Obama: US must rethink water as climate changes

[Judi Lynn]

Obama: US must rethink water as climate changes
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press | February 14, 2014 | Updated: February 15, 2014 1:16am

LOS BANOS, Calif. (AP) — Warning that weather-related disasters will only get worse, President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. must rethink the way it uses water as he announced new federal aid to help drought-stricken California.

Obama drew a clear connection between California's troubles and climate change as he toured part of a farm that will go unsown this year as the state faces its worst drought in more than 100 years. Even if the U.S. takes action now to curb pollution, the planet will keep getting warmer "for a long time to come" thanks to greenhouse gases that have already built up, Obama said.

"We're going to have to stop looking at these disasters as something to wait for. We're going to have to start looking at these disasters as something to prepare for," Obama said.

After arriving in California on Friday afternoon, Obama met with community leaders at a rural water facility before announcing more than $160 million in federal financial aid, including $100 million in the farm bill he signed into law last week for programs that cover the loss of livestock.

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http://www.chron.com/news/science/article/Obama-US-must-rethink-water-as-climate-changes-5234337.php

[House of Roberts]

1. Allright

stop the fracking and get the poison away from the creek bank - stat!

[quadrature]

2. those poor 1%ers, how will they manage to pay for fuel...

for their private jet airplanes?
a step in the right direction is to
increase taxes on the working class.

(sarcasm)

[Champion Jack]

3. Ban FRACKING NOW

Fracking uses 2 million to 7,000,000,000 gallons of water per Frack per well .
This is water that is permanently removed from the cycle
each well can be Fracked at least 15 times ......do the math