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Could the drought persuade Californians to embrace recycled water? -

The wet stuff is already reused on farms and in gardens and boilers, but getting past the yuck factor of drinking treated—and perfectly clean!—wastewater has proven difficult. New York Times 

Bank of America is pulling funding from coal projects. -

Acknowledging the fast-growing renewable energy sector and the threat of climate change, the company announced it will reduce lending to coal extraction companies. The bank, however, will support carbon capture and storage efforts intended to prevent fossil-fuel emissions from entering the atmosphere. Huffington Post

It's both disturbing and daunting—daunting from the standpoint on how hard it is to slow this down.

Pieter Tans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on news that the average global concentration of atmospheric CO2  averaged above 400 ppm for the entire month of March

Alberta's election results may slow the tar sands industry. -

Rachel Notley, the new Premier, has pledged to raise corporate taxes, review royalties for the province's oil companies, and pull government support for the Keystone XL pipeline. As the New Democratic Party moves into power, Canadian energy stocks are taking a dive. Bloomberg

Ice cores reveal poles respond differently to climate change. -

By looking at 18 historic climate events dating back 68,000 years, researchers found that while temperature changes occur rapidly in Greenland, Antarctica's response lags by about 200 years. The finding gives important context to current global warming. BBC

Young ice in the Arctic marks the dawn of a new climate era. -

Norweigian researchers have observed that the shift from permanent sea-ice cover to a thinner sheet that melts each summer could worsen warming by allowing more heat to penetrate surface waters. Discovery