Sonia Herbert of Bombay Beach wants people to know that California’s Salton Sea isn’t all dystopian sunbaked abandoned homes, poverty, ominous toxic dust and decaying nostalgia. It’s also a place where people live and find beauty around the mirage-like lake in the desert.
Dairy operations and cattle producers in the Southwest are bracing for potentially higher feed bills, depending on how farmers respond to a historic agreement among California, Nevada and Arizona that’s intended to slash agricultural water usage and preserve hydropower generation.
As millions of newcomers have flocked to the Las Vegas Valley over the past 50 years, every level of government in the nation’s driest state has worked to ensure that water shortages don’t stop the growth. Since 1999, southern Nevada has ripped out thousands of acres of turf from lawns, sports fields and roadway medians […]
Carbon dioxide levels measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked at 424 parts per million (ppm) in May, continuing a steady climb further into territory not seen for millions of years, scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego announced today, June 5, 2023.
Lake Mead’s water levels have risen slightly as the record snowpack in the southwest continues to melt. As of June 5, the Colorado River reservoir in Nevada stood at 1,054.42 feet. The lake has risen sharply since the end of April when the Bureau of Reclamation released a vast amount of water from Lake Powell. […]
For the first time in this drought-stricken century, a new price for water in the West has been set – and it’s 25 times higher than what farmers have paid for the last 75 years. Arizona, Nevada and California recently agreed to reduce their water consumption from the Colorado River by 13% through 2026. The […]
One of California’s Poorest Counties Could Be Key To Future of Clean Energy
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Courthouse News Serviceby Sam RibakoffSonia Herbert of Bombay Beach wants people to know that California’s Salton Sea isn’t all dystopian sunbaked abandoned homes, poverty, ominous toxic dust and decaying nostalgia. It’s also a place where people live and find beauty around the mirage-like lake in the desert.
Colorado River Water Cutbacks Could Hit Alfalfa Yields, Livestock Producers
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /AgriPulseby Philip Brasher and Jana Rose SchleisDairy operations and cattle producers in the Southwest are bracing for potentially higher feed bills, depending on how farmers respond to a historic agreement among California, Nevada and Arizona that’s intended to slash agricultural water usage and preserve hydropower generation.
Las Vegas Needs to Save Water. It Won’t Find it in Lawns
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /ProPublicaby Nat Lash, Mark Olalde and Ash NguAs millions of newcomers have flocked to the Las Vegas Valley over the past 50 years, every level of government in the nation’s driest state has worked to ensure that water shortages don’t stop the growth. Since 1999, southern Nevada has ripped out thousands of acres of turf from lawns, sports fields and roadway medians […]
Broken Record: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels Jump Again
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water News Networkby Robert Monroe Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityCarbon dioxide levels measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked at 424 parts per million (ppm) in May, continuing a steady climb further into territory not seen for millions of years, scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego announced today, June 5, 2023.
Lake Mead Water Level Rises – But Shortages Are Still on the Way
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kristiene Gong /Newsweekby Robyn WhiteLake Mead’s water levels have risen slightly as the record snowpack in the southwest continues to melt. As of June 5, the Colorado River reservoir in Nevada stood at 1,054.42 feet. The lake has risen sharply since the end of April when the Bureau of Reclamation released a vast amount of water from Lake Powell. […]
Opinion: Colorado River Deal Forever Changes the Price of Water in the West
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kristiene Gong /CalMattersby Grayson ZulaufFor the first time in this drought-stricken century, a new price for water in the West has been set – and it’s 25 times higher than what farmers have paid for the last 75 years. Arizona, Nevada and California recently agreed to reduce their water consumption from the Colorado River by 13% through 2026. The […]