Deborah Butler spent three years apologizing for her lawn. After buying a corner property in Studio City with her husband over three years ago, they inherited a ragged front lawn they didn’t particularly want or need – not with a park across the street, and especially not amidst a five-going-on-six year drought. Now the former […]
California Gov. Jerry Brown, warning about the double-barreled fiscal risk posed by Republican-controlled Washington and an impending economic downturn, presented a $177.1 billion proposed budget Tuesday that assumes the state will take in billions of dollars less than lawmakers previously estimated. But the Democratic governor refrained from laying out how the state might react if […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /Utility Dive (Washington, DC)by Robert Walton Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego are testing the waters on a pumped storage project that could help provide the region with up to 500 MW of clean energy, Windpower Engineering reports.The San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego are testing the waters on a pumped […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /Utility Dive (Washington, DC)by Robert Walton Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego are testing the waters on a pumped storage project that could help provide the region with up to 500 MW of clean energy, Windpower Engineering reports. The agency last week released a joint request for letters from electric utilities, developers, investors and energy consumers, to […]
Americans have had one primary reason for building dams over the past century: capturing water for growth, whether on farms or in cities. Now a new dam proposed on California’s Bear River offers another reason: adapting to climate change. The Centennial Dam project, proposed by the Nevada Irrigation District, is intended to capture rainfall at lower elevations […]
The massive winter storm that began to strike Northern California and Nevada over the weekend has caused flooding and mudslides, and prompted evacuations across the region, with a second storm set to hit Monday evening. With California’s ongoing drought entering its sixth year, the massive rainfall is unusual and welcome, by some. The weather pattern […]
California Gets Rains, But Drought Still Means Fewer Lawns In Future
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Mass.)by Henry GassDeborah Butler spent three years apologizing for her lawn. After buying a corner property in Studio City with her husband over three years ago, they inherited a ragged front lawn they didn’t particularly want or need – not with a park across the street, and especially not amidst a five-going-on-six year drought. Now the former […]
Jerry Brown Braces For Budget Changes Under Trump: ‘It’s Going To Be A Rough Ride’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Jim Miller and Christopher CadelagoCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown, warning about the double-barreled fiscal risk posed by Republican-controlled Washington and an impending economic downturn, presented a $177.1 billion proposed budget Tuesday that assumes the state will take in billions of dollars less than lawmakers previously estimated. But the Democratic governor refrained from laying out how the state might react if […]
San Diego Gauges Interest In 500 MW Pumped Storage Project
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Utility Dive (Washington, DC)by Robert Walton Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego are testing the waters on a pumped storage project that could help provide the region with up to 500 MW of clean energy, Windpower Engineering reports.The San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego are testing the waters on a pumped […]
San Diego Gauges Interest In 500 MW Pumped Storage Project
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Utility Dive (Washington, DC)by Robert Walton Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego are testing the waters on a pumped storage project that could help provide the region with up to 500 MW of clean energy, Windpower Engineering reports. The agency last week released a joint request for letters from electric utilities, developers, investors and energy consumers, to […]
BLOG: New California Dam Proposed to Combat Climate Change Concerns
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Matt WeiserAmericans have had one primary reason for building dams over the past century: capturing water for growth, whether on farms or in cities. Now a new dam proposed on California’s Bear River offers another reason: adapting to climate change. The Centennial Dam project, proposed by the Nevada Irrigation District, is intended to capture rainfall at lower elevations […]
What’s Fueling West Coast Mega Storm? The ‘Pineapple Express’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Mass.)by Weston WilliamsThe massive winter storm that began to strike Northern California and Nevada over the weekend has caused flooding and mudslides, and prompted evacuations across the region, with a second storm set to hit Monday evening. With California’s ongoing drought entering its sixth year, the massive rainfall is unusual and welcome, by some. The weather pattern […]