you can't afford to pay your fine, there's always Water School.
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Posted by Inter Press Service: Xavi Fernández de Castro on October 15th, 2014
Inter Press Service: For the past 40 years Josephine Kakiyi, 55, has been cultivating maize, beans and vegetables on her small plot of land in the remote area of Kwa Vonza, in Kitui County, eastern Kenya.
Even though this has always been a hot and semi-arid region, over the last 15 years Kakiyi has noticed that the rainfall has reduced and become increasingly unpredictable.
She doesn't exactly know why this is happening. The only thing she knows for sure is that "now it's harder to say when it will rain."
But...
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