Good to see CA pulling out of their drought. Of course there's lots of disagreement on causes. However, we think many of those arguments are irrelevant to the simple eloquence of building a green economy, powered on efficiency and renewables, that creates great economic gains while protecting our eco-system and natural capital.
California's improvement contrast, as you know, we reduced water levels elsewhere and predictions of severe shortages coming.
Thursday, 3 Nov 2016 | 7:11 PM ET
AP
The U.S. Drought Monitor says a rainy fall has helped pull nearly one-fourth of California out of the state's five-year drought.
The showing is the best it's been for California since March 2013, according to the weekly national drought report.
On Thursday, 12 percent of the state had normal or better moisture and another 12 percent was rated unusually dry but not in drought. The improvement comes thanks to a rainy October in Northern California, with rainfall three times or more the normal in parts of the north.
The drought spanned the driest four years on record in California, and for a time it forced mandatory water conservation for cities and towns. Three-fourths of the state remains in drought, mostly in Central and Southern California.
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