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Monday, Apr 29, 2019Posted in: Economic issues, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News
Rural America’s population is growing
For two years now, the number of people living in rural areas of the country has increased, adding on average 35,000 residents per year.
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Posted in: California, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News, Water, Water Supply and Drought
California’s groundwater depletion causes ground to sink in Central Valley
California’s Central Valley, according to researchers, is in a “perfect storm,” whereby drought years, rising temperatures and subsiding clay are causing the ground to collapse. The region’s groundwater has been largely depleted after the state’s $50 billion agricultural industry resorted to pumping during the drought.
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Tuesday, Apr 23, 2019
Rural residents struggle to pay rent
While much has been reported on the ever-increasing rents in urban areas around the United States, rural residents face the same pressures to pay for housing yet have fewer resources to draw on to overcome these challenges.
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