California’s lake Oroville reaches historic lows (photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)
For a third year in row, California is suffering severe droughts. As a consequence, the water level of Lake Oroville has decreased towards historic lows. This also leads to a significant decrease of available hydropower and California is forced to rely more on natural gas plants, resulting in more CO2 emissions.
Source: SFGate
Should have been photo of the week two years ago when it was taken. Almost back to normal today
Dear Bob, thanks for your comment. This post is from September 2014, when the extreme drought was a very real thing. You are right that, luckily, the drought is finally over and heavy rainfall has refilled part of the water reserves.