It looks like a normal glass of water. It’s clear, cold and tasteless. But just a few hours ago, it was raw sewage. That water is the end product of a process and technology known as water recycling, or direct potable reuse. In the Western U.S., there’s more demand for water than there is supply, […]
Critics call it a “sweetheart deal” between the Trump administration and the Central Valley’s largest agricultural water district, and they claim it unfairly lines the pockets of major farm owners while imperiling California salmon and other fish species.
Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Niño have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat. The European climate agency Copernicus reported that July was one-third of a degree Celsius (six-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) hotter than the old record. That’s a bump in heat that is so recent and so big, especially in the oceans […]
The Biden administration’s environmental justice office is investigating whether California’s water agency has discriminated against Native Americans and other people of color by failing to protect the water quality of San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s investigation was triggered by a complaint filed by tribes and environmental justice […]
Diana Marcum forged a career, and a life, by giving a voice to Californians whom many people didn’t take time to notice. Her favorite subjects were strivers and oddballs, the dispossessed and the people who dared to be delighted in the face of life’s struggles. The veteran journalist chronicled drought and hunger and deep anxiety […]
As forecasters sound the alarm about another potentially wet California winter fueled by El Niño, Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking urgent but controversial measures to prevent a repeat of the devastating floods that befell the state earlier this year. An executive order signed by the governor this month will streamline levee repairs and debris removal to help protect and […]
Water-Short Cities in the West Want to Use Every Last Drop, Even When it Comes from Sewage
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /KUNCby Alex HagerIt looks like a normal glass of water. It’s clear, cold and tasteless. But just a few hours ago, it was raw sewage. That water is the end product of a process and technology known as water recycling, or direct potable reuse. In the Western U.S., there’s more demand for water than there is supply, […]
Battle Rages Over ‘Sweetheart Deal’ Between Trump Administration and Giant Water District
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Ian JamesCritics call it a “sweetheart deal” between the Trump administration and the Central Valley’s largest agricultural water district, and they claim it unfairly lines the pockets of major farm owners while imperiling California salmon and other fish species.
Scientists Look Beyond Climate Change and El Niño for Other Factors That Heat Up Earth
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP Newsby Seth BorensteinScientists are wondering if global warming and El Niño have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat. The European climate agency Copernicus reported that July was one-third of a degree Celsius (six-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) hotter than the old record. That’s a bump in heat that is so recent and so big, especially in the oceans […]
California Water Agency Under Investigation for Discriminating Against Tribes, People of Color
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CalMattersby Rachel BeckerThe Biden administration’s environmental justice office is investigating whether California’s water agency has discriminated against Native Americans and other people of color by failing to protect the water quality of San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s investigation was triggered by a complaint filed by tribes and environmental justice […]
Diana Marcum, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Former Reporter for Los Angeles Times, Dies
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby James RaineyDiana Marcum forged a career, and a life, by giving a voice to Californians whom many people didn’t take time to notice. Her favorite subjects were strivers and oddballs, the dispossessed and the people who dared to be delighted in the face of life’s struggles. The veteran journalist chronicled drought and hunger and deep anxiety […]
As Threat of El Niño Winter Looms, Newsom Signs Order to Hasten Levee Repairs
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith, Ian James, Susanne RustAs forecasters sound the alarm about another potentially wet California winter fueled by El Niño, Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking urgent but controversial measures to prevent a repeat of the devastating floods that befell the state earlier this year. An executive order signed by the governor this month will streamline levee repairs and debris removal to help protect and […]