A heatwave was bringing unseasonably high temperatures to California on Thursday, sending sun-worshippers to the beach, but also sparking a brushfire. Forecasters issued a heat warning for the most populous US state through to Sunday, warning the mercury could hit a height-of-summer 90 Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in Los Angeles, well above the average for winter. […]
Fishing groups and water suppliers fighting the Biden administration’s proposed drought rules for California’s water system told a federal judge Friday the emergency plans won’t stop the demise of endangered salmon. With California trudging through another disappointingly dry winter, the federal government and state officials have agreed upon a set of temporary rules they claim […]
If you flashback to October, it might seem hard to believe that California’s Sierra Nevada would be experiencing a below-normal snowpack at this point of the winter. During October, the region was regularly pummeled with atmospheric rivers and major winter storms, with those storms dropping feet of snow in the mountains. But as of early […]
When Kim Chapman and her husband Don Gross were tired of their lawn, and the brown grass and the water bills that accompanied it, they got paid to remove their grass. They were one of 150 households who have benefited from the City of Sonoma’s turf removal rebate since it launched in 2013. The program […]
State Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Red Bluff, and Sen. Andreas Borgeas, R-Fresno, introduced a bill last week that would have a significant impact on the Sites Reservoir project in Colusa County. The bill, Senate Bill 890, is meant to ensure millions of acre-feet of water is stored during wet years instead of being flushed out to […]
Standing at the foot of the southern Wasatch Mountains in Spanish Fork, Tommy Beaudreau, deputy secretary of the Interior, said the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure package will make Utah more drought resilient, while easing tensions between Western states and Washington, D.C. Less than a mile down the road, construction crews worked to install two massive […]
California Sizzles in February Heatwave
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /phys.orgby Paula RamonA heatwave was bringing unseasonably high temperatures to California on Thursday, sending sun-worshippers to the beach, but also sparking a brushfire. Forecasters issued a heat warning for the most populous US state through to Sunday, warning the mercury could hit a height-of-summer 90 Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in Los Angeles, well above the average for winter. […]
Critics Rip ‘Half-Baked’ Federal Plan to Save California Salmon
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service by Nick CahillFishing groups and water suppliers fighting the Biden administration’s proposed drought rules for California’s water system told a federal judge Friday the emergency plans won’t stop the demise of endangered salmon. With California trudging through another disappointingly dry winter, the federal government and state officials have agreed upon a set of temporary rules they claim […]
How Much Rain Does California Need to Get Out of the Drought? A Lot Still
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AccuWeatherby Zachary RosenthalIf you flashback to October, it might seem hard to believe that California’s Sierra Nevada would be experiencing a below-normal snowpack at this point of the winter. During October, the region was regularly pummeled with atmospheric rivers and major winter storms, with those storms dropping feet of snow in the mountains. But as of early […]
The Beginning of the End of Lawns, One Rebate at a Time
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Sonoma Index-Tribuneby Chase HunterWhen Kim Chapman and her husband Don Gross were tired of their lawn, and the brown grass and the water bills that accompanied it, they got paid to remove their grass. They were one of 150 households who have benefited from the City of Sonoma’s turf removal rebate since it launched in 2013. The program […]
Sen. Nielsen Bill Seeks to Help Sites Reservoir Project
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Colusa County Sun Heraldby Robert SummaState Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Red Bluff, and Sen. Andreas Borgeas, R-Fresno, introduced a bill last week that would have a significant impact on the Sites Reservoir project in Colusa County. The bill, Senate Bill 890, is meant to ensure millions of acre-feet of water is stored during wet years instead of being flushed out to […]
Interior Official: Federal Funds ‘Coming at Just the Right Time’ to Help Utah Drought
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Desert Newsby Kyle DunpheyStanding at the foot of the southern Wasatch Mountains in Spanish Fork, Tommy Beaudreau, deputy secretary of the Interior, said the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure package will make Utah more drought resilient, while easing tensions between Western states and Washington, D.C. Less than a mile down the road, construction crews worked to install two massive […]