I spotted these seemingly conflicting headlines on DWR’s water news roundup yesterday.What gives? Who’s right? Confusing as it may seem, both stories are correct. The journalists are looking at the same numbers but are comparing them in different ways.The L.A. Times story (on the left) focuses on the fact that following a somewhat alarming drop-off […]
The House by a lopsided margin passed a massive water resources development bill Thursday that includes newly added provisions for California water storage projects and permits additional water to be sent south of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta to Central Valley farmland. The 360-61 vote moved the measure to the Senate, where Sen. Barbara Boxer, […]
California is working to put into place a framework that will help the state deal with its current water shortage, as well as future droughts that are likely to be more severe with a changing climate. “Making Water Conservation a Way of Life,” a draft report released last week, is the collective effort of five […]
California’s five-year drought is changing our take on rainfall in cities, recasting it from a threat to a resource. “For so long, stormwater was simply a nuisance,” said Keith Lichten of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. “We needed to get it out of the way as quickly as possible to protect […]
In reading a recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times, we just about choked on our Cheerios. One of our nation’s truly great newspapers, with inspiring editorial writers, the Times noted that California is more than merely lines on a map. Invoking the “California condor, the giant sequoia, the golden trout,” the writer implied that […]
The state of California’s proposed Bay Delta water plan is being portrayed as a water fight between supposedly wealthy farmers and fish. When there is so much more at stake to us all, I have to ask why? I suspect this is a deliberate tactic by those involved in professional politics and government. It is […]
BLOG: Same Data, Different Headlines
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /ESanJoaquin.comby Alex BreitlerI spotted these seemingly conflicting headlines on DWR’s water news roundup yesterday.What gives? Who’s right? Confusing as it may seem, both stories are correct. The journalists are looking at the same numbers but are comparing them in different ways.The L.A. Times story (on the left) focuses on the fact that following a somewhat alarming drop-off […]
House Reignites California Water Wars
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Ventura County Starby Bartholomew SullivanThe House by a lopsided margin passed a massive water resources development bill Thursday that includes newly added provisions for California water storage projects and permits additional water to be sent south of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta to Central Valley farmland. The 360-61 vote moved the measure to the Senate, where Sen. Barbara Boxer, […]
BLOG: How California Plans To Make Conservation A Way Of Life
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Tara LohanCalifornia is working to put into place a framework that will help the state deal with its current water shortage, as well as future droughts that are likely to be more severe with a changing climate. “Making Water Conservation a Way of Life,” a draft report released last week, is the collective effort of five […]
BLOG: The Race To Turn Stormwater From Gray To Green
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Robin MeadowsCalifornia’s five-year drought is changing our take on rainfall in cities, recasting it from a threat to a resource. “For so long, stormwater was simply a nuisance,” said Keith Lichten of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. “We needed to get it out of the way as quickly as possible to protect […]
OPINION: Would LA Times Like Some Delta Facts With Its Kool-Aid?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby Mike DunbarIn reading a recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times, we just about choked on our Cheerios. One of our nation’s truly great newspapers, with inspiring editorial writers, the Times noted that California is more than merely lines on a map. Invoking the “California condor, the giant sequoia, the golden trout,” the writer implied that […]
State’s Water Grab Hurts More Than Just Farmers
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Merced-Sun Starby Fernando AguileraThe state of California’s proposed Bay Delta water plan is being portrayed as a water fight between supposedly wealthy farmers and fish. When there is so much more at stake to us all, I have to ask why? I suspect this is a deliberate tactic by those involved in professional politics and government. It is […]