California farms, vineyards in peril from warming, U.S. energy secretary warns

Los Angeles Times by Jim Tankersley | Feb. 4, 2009 (News Report)
'We're looking at a scenario where there's no more agriculture in California,' Steven Chu says. He sees education as a means to combat threat.

California's farms and vineyards could vanish by the end of the century, and its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Americans do not act to slow the advance of global warming, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said Tuesday.

In his first interview since taking office last month, the Nobel-prize-winning physicist offered some of the starkest comments yet on how seriously President Obama's cabinet views the threat of climate change, along with a ... Full Story »

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Topics: Environment, Global Warming, Farming, Sustainability, Food, California, Climate Change
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Good start on elevating the visibility of the threat of climate change. Chu is in an excellent position to highlight the need for immediate change, and Tankersley's article puts the spotlight on his bully pulpit.

My personal preference would be to leave out the rantings of Senator Inhofe, who is unlikely to acknowledge climate change until his beloved Oklahoma experiences its SECOND Dust Bowl. Perhaps he should seek out some elder constituents and ask them what Oklahoma agriculture was like in 1930. The problem with Inhofe's thinking is twofold: first, his tenacious doubt is contradicted by increasingly dramatic and alarming reports worldwide; and worst, if he is wrong (as most of the ... More »

In a worst case, Chu said, up to 90% of the Sierra snowpack could disappear, all but eliminating a natural storage system for water vital to agriculture. “I ... More »

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