California lawmakers today approved one of the most substantial rollbacks of the state’s signature environmental review law in decades, including a controversial exemption that would allow high-tech manufacturing plants to be built in industrial zones with no environmental review. The changes to the California Environmental Quality Act were embedded in a last-minute budget bill that […]
Wildfire season in Southern California got off to an ominous start this weekend, with several fires sparking across Riverside and San Bernardino counties’ parched landscapes, elevating concerns that conditions are ripe for a fiery year across the Golden State. Experts have been warning that the Southland’s below-average rainy season is likely to set the stage […]
California’s weather whiplash has left the Golden State in a place of severe uncertainty about its diminishing water supply and increasing human and environmental demands for water. Research that my colleagues and I published last year, “The Magnitude of California’s Water Challenges” showed that Californians can expect their water supply to shrink 12 to 25% by 2050, […]
The Salton Sea has long been a worrying emblem of California’s water crisis. Based in the parched, desert-like lands, the decades-long project to bring new wetlands back to the scorched dirt is finally underway. In the midst of the Salton Sea’s years of evaporation, the waters have grown progressively saltier, killing native fish that acted as a food source for […]
You’ve probably come across more stories about water woes in California than you can recall, so you may feel you’ve had enough for a while. I understand. There’s no easy or permanent fix. The protagonists don’t divide neatly into good and evil. Water in the state often isn’t where the people are — or, as […]
California Lawmakers Approve Last-Minute, Sweeping Rollbacks of Environmental Law
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Jordan Beane /Cal Mattersby Alejandro Lazo and Rachel BeckerCalifornia lawmakers today approved one of the most substantial rollbacks of the state’s signature environmental review law in decades, including a controversial exemption that would allow high-tech manufacturing plants to be built in industrial zones with no environmental review. The changes to the California Environmental Quality Act were embedded in a last-minute budget bill that […]
California Fire Season Is off to a Furious Start, and Experts Say It’s Just the Beginning
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Jordan Beane /Los Angeles Timesby Grace TooheyWildfire season in Southern California got off to an ominous start this weekend, with several fires sparking across Riverside and San Bernardino counties’ parched landscapes, elevating concerns that conditions are ripe for a fiery year across the Golden State. Experts have been warning that the Southland’s below-average rainy season is likely to set the stage […]
OPINION: The Cost of State Inaction – The Future of California’s Water Supply
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Jordan Beane /OC Registerby Jay Lund, Josue Medellin Azuara and Alvar Escriva BouCalifornia’s weather whiplash has left the Golden State in a place of severe uncertainty about its diminishing water supply and increasing human and environmental demands for water. Research that my colleagues and I published last year, “The Magnitude of California’s Water Challenges” showed that Californians can expect their water supply to shrink 12 to 25% by 2050, […]
John Griffith on Strains Facing the US Water Supply
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by dguillen /Bloombergby Open InterestJohn Griffith, CEO of American Water, joins Open Interest to talk about the need to invest capital in our water infrastructure.
Officials Turn to Innovative Method to Address Longstanding Emblem of Water Crisis: ‘Difficult Projects Are Possible’
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by dguillen /The Cool Downby Jamie SpekaThe Salton Sea has long been a worrying emblem of California’s water crisis. Based in the parched, desert-like lands, the decades-long project to bring new wetlands back to the scorched dirt is finally underway. In the midst of the Salton Sea’s years of evaporation, the waters have grown progressively saltier, killing native fish that acted as a food source for […]
For the Future of Water Conservation, Look to … Los Angeles?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by dguillen /New York Timesby Michael KimmelmanYou’ve probably come across more stories about water woes in California than you can recall, so you may feel you’ve had enough for a while. I understand. There’s no easy or permanent fix. The protagonists don’t divide neatly into good and evil. Water in the state often isn’t where the people are — or, as […]