On Tuesday, March 28, Trump signed and executive order which would "take restraints off businesses and boost the coal industry". Trump spoke at the Environmental Protection Agency, with the statement that a new era of energies beginnings. This energy? It's "clean coal, really clean coal". But Trump's support of really clean coal stop there. Reality and statistics show the energy industry is changing. Solar jobs have boosted, accounting for 260,000 energy jobs in the country. That five times more than coal jobs.
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Turlock Irrigation District (TID) is known as the largest irrigation district located in Northern San Joaquin Valley, as it provides water to 149,000 acres, located from southern Modesto to northern Merced County. The TID holds it water in the Don Pedro Reservoir, which is filled due to the storm which hit California & has more water to arrive during snow melt. With that, TID has asked its farmers to use as much water as they can in order to prevent the reservoir from overflowing. This request comes to surprise by farmers because they usually use drip-water irrigation but are now being asked to flood irrigate--which helps with groundwater recharge but also uses large amounts of water. Also, TID is now holding its promise of providing the promised allocated water amount to farmers. The last time TID provided the allocated water amount was 2011. Tou Her, assistant general for water resources, is looking to have farmers be allocated with 48 inches of water for season of late March to late October. The board will be voting Her's allocation plan on March 21. The TID shares its reservoir with Modesto Irrigation District (MID), which is also shared the same news to its farmers. But, allocating water isn't the only thing these districts have done. Last week, a spillway was opened to increase outflow, with the outflow water going to the Tuolumne River. The spillway was stopped though by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, as this put concern on the levees on the lower San Joaquin River, since these two rivers connect. This article is important as it looks into how cities are able to control problems related to heavy inflows of water in dams and reservoirs. It is important for city irrigation districts to know how to properly handle the water in order to avoid disasters. http://www.modbee.com/news/business/agriculture/article135634928.html |