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California prepares for a hotter climate

AUG 02, 2006
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California Climate Change Center : As Californian governer Arnold Schwarzenegger and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair sign an agreement for the UK and Californa to work together on reducing greenhouse gases and promoting low carbon technologies, the California Environmental Protection Agency released a report compiled by the California Climate Change Center that predicts regional temperatures would increase by as much as 10 degrees by 2100. The higher temperatures would lead to severe air pollution, dwindling water supplies and an increase in heat-related deaths. The CCCC relied on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of California, Berkeley, and other US research institutions for scientific input into the report. California and UK in climate pact Our Changing Climate - Assessing the Risks to California
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