The World Health Organization notes that only about 73% of the world’s population have access to drinking water that is both nearby and free from contamination, leaving billions of people who aren’t afforded such a basic luxury. Even worse, at least 1.7 billion people have to drink from a water source that’s contaminated by human waste. And while […]
More than two months after he was placed on leave by the board of California’s largest urban water supplier, embattled General Manager Adel Hagekhalil defended his performance and insisted the accusations against him are unfounded. The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California met in closed session Tuesday to discuss the status of […]
Artificial intelligence technology is guzzling water and energy in California and around the globe, yet most tech companies have not been forthcoming about the actual environmental costs of their applications, my colleague Melody Petersen reports. That’s a huge problem, as their energy and water consumption will undoubtedly strain supplies and drive up demand for climate-warming oil, gas and coal […]
An unusually cold weather system from the Gulf of Alaska interrupted summer along the West Coast over the weekend, bringing snow to mountains in California and the Pacific Northwest and prompting the closure of part of a highway that runs through a national park. Parts of Highway 89 through Lassen Volcanic National Park in California […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom is making moves to keep control of California’s water — and protect the state’s endangered species from a potential second Trump administration. With federal and state officials in the midst of renegotiating how they manage a 400-mile system of reservoirs, pumps and canals that moves water out of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River […]
For nine out of the last 13 years, California was in a state of drought. The five-year drought from 2012 and 2016 is one of the top five most severe droughts California experienced in the last 120 years. Many wells went dry during this period; farmers fallowed land; some rural communities had no running water; […]
Tap Water is Generally Safe to Drink. But Contamination can Occur.
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kylie Capuano /USA Todayby Daryl AustinThe World Health Organization notes that only about 73% of the world’s population have access to drinking water that is both nearby and free from contamination, leaving billions of people who aren’t afforded such a basic luxury. Even worse, at least 1.7 billion people have to drink from a water source that’s contaminated by human waste. And while […]
Embattled Manager of California Water Agency Defends Record, Says Complaints are Unfounded
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kylie Capuano /Los Angeles Timesby Ian JamesMore than two months after he was placed on leave by the board of California’s largest urban water supplier, embattled General Manager Adel Hagekhalil defended his performance and insisted the accusations against him are unfounded. The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California met in closed session Tuesday to discuss the status of […]
Boiling Point: Tech Companies Clam Up About AI’s Climate Costs
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kylie Capuano /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley SmithArtificial intelligence technology is guzzling water and energy in California and around the globe, yet most tech companies have not been forthcoming about the actual environmental costs of their applications, my colleague Melody Petersen reports. That’s a huge problem, as their energy and water consumption will undoubtedly strain supplies and drive up demand for climate-warming oil, gas and coal […]
Life Heat Waves, Wildfires, Snow: California Endures a Summer of Extremes
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kylie Capuano /Times of San DiegoAn unusually cold weather system from the Gulf of Alaska interrupted summer along the West Coast over the weekend, bringing snow to mountains in California and the Pacific Northwest and prompting the closure of part of a highway that runs through a national park. Parts of Highway 89 through Lassen Volcanic National Park in California […]
Fearing Trump, California is Preparing to go its Own Way on Water
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kylie Capuano /Politicoby Camille Von KaenelGov. Gavin Newsom is making moves to keep control of California’s water — and protect the state’s endangered species from a potential second Trump administration. With federal and state officials in the midst of renegotiating how they manage a 400-mile system of reservoirs, pumps and canals that moves water out of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River […]
New Regulations to Cement Conservation as a “California Way of Life”
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kylie Capuano /Daily Journalby Wendy Y. Wang and Samuel JohnsonFor nine out of the last 13 years, California was in a state of drought. The five-year drought from 2012 and 2016 is one of the top five most severe droughts California experienced in the last 120 years. Many wells went dry during this period; farmers fallowed land; some rural communities had no running water; […]