When you go to the grocery store and fill the cart with food for your family, you are part of a long process that begins with soil, water, sunlight and the labor of farmers and farm workers. Most likely, the farms that grow most of your food are in a neighboring rural area or within […]
Lake Mead’s water levels have fallen to 1,040 feet, inching ever closer to dead-pool level. Lake Mead, a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, has been drying up because of the ongoing drought in the western United States. It stretches across Nevada and Arizona. According to new data from Lakes Online, as […]
Change is coming to farming in the San Joaquin Valley. Because of the need to reduce groundwater pumping to comply with the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, we’ve estimated that at least 500,000 acres of farmland will need to come out of irrigated production in the coming years. This is a major shift for California’s […]
On a ridge overlooking the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it would have been possible to see the first flickering flames of the Oak Fire and then how it engulfed its surroundings. It took just 24 hours to mushroom to 10,000 acres and become California’s biggest wildfire this year. “That’s crazy fast,” said Joe Amador, […]
Democratic-led states, tribes, and conservation groups will not see a Trump-era water rule declared invalid before the Ninth Circuit decides the issue or the EPA issues a new rule, a federal judge in California ruled. The plaintiffs wanted the US District Court for the Northern District of California to resume their lawsuit over the Clean […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office renewed its commitment on Wednesday to launching California’s biggest water project in half a century, unveiling a newly configured plan for a 45-mile conveyance tunnel through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The estimated $16 billion pipeline, iterations of which have circulated for decades, is designed to better move water from the […]
Opinion: If Our Colorado River Water Supply is Cut, Prepare to See Empty Shelves at the Grocery Store
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Mike WadeWhen you go to the grocery store and fill the cart with food for your family, you are part of a long process that begins with soil, water, sunlight and the labor of farmers and farm workers. Most likely, the farms that grow most of your food are in a neighboring rural area or within […]
Lake Mead Water Level Falls to 1,040ft, Dead-Pool Level Inches Closer
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Newsweekby Robyn WhiteLake Mead’s water levels have fallen to 1,040 feet, inching ever closer to dead-pool level. Lake Mead, a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, has been drying up because of the ongoing drought in the western United States. It stretches across Nevada and Arizona. According to new data from Lakes Online, as […]
Opinion: Can San Joaquin Valley Agriculture Survive With Less Irrigation? Here Are Ways to Do It
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby Caitlin PetersonChange is coming to farming in the San Joaquin Valley. Because of the need to reduce groundwater pumping to comply with the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, we’ve estimated that at least 500,000 acres of farmland will need to come out of irrigated production in the coming years. This is a major shift for California’s […]
How ‘Spreading Like Wildfire’ is Getting a Terrifying New Meaning in the California of Climate Change
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CNNby Bill WeirOn a ridge overlooking the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it would have been possible to see the first flickering flames of the Oak Fire and then how it engulfed its surroundings. It took just 24 hours to mushroom to 10,000 acres and become California’s biggest wildfire this year. “That’s crazy fast,” said Joe Amador, […]
‘Little Point’ to Restarting Trump Water Case, Judge Says
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Bloomberg Lawby Maya EarlsDemocratic-led states, tribes, and conservation groups will not see a Trump-era water rule declared invalid before the Ninth Circuit decides the issue or the EPA issues a new rule, a federal judge in California ruled. The plaintiffs wanted the US District Court for the Northern District of California to resume their lawsuit over the Clean […]
As Drought Intensifies, Newsom Plans California’s Biggest Water Project in Half a Century
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis AlexanderGov. Gavin Newsom’s office renewed its commitment on Wednesday to launching California’s biggest water project in half a century, unveiling a newly configured plan for a 45-mile conveyance tunnel through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The estimated $16 billion pipeline, iterations of which have circulated for decades, is designed to better move water from the […]