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Opinion: Improving Forest Health Would Create Jobs, Improve Economies in Rural California

/in , , /by /CalMatters by Henry McCann and Van Butsic

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting urban and rural communities across California. Congress is exploring economic recovery legislation that includes investments in workforce development and infrastructure. And in Sacramento, there have been discussions about focusing future climate and natural resource bonds on economic recovery.

As federal and state decision-makers evaluate the options, they should consider putting Californians to work on improving the health of the state’s headwater forests. This approach would alleviate economic hardships while reducing wildfire risk and generating a suite of other benefits for forest-based communities and the state.

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Water Diversions Paused to Ensure Rio Grande Keeps Flowing

/in , /by /AP Newsby Susan Montoya Bryan

One of New Mexico’s largest drinking water providers will stop diverting water from the Rio Grande to help prevent the stretch of the river that runs through Albuquerque from going dry this summer, officials said Tuesday.

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EPA to End Policy Suspending Pollution Monitoring by End of Summer

/in , , /by /The Hillby Rebecca Beitsch

The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind its controversial policy allowing companies to skip monitoring their pollution by the end of the summer, the agency wrote in a letter to lawmakers.

The policy, unveiled in a March 26 memo in an effort to help companies reduce regulatory burdens during the coronavirus, alerted companies they would not face penalties for failing to monitor their pollution emissions as required under a host of environmental laws.

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Yorkshire Water Takes Part in Landmark Carbon-Cutting Project

/in , /by /Water and Wastewater Treatment (WWT)

Yorkshire Water has joined more than 40 farmers in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire to take part in a landmark project which could help return atmospheric CO2 to pre-industrial levels, reduce flooding and improve soil health.

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SA Water’s Solar Splash Undaunted by Covid-19, Proposes More Solar

/in , /by /pv magazineby Blake Matich

After South Australia’s largest water and sewerage service supplier announced in January that it was planning to invest more than $300 million in solar and energy storage in 2020, perhaps SA Water could’ve checked its ambitions when the Covid-19 pandemic reared its elongated neck. However, SA Water is proving that it can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same. 

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Pandemic, Water Costs, Consumer Behavior Lead to $2 Billion in Ag Losses Thus Far

/in , , /by /GV Wire (Fresno)by Jim Jakobs

The pandemic’s direct negative economic impact on California ag is predicted to be between $5.9 and $8.6 billion in 2020. The estimated year-to-date losses are more than $2 billion.

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Utility Bills Will Likely Increase by 10% On Average in Big Cities This Summer

/in , , /by /CNBCby Megan Leonhardt

With millions of Americans still at home, about 1 in 3 people nationwide are expected to see their utility bills go up by at least 10% this summer.

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Senate Democrats Ask Whether PFAS Worsens Coronavirus Cases

/in , /by /Bloomberg Lawby Sylvia Carignan

Senate Democrats want to know whether being exposed to PFAS chemicals, which have become ubiquitous in the environment, worsens the effect of the coronavirus on the human body.

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Salt And Verde Rivers Found To Be More Drought Resistant Than The Colorado River

/in , /by /KJZZ Arizonaby Steve Goldstein

A major water source for the Valley is considerably more drought resistant than previously thought. New research shows the water that flows into the Salt and Verde rivers is four times less sensitive to climate change than the Colorado River. The Show spoke with Bo Svoma, a scientist and meteorologist with the Salt River Project, about the significance of the new findings.

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Climate Change is Altering Terrestrial Water Availability

/in , , /by /Phys Orgby Mi­chael Keller

The amount and location of available terrestrial water is changing worldwide. An international research team led by ETH Zurich has now proved for the first time that human-induced climate change is responsible for the changes observed in available terrestrial water.

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