Despite the wettest winter in five years, an overwhelming majority of Californians believe that the state faces an extremely serious water shortage and plan to continue conserving water, according to a poll released Thursday. The poll, carried out by the Field Research Corporation, sampled 800 registered voters across the state. It’s the fifth such survey […]
El Niño has doused northern California, but farmers in the state’s Central Valley won’t see much benefit. The Obama Administration is again indulging its progressive friends at the expense of low-income communities.
Once again, House Republicans have proposed to weaken the Endangered Species Act at the expense of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a day after the Metropolitan Water District committed to spending $175 million to buy five Delta islands. The combination is enough to give some Northern California environmentalists the willies. The seller, a partnership led by Swiss-based […]
California Democrats in Congress launched challenges Thursday to a proposed Obama administration settlement with a powerful California water district, including announcing their own probe of the deal. The multi-front assault by the deal’s opponents comes as the U.S. Department of Interior and other federal agencies near conclusion on negotiations related to the settlement with Central […]
Dramatic photographs showing California’s diminishing, drought-ravaged reservoirs circulated all over news sites and social media last year. Images of exposed lake beds with parched, cracked earth became symbols of the Golden State’s water crisis. The story changed this winter. After four solid drought years, a series of storms walloped the state and the Sierra Nevada. The […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /The American Spectator (Arlington, Va.)by By Steven Greenhut Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
One of the state’s driest regions has long been flush with water, a reminder that — even in the current, ridiculous system — it’s possible to have plenty of water if the bureaucrats plan ahead and (repeat slowly) build water-storage facilities. Furthermore, while desalination is one critical piece of the state’s long-term water puzzle, the […]
Drought Poll: Most Californians See Serious Water Shortage Despite Rains
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Jose Mercury NewsDespite the wettest winter in five years, an overwhelming majority of Californians believe that the state faces an extremely serious water shortage and plan to continue conserving water, according to a poll released Thursday. The poll, carried out by the Field Research Corporation, sampled 800 registered voters across the state. It’s the fifth such survey […]
OPINION: California’s Water Injustice
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Wall Street JournalEl Niño has doused northern California, but farmers in the state’s Central Valley won’t see much benefit. The Obama Administration is again indulging its progressive friends at the expense of low-income communities.
OPINION: GOP Needs to Drop Delta Bill
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Redding Record SearchlightOnce again, House Republicans have proposed to weaken the Endangered Species Act at the expense of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a day after the Metropolitan Water District committed to spending $175 million to buy five Delta islands. The combination is enough to give some Northern California environmentalists the willies. The seller, a partnership led by Swiss-based […]
Congressional Challenge to Obama Water Deal in California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by Redding Record Searchlight)California Democrats in Congress launched challenges Thursday to a proposed Obama administration settlement with a powerful California water district, including announcing their own probe of the deal. The multi-front assault by the deal’s opponents comes as the U.S. Department of Interior and other federal agencies near conclusion on negotiations related to the settlement with Central […]
Before-and-After Photos of California Reservoirs Show Impact of Drought, El Niño
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGate by By Amy GraffDramatic photographs showing California’s diminishing, drought-ravaged reservoirs circulated all over news sites and social media last year. Images of exposed lake beds with parched, cracked earth became symbols of the Golden State’s water crisis. The story changed this winter. After four solid drought years, a series of storms walloped the state and the Sierra Nevada. The […]
Dumping Water in the Middle of a Drought Recovery
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The American Spectator (Arlington, Va.)by By Steven Greenhut Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityOne of the state’s driest regions has long been flush with water, a reminder that — even in the current, ridiculous system — it’s possible to have plenty of water if the bureaucrats plan ahead and (repeat slowly) build water-storage facilities. Furthermore, while desalination is one critical piece of the state’s long-term water puzzle, the […]