Homeowners facing major impacts from High-Speed Rail

 If you lived near a proposed high-speed rail track, do you think you will get fair compensation if the state takes your property? And if they don't take it, what compensation should you get if you have to look at and hear a 200 mph train in your backyard everyday?


Homeowners facing major impacts from High-Speed Rail

Longer, hotter, and more dangerous heat waves on the way

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Bakersfield is known for a lot of things - being extremely hot in the summertime is one of them. According to a new study released yesterday, Bakersfield and the rest of California can expect things to get even hotter in the future, with heat waves lasting longer and threatening the lives of certain people as well.

The study, commissioned by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and prepared by researchers at Kent State University and The University of Miami, Florida, predicts more frequent and dangerous heat waves in California's future. Utilizing new and more comprehensive weather modeing techniques than have been used previously, they found that the incidence of hot spells lasting 10 or more days could rise by a factor of 2 to 10 by the 2090s. They predict this will have severe impacts on populations at risk, especially the elderly.

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Longer, hotter, and more dangerous heat waves on the way

ARB approves GHG reduction plan, revised environmental analysis

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) approved an updated environmental analysis of a controversial state plan to regulate greenhouse gases (GHG), which they also re-approved today. The GHG reduction measures may have a significant effect on Bakersfield and Kern County businesses. For example, the oil industry routinely emits millions of tons per year of CO2 equivalent gases from its operations throughout the county.

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ARB approves GHG reduction plan, revised environmental analysis

High-Speed Rail Board announces draft EIR/EIS workshops

 The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CaHSRA) has just announced a schedule of workshops to be held that will discuss the recent draft EIR/EIS for the Fresno to Bakersfield section of California's high-speed rail project. Residents of Bakersfield and the Central Valley, particularly those whose homes and businesses may be directly impacted by one of the proposed routes, may want to attend.

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High-Speed Rail Board announces draft EIR/EIS workshops