California and the U.S.
The latest news and analysis covering water issues in Caliornia and the rest of the United States.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
OPINION: State Should Use Science To Determine Delta Water Flows
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Jon RosenfieldHow low our expectations of government have sunk. Federal agencies now regularly deny science that explains the warming of our planet and rising seas. Back-room deals and obstruction of the public’s will have become so commonplace that we notice when one of our state government’s agencies takes action to protect the environment, even if it […]
Trump Asks Supreme Court To Resolve Groundwater Fight
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage, Uncategorized /by Mike Lee /E&E News (Washington, D.C.)by Ellen M. GilmerThe Trump administration is pushing the Supreme Court to review what could be the most consequential environmental case of the term: a broiling Clean Water Act debate. The Justice Department yesterday recommended the high court decide whether the landmark environmental law applies to pollution that travels through groundwater before reaching federally regulated water. Two recent […]
Statewide Snowpack At 67 Percent Of Average For This Time Of Year
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage, Uncategorized /by Mike Lee /Mountain View Voice (Palo Alto)Storms have come to California early this winter, but a survey of the Sierra snowpack on Thursday (Jan. 3) shows it is only at 67 percent of average statewide for this time of year, according to the state’s Department of Water Resources. The snowpack survey was the first of 2019 in California and included a […]
OPINION: New leaders On Monterey Peninsula Must Finish The Job On Water Project
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Monterey Heraldby Bill Kampe, Ralph Rubio and Jerry EdelenIn September of 2018, a busload of local citizens traveled to San Francisco to support approval of our local desalination plant by the California Public Utilities Commission. Included among the supporters were local elected officials, representatives of labor, environmental, housing and business organizations, and people from the community at large. The one thing all these […]
OPINION: Jerry Brown’s Four Biggest Incompletes
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-TribuneAs Gov. Jerry Brown leaves office amid high praise and some criticism, it’s impossible to give him anything but a grade of incomplete on several major issues. The most prominent of these is criminal justice reform, where Brown has sought huge changes to the overly punitive system he helped create in his first stint as […]
Leading Women In Water, Colorado River Drought And Promising Solutions — Western Water Year In Review
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water Education Foundation (Sacramento)by Douglas E. BeemanThe growing leadership of women in water. The Colorado River’s persistent drought and efforts to sign off on a plan to avert worse shortfalls of water from the river. And in California’s Central Valley, promising solutions to vexing water resource challenges. These were among the topics that Western Waternews explored in 2018. Western Water, the Foundation’s flagship publication, […]