House and Senate leaders reached agreement Monday on a bipartisan bill to authorize $170 million for Flint, Michigan, and other cities beleaguered by lead in drinking water, and to provide relief to drought-stricken California. A vote on the water-projects bill could be held this week as Congress wraps up its legislative work for the year. But […]
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced a deal to include a long-stalled drought measure inside a water projects bill that is poised to clear Congress as early as this week. But at least one top Democrat in the Senate says she will try to block passage. The deal, which is aimed at bringing water to drought-stricken […]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, teamed up Monday to slip a legislative rider into a giant end-of-year water infrastructure bill that would override endangered species protections for native California fish for the purpose of sending water to San Joaquin Valley farmers. Retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., angrily denounced the […]
Based on data from the NWS Climate Prediction Center, temperatures across much of the northwest US, from Alaska all the way down to northern California and the Four Corner states will be below the normal mean values (reference period 1981-2010) during the first half of the month. The highest probability of below normal temperatures occurring […]
The report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco Bay and the Delta network of rivers and marshes are ecological goners, with many of its native fish species now experiencing a “sixth extinction,” environmental science’s most-dire definition of ecosystem collapse. Once a vast, soaked marsh and channel fed by […]
California is finally embracing its rivers. It may be a choking embrace. We Californians have long celebrated our coastal splendor and beautiful mountains. But our rivers were seen as mere plumbing for our hydration convenience. Now California’s communities, seeking space for environmental restoration and recreation (and some desperately needed housing), are treating rivers and riverfronts […]
House, Senate Leaders Reach Deal on Calif. Drought, Flint
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Pressby MATTHEW DALYHouse and Senate leaders reached agreement Monday on a bipartisan bill to authorize $170 million for Flint, Michigan, and other cities beleaguered by lead in drinking water, and to provide relief to drought-stricken California. A vote on the water-projects bill could be held this week as Congress wraps up its legislative work for the year. But […]
BLOG: Top Dem Threatens to Block McCarthy Drought Deal
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Washington Examiner (Washington DC)by SUSAN FERRECHIOHouse Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced a deal to include a long-stalled drought measure inside a water projects bill that is poised to clear Congress as early as this week. But at least one top Democrat in the Senate says she will try to block passage. The deal, which is aimed at bringing water to drought-stricken […]
Boxer Slams Water Bill Rider Backed By Feinstein
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGate (San Francisco)by Carolyn LochheadSen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, teamed up Monday to slip a legislative rider into a giant end-of-year water infrastructure bill that would override endangered species protections for native California fish for the purpose of sending water to San Joaquin Valley farmers. Retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., angrily denounced the […]
December: Wetter Overall With Colder Temperatures For West
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Weather Networkby Mario PicazoBased on data from the NWS Climate Prediction Center, temperatures across much of the northwest US, from Alaska all the way down to northern California and the Four Corner states will be below the normal mean values (reference period 1981-2010) during the first half of the month. The highest probability of below normal temperatures occurring […]
To Save SF Bay and Its Dying Delta, State Aims To Re-Plumb California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /CALmatters (Sacramento)by Julie CartThe report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco Bay and the Delta network of rivers and marshes are ecological goners, with many of its native fish species now experiencing a “sixth extinction,” environmental science’s most-dire definition of ecosystem collapse. Once a vast, soaked marsh and channel fed by […]
OPINION: River Dreams May Drown California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Ventura County Starby Joe MathewsCalifornia is finally embracing its rivers. It may be a choking embrace. We Californians have long celebrated our coastal splendor and beautiful mountains. But our rivers were seen as mere plumbing for our hydration convenience. Now California’s communities, seeking space for environmental restoration and recreation (and some desperately needed housing), are treating rivers and riverfronts […]