Officials with three different South Bay agencies have reached a historic agreement on the vital resource of water. The decades-long deal will provide more drinkable water for residents, and give more resiliency during drought. The agreement reached on Tuesday will last until the year 2095. Rarely have so many officials and elected leaders stood shoulder-to-shoulder toasting […]
After a weekend storm walloped San Francisco, officials say preventing flood damage from powerful rains in vulnerable areas of the city largely remains a pipe dream. A storm that inundated San Francisco with more than an inch of rain in a single hour Saturday flooded two Muni light-rail stations, snarled traffic on Highway 101 and […]
This water will flow thousands of miles, eventually feeding people, farms, and the natural world on the vast, dry Indus plain. Many of the more than 200 million people in the downstream basin rely on water that comes from this stream and others like it. But climate change is hitting those high mountain regions more […]
Before Democrats managed to secure provisions to address a class of toxic chemicals in an annual defense measure, negotiations fell apart at the hands of their own members. For months, Democrats pushed to attach provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act that would designate a class of 5,000 toxic chemicals, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl […]
The Supreme Court won’t review a long-running legal debate over the extent of states’ water permitting authority for major pipelines, hydroelectric dams, and other projects. The justices on Dec. 9 declined to take up California Trout v. Hoopa Valley Tribe, a case focused on Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, which calls on states to […]
California’s climate threats could soon be jumping from wildfires and blackouts to floods and mudslides as the wet season kicks into gear. About half the water that falls in the state in any given year does so in the 90 days between Dec. 1 and the end of February. Too much rain has at times […]
Decades-Long Deal Will Expand Recycled Water to South Bay Communities
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Fox 2 KTVUby Jesse GaryOfficials with three different South Bay agencies have reached a historic agreement on the vital resource of water. The decades-long deal will provide more drinkable water for residents, and give more resiliency during drought. The agreement reached on Tuesday will last until the year 2095. Rarely have so many officials and elected leaders stood shoulder-to-shoulder toasting […]
Black And Brown Muck: Can Overwhelmed S.F. Sewers Ever Stop Flooding?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Dominic Fracassa and Anna BaumanAfter a weekend storm walloped San Francisco, officials say preventing flood damage from powerful rains in vulnerable areas of the city largely remains a pipe dream. A storm that inundated San Francisco with more than an inch of rain in a single hour Saturday flooded two Muni light-rail stations, snarled traffic on Highway 101 and […]
The World’s Supply Of Fresh Water Is In Trouble As Mountain Ice Vanishes
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /National Geographicby Alejandra BorundaThis water will flow thousands of miles, eventually feeding people, farms, and the natural world on the vast, dry Indus plain. Many of the more than 200 million people in the downstream basin rely on water that comes from this stream and others like it. But climate change is hitting those high mountain regions more […]
How PFAS Negotiations Fell Apart
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /E&E News by Ariana FigueroaBefore Democrats managed to secure provisions to address a class of toxic chemicals in an annual defense measure, negotiations fell apart at the hands of their own members. For months, Democrats pushed to attach provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act that would designate a class of 5,000 toxic chemicals, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl […]
Supreme Court Won’t Review States’ Rights For Water Permits
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Bloomberg by Ellen M. GilmerThe Supreme Court won’t review a long-running legal debate over the extent of states’ water permitting authority for major pipelines, hydroelectric dams, and other projects. The justices on Dec. 9 declined to take up California Trout v. Hoopa Valley Tribe, a case focused on Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, which calls on states to […]
California Threats Jump From Fires To Floods As Wet Season Hits
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Bloombergby Brian K. SullivanCalifornia’s climate threats could soon be jumping from wildfires and blackouts to floods and mudslides as the wet season kicks into gear. About half the water that falls in the state in any given year does so in the 90 days between Dec. 1 and the end of February. Too much rain has at times […]