El Niño has passed on its merry way after 17 months of unusual warmth, wet weather, and unusual storms from the Pacific Ocean around the world. The big story for this El Niño has been whether it would aid dry California’s comeback from a drought. The answer is mixed. “In California, it’s all about location, location, location,” Jan […]
What does the future hold for California’s weather and climate? Is drought the new normal? And what about La Niña? We talked to Daniel Swain—founder of the popular California Weather Blog and a Stanford University climate scientist—about our volatile climate.
A popular Delta sportfish may be on the hook yet again after water users mostly south of the estuary asked state officials this week to allow more of the fish to be caught, in order to reduce their numbers.A nearly identical proposal, ardently opposed by Delta fishermen, was rejected in early 2012 by the state […]
A California public water district that has lost several legal battles over flows released for Klamath River salmon and earned a rare federal penalty over what it described as “a little Enron accounting” loaned one of its executives $1.4 million to buy a riverfront home, and the loan remains unpaid nine years later although the […]
(TNS) — Measure AA, a landmark $12 annual parcel tax in all nine Bay Area counties to fund wetlands restoration and flood control projects around San Francisco Bay’s shoreline, appears to have won approval from voters. The measure, which would raise $25 million a year for 20 years, and needed two-thirds to pass, and had […]
The much-hyped ocean-atmosphere oscillation was declared dead by the National Weather Service today. The pool of unusually warm water in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, the telltale indicator of El Niño, has cooled to nearly normal. “We’re sticking a fork in this El Niño and calling it done,” writes NOAA climate analyst Emily Becker on its El Niño […]
El Nino Has Runs its Course. But Did it End California’s Drought?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Mass.)by Lucy SchoutenEl Niño has passed on its merry way after 17 months of unusual warmth, wet weather, and unusual storms from the Pacific Ocean around the world. The big story for this El Niño has been whether it would aid dry California’s comeback from a drought. The answer is mixed. “In California, it’s all about location, location, location,” Jan […]
BLOG: A Weatherman Explains California’s Volatile Climate
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Public Policy Institute of California (San Francisco)by Lori PottingerWhat does the future hold for California’s weather and climate? Is drought the new normal? And what about La Niña? We talked to Daniel Swain—founder of the popular California Weather Blog and a Stanford University climate scientist—about our volatile climate.
Water Users Target Delta Fish — Again
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Stockton RecordA popular Delta sportfish may be on the hook yet again after water users mostly south of the estuary asked state officials this week to allow more of the fish to be caught, in order to reduce their numbers.A nearly identical proposal, ardently opposed by Delta fishermen, was rejected in early 2012 by the state […]
Westlands Water District: Questions raised over loan water giant gave to former agency official
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Press ( As Published by Eureka Times Standard)by ELLEN KNICKMEYERA California public water district that has lost several legal battles over flows released for Klamath River salmon and earned a rare federal penalty over what it described as “a little Enron accounting” loaned one of its executives $1.4 million to buy a riverfront home, and the loan remains unpaid nine years later although the […]
Will the $500 Million ‘Save the Bay’ Bill Restore California Wetlands?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The San Jose Mercury News (As Published by Government Technology)by Paul Rogers(TNS) — Measure AA, a landmark $12 annual parcel tax in all nine Bay Area counties to fund wetlands restoration and flood control projects around San Francisco Bay’s shoreline, appears to have won approval from voters. The measure, which would raise $25 million a year for 20 years, and needed two-thirds to pass, and had […]
El Niño is dead, leaving behind legacy of a heated planet, devastated corals and monster storms
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Washington Postby Jason SamenowThe much-hyped ocean-atmosphere oscillation was declared dead by the National Weather Service today. The pool of unusually warm water in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, the telltale indicator of El Niño, has cooled to nearly normal. “We’re sticking a fork in this El Niño and calling it done,” writes NOAA climate analyst Emily Becker on its El Niño […]