Arizona tribal officials told a Senate committee Wednesday that the federal government can help address a crisis with water infrastructure on their lands through more funding, and less meddling. Navajo Department of Water Resources Director Jason John and Colorado River Indian Tribes Chairwoman Amelia Flores made the comments during a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing […]
The rainy season is nearly over, there’s been no “March miracle” and the possibility of parched lawns and fallowed farm fields is growing. State and federal officials issued remarkably bleak warnings Tuesday about California’s summer water supplies, telling farmers and others to gear up for potential shortages. The Department of Water Resources, in a rare […]
While a supermajority of Americans finally believe we are warming the world, a 2020 Yale Climate Opinion survey shows that most people still aren’t very worried about it. “Climate change is abstract to them,” says UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. “They don’t connect it to their personal lives.”
Just before the Trump administration headed out the door, a federal agency this past December cleared the way for a private company to begin pumping groundwater from under the Mojave Trails National Monument in Southern California. The Cadiz water project would extract roughly 16.3 billion gallons of groundwater every year for 50 years from aquifers […]
I didn’t see the ocean until I was 18 years old. That late start didn’t stop me from falling in love with the sea, a love I have pursued in earnest ever since I moved to San Diego. Here in our community, and in communities throughout California, warming waters and rising sea levels threaten both […]
Environmental groups are calling for massive spending on an infrastructure package they view as a generational opportunity to address climate change, ramping up pressure on Democrats to deliver on campaign trail promises on clean energy and environmental justice. As Democrats call for bipartisanship and Republicans demand a narrower and cheaper bill, greens will be warning […]
Tribal Leaders Ask for More Funding, Less Meddling for Water Projects
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Cronkite Newsby Sarah OvenArizona tribal officials told a Senate committee Wednesday that the federal government can help address a crisis with water infrastructure on their lands through more funding, and less meddling. Navajo Department of Water Resources Director Jason John and Colorado River Indian Tribes Chairwoman Amelia Flores made the comments during a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing […]
California, Get Ready for Water Cutbacks. Cities, Farms Receive Grim Warning About Supply
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Dale KaslerThe rainy season is nearly over, there’s been no “March miracle” and the possibility of parched lawns and fallowed farm fields is growing. State and federal officials issued remarkably bleak warnings Tuesday about California’s summer water supplies, telling farmers and others to gear up for potential shortages. The Department of Water Resources, in a rare […]
Scientists Nail Climate Links to Extreme Events
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /San Francisco Estuaryby Robin MeadowsWhile a supermajority of Americans finally believe we are warming the world, a 2020 Yale Climate Opinion survey shows that most people still aren’t very worried about it. “Climate change is abstract to them,” says UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. “They don’t connect it to their personal lives.”
Pipe Dream: Feds Sued Over Desert Water Pipeline OK’d by Trump
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Courthouse News Serviceby Nathan SolisJust before the Trump administration headed out the door, a federal agency this past December cleared the way for a private company to begin pumping groundwater from under the Mojave Trails National Monument in Southern California. The Cadiz water project would extract roughly 16.3 billion gallons of groundwater every year for 50 years from aquifers […]
Opinion: SB 1 Provides Critical Protection for California’s Beloved Coastline
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Toni AtkinsI didn’t see the ocean until I was 18 years old. That late start didn’t stop me from falling in love with the sea, a love I have pursued in earnest ever since I moved to San Diego. Here in our community, and in communities throughout California, warming waters and rising sea levels threaten both […]
‘Big Structural Change’: What Greens Want On Infrastructure
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /E&E Newsby Nick Sobczyk and Timothy Cama,Environmental groups are calling for massive spending on an infrastructure package they view as a generational opportunity to address climate change, ramping up pressure on Democrats to deliver on campaign trail promises on clean energy and environmental justice. As Democrats call for bipartisanship and Republicans demand a narrower and cheaper bill, greens will be warning […]