GoGardenNews - Items of gardening and ecological interest — drought

Benzinga.com reports, "As the U.S. economy is grappling with multiple headwinds that have been spearheaded by the impact of the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes, another risk is looming on the horizon: dry weather."

Civil Eats reports, "After the first of California’s winter storms, Michael Naito went out into his dormant fields to open his water valves, intentionally flooding the land.

A blog post by Myron Ebell and Steven J. Milloy published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute asserts,

"Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental disaster since the 1960s. They continue to do so today.

"None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates as of today have come true.

Yet, major media networks, universities, "experts", politicians and bureaucrats continue to push the claims.

An article by Peter Jacobsen appeared in FEE claiming that Paul Ehrlich, notorious doomsayer, has been wrong for almost 60 years, and this his appearance on TV's 60 Minutes provided undue recognition.

"In his segment, Ehrlich tries to convince viewers we’re on a fast track to an environmental disaster of existential proportions, particularly when it comes to animal extinctions.

"Ehrlich has been singing this same song for nearly 60 years."

CBS News - Los Angeles reports "Some A-list celebrities with multimillion dollar mansions in and around the city of Calabasas in Los Angeles County are on a water budget like every other house in the local water district, but a CBS Los Angeles investigation found that many of them have been going over their allotted amount."