12310 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.governing.com/next/california-could-shrink-water-use-in-cities-by-30-or-moreCalifornia went through an extreme drought from 2012 to 2016 and is now in the third year of a drought that ranks among the worst on record. Across the West, research has shown that droughts are becoming more intense with the heating of the planet caused by the burning of fossil fuels. The state's total urban water use is estimated at 6.2022-04-12T22:49+0200governing-70d5d9abd15806c74f6af286bd3294ce20220412224900https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/story/2022-04-12/california-could-shrink-water-use-in-cities-by-30-or-moreGreen lawns, old appliances and leaky pipes all consume significant amounts of California’s water, and researchers have calculated in a new study that the state could reduce water use by more than 30% in cities and suburbs by investing in measures to use water more efficiently.2022-04-12T22:15+0200sandiegouniontribune-abf09c4d7394eb5da05e871033bde5bc20220412221500https://worldakkam.com/norwegian-avalanche-how-to-understand-avalanche-risk/733980/If you live in a mountainous area or are visiting Norway for a ski trip, there are a few things you need to know to be safe. What is an avalanche? Most people have at least some thought of what an avalanche is. But if not, read on! Avalanches are best described as the rapid flow of snow on hillsides and other slopes.2022-04-12T21:53+0200worldakkam-a00e0d6755071581bf21ef87b605945c20220412215300https://vervetimes.com/california-could-shrink-water-use-in-cities-by-30-or-more-study-finds/Green lawns, old appliances and leaky pipes all consume significant amounts of California’s water, and researchers have calculated in a new study that the state could reduce water use by more than 30% in cities and suburbs by investing in measures to use water more efficiently.2022-04-12T19:39+0200vervetimes-95887b67343a7510e95d12dc2508dc2920220412193900