In another U-turn from existing environmental policy, the Trump administration has eased the way for a controversial California desert water project that President Obama’s team had blocked. Federal directives drafted under Obama had erected a major obstacle to Cadiz Inc.’s long-standing plans to pump Mojave Desert groundwater and sell it to urban Southern California.
The Mission of the State Water Resources Control Board is to balance water allocation and water quality protection for California. With its latest flows proposal for the San Joaquin River tributaries, the SWRCB does neither and is clearly promoting the governor’s Twin Tunnels project. Even though the SWRCB cites the need for increased river flows to “improve aquatic […]
Rice farmer Michael Bosworth can easily recognize the distinctive “kla-ha, kla-ha” call made by white-fronted geese on his property. They always sound like they’re having a good laugh. The birds’ high-pitched yelps reveal their presence before we approach a flock of them among some wintering grounds on a December morning. “These guys will hang out ’til […]
The Trump administration has handed a big boost to a private water venture in Southern California, angering California’s senior senator, Democrat Dianne Feinstein, who said the decision could “destroy pristine public land” in the Mojave Desert. In a little-noticed memorandum issued last month, the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management effectively relieved the Cadiz […]
A series of lows are forecast to track across the Northwest through the rest of the week, bringing yet more snow to the mountains and potentially flooding rains to lower elevations. The most potent system is expected Friday into Saturday which could bring heavy precipitation, especially in northern California, the Sierra and western Nevada. Here’s […]
Ask the residents of San Jose’s drying-out Rock Springs neighborhood and other nearby areas if it pays to ignore warnings about future disasters that seem in normal times to be nothing more than distant, negative fantasies. During the heavy rains of February, when a crisis caused by a poorly-built spillway at the Oroville Dam drew […]
Trump Eases The Way For A Controversial Water Pumping Project In A California Desert
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina BoxallIn another U-turn from existing environmental policy, the Trump administration has eased the way for a controversial California desert water project that President Obama’s team had blocked. Federal directives drafted under Obama had erected a major obstacle to Cadiz Inc.’s long-standing plans to pump Mojave Desert groundwater and sell it to urban Southern California.
State’s Plan for River Flows Spells Disaster for San Joaquin Region
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /News Deeply (New York, N.Y.)by Chuck Winn, Katherine MillerThe Mission of the State Water Resources Control Board is to balance water allocation and water quality protection for California. With its latest flows proposal for the San Joaquin River tributaries, the SWRCB does neither and is clearly promoting the governor’s Twin Tunnels project. Even though the SWRCB cites the need for increased river flows to “improve aquatic […]
More Bang for Your Duck
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /Comstock's Magazine (Sacramento)by Sena ChristianRice farmer Michael Bosworth can easily recognize the distinctive “kla-ha, kla-ha” call made by white-fronted geese on his property. They always sound like they’re having a good laugh. The birds’ high-pitched yelps reveal their presence before we approach a flock of them among some wintering grounds on a December morning. “These guys will hang out ’til […]
Feinstein Fumes As Trump Team Waives Environmental Review For Mojave Water Project
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /McClatchy Washington Bureau (D.C.) by Stuart LeavenworthThe Trump administration has handed a big boost to a private water venture in Southern California, angering California’s senior senator, Democrat Dianne Feinstein, who said the decision could “destroy pristine public land” in the Mojave Desert. In a little-noticed memorandum issued last month, the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management effectively relieved the Cadiz […]
Series Of Lows To Bring More Rain, Mountain Snow To West
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Weather Networkby Dalia IbrahimA series of lows are forecast to track across the Northwest through the rest of the week, bringing yet more snow to the mountains and potentially flooding rains to lower elevations. The most potent system is expected Friday into Saturday which could bring heavy precipitation, especially in northern California, the Sierra and western Nevada. Here’s […]
Unheeded Warnings Past, Future Bring Big Consequences
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Ventura County Starby Tom EliasAsk the residents of San Jose’s drying-out Rock Springs neighborhood and other nearby areas if it pays to ignore warnings about future disasters that seem in normal times to be nothing more than distant, negative fantasies. During the heavy rains of February, when a crisis caused by a poorly-built spillway at the Oroville Dam drew […]