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.
Are Avocados Toast?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Grist (Seattle, Wash.)by Nathanael JohnsonChris Sayer pushed his way through avocado branches and grasped a denuded limb. It was stained black, as if someone had ladled tar over its bark. In February, the temperature had dropped below freezing for three hours, killing the limb. The thick leaves had shriveled and fallen away, exposing the green avocados, which then burned […]
Congress Learning To Padlock Courthouse Door
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /E&E News (Washington, DC)by Michael Doyle and Amanda ReillyThe high-ranking lawmaker who wants to block judicial review of a massive California water tunnels project calls his maneuver something close to standard operating procedure. And, like it or not, he’s right. In the latest example of a controversial tactic, the chairman of a key House panel included language blocking judicial review of California’s WaterFix […]
OPINION: Valley Farms, Cities Need Temperance Flat Dam To Assure Secure Water Future
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby Buddy Mendes and Justin Mendes“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” is a quote made famous by Mark Twain upon hearing rumors that he had died in 1897. This is the same thought that we had in reaction to news that the most important project for securing a long-term water supply for the Central Valley, the construction of Temperance […]
Proposition 68: Will Voters Approve $4.1 Billion For Parks And Water Projects?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /East Bay Timesby Paul RogersThe last time California voters passed a statewide ballot measure to provide funding for parks, beaches, wildlife and forests, it was 2006. Arnold Schwarzenegger was in his first term as governor, Twitter was a fledgling app, and the iPhone hadn’t been invented yet. Since then, California’s population has grown from 36 million to 39.5 million — […]
State Water Project Allocation Rises To 35 Percent
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Bakersfield Californianby John CoxFarmers receiving allocations from the State Water Project can expect a bigger allotment this year than they anticipated as recently as last month, thanks to late-season precipitation. The California Department of Water Resources announced Monday this year’s allocation has been raised to 35 percent of full distribution, or 1.48 million acre-feet of water statewide. (One […]
OPINION: Republicans Seek To Ban Lawsuits On Delta Tunnels
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /San Francisco Chronicleby John GaramendiA new threat to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the San Francisco Bay is coming not from the governor’s mansion but from the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona (Riverside County), inserted language into the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill that would prohibit legal challenges to anything related to California WaterFix — the […]