The food we eat and the roads we drive on. Our health and safety. Our cultural heritage, natural environments and economic flourishing. Nearly every cherished aspect of American life is under growing threat from climate change and it is effectively too late to prevent many of the harms from worsening over the next decade, a […]
Snowfall forecasts for the West’s mountains are critically important this winter after last year’s unusually heavy snow helped improve the region’s long-simmering water crisis, including conditions at Lake Powell and downstream Lake Mead outside Las Vegas. Another heavy snow year could help reduce the need for water restrictions and help farmers continue producing irrigated crops such […]
The cost to bring Anderson Dam, which holds back the largest reservoir in California’s Santa Clara County, up to modern earthquake standards has increased to $2.3 billion, water officials said Monday. That’s double what was estimated a year ago, triple the price tag from two years ago, and nearly certain to drive water rates higher […]
As the Colorado River snakes through the deserts of the Southwest United States, its water is diverted to cities, states, tribes and farmers along its course. Agriculture has always been the largest use of the Colorado River, and California’s Imperial Irrigation District, established in 1911, has among the earliest claims and by far the largest […]
California’s agricultural industry – the nation’s largest food producer — is fighting for its political future. First came the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a staunch Democratic ally who was unafraid of prioritizing farms over endangered fish in the state’s long-running water wars. Then House Republicans kicked Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a native of the Central Valley’s […]
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would allocate $7.25 million to help protect water agency infrastructure in California’s 3rd Congressional District against fire. If the legislation is also supported by a Senate majority, the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District would get $1.25 million to construct a 2-million-gallon fire resilient water storage tank to […]
The Toll of Climate Disasters Is Rising. But a U.S. Report Has Good News, Too.
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The New York Timesby Raymond ZhongThe food we eat and the roads we drive on. Our health and safety. Our cultural heritage, natural environments and economic flourishing. Nearly every cherished aspect of American life is under growing threat from climate change and it is effectively too late to prevent many of the harms from worsening over the next decade, a […]
The West Is Running Out Of Water. A Heavy Snow Could Help, But Will It Come This Winter?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /USA Todayby Trevor HughesSnowfall forecasts for the West’s mountains are critically important this winter after last year’s unusually heavy snow helped improve the region’s long-simmering water crisis, including conditions at Lake Powell and downstream Lake Mead outside Las Vegas. Another heavy snow year could help reduce the need for water restrictions and help farmers continue producing irrigated crops such […]
Cost To Rebuild Major California Reservoir Rises To $2.3 Billion, Tripling From Two Years Ago
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Star Beaconby Paul RogersThe cost to bring Anderson Dam, which holds back the largest reservoir in California’s Santa Clara County, up to modern earthquake standards has increased to $2.3 billion, water officials said Monday. That’s double what was estimated a year ago, triple the price tag from two years ago, and nearly certain to drive water rates higher […]
The 20 Farming Families Who Use More Water From the Colorado River Than Some Western States
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /ProPublicaby Nat Lash, ProPublica, and Janet Wilson, The Desert SunAs the Colorado River snakes through the deserts of the Southwest United States, its water is diverted to cities, states, tribes and farmers along its course. Agriculture has always been the largest use of the Colorado River, and California’s Imperial Irrigation District, established in 1911, has among the earliest claims and by far the largest […]
California Farmers are Reeling From Loss of Powerful Congressional Allies
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Politicoby Camille Von KaenelCalifornia’s agricultural industry – the nation’s largest food producer — is fighting for its political future. First came the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a staunch Democratic ally who was unafraid of prioritizing farms over endangered fish in the state’s long-running water wars. Then House Republicans kicked Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a native of the Central Valley’s […]
Federal Funds Would Boost Water Agency Fire Readiness
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Tahoe Daily Tribuneby The Mountain DemocratLast week the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would allocate $7.25 million to help protect water agency infrastructure in California’s 3rd Congressional District against fire. If the legislation is also supported by a Senate majority, the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District would get $1.25 million to construct a 2-million-gallon fire resilient water storage tank to […]