The world’s leading annual event on water, World Water Week, has decided to go fully digital in 2021 to ensure that this important conference can take place despite the ongoing pandemic. The Week will be held 23-27 August 2021 under the theme Building Resilience Faster. World Water Week typically attracts 4,000 people from more than 135 countries to Stockholm, […]
The Sacramento region is not prepared for a mega-flood and won’t be for nearly a decade, says Rick Johnson, executive director of the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.
In some places, more than an inch of precipitation fell Friday in Northern California while other places, including Sacramento, saw only a fraction of that. Whatever came down in the first rains of the season were a mere drop in the bucket.
The Interior Department is seeking to make sweeping changes to how Land and Water Conservation Fund dollars can be spent in what critics say is tantamount to a rewrite of the Great American Outdoors Act. It’s the latest chapter in the ongoing saga over the administration’s rocky implementation of its signature conservation law enacted in […]
California sees itself as a national leader in the fight against climate change, especially during the Trump administration. Now, postelection, green advocates see the state as a guidebook President-elect Joe Biden can follow.
Removal of the 90-year-old Rindge Dam from Malibu Canyon—a long-anticipated, multi-million-dollar project—moved a crucial step closer to reality on Friday, Nov. 13, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced the project’s report was signed and sent to congress for funding.
World Water Week 2021 Goes Digital
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Smart Water MagazineThe world’s leading annual event on water, World Water Week, has decided to go fully digital in 2021 to ensure that this important conference can take place despite the ongoing pandemic. The Week will be held 23-27 August 2021 under the theme Building Resilience Faster. World Water Week typically attracts 4,000 people from more than 135 countries to Stockholm, […]
Ignoring Mega-Flood Risk — Like California Did With Wildfire Prevention — May Spell Disaster, Experts Say
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Cap Radioby Ezra David RomeroThe Sacramento region is not prepared for a mega-flood and won’t be for nearly a decade, says Rick Johnson, executive director of the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.
First Rains of Year Didn’t Bring Much to Northern California — But Another Storm is Coming
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Sacramento Beeby Molly BurkeIn some places, more than an inch of precipitation fell Friday in Northern California while other places, including Sacramento, saw only a fraction of that. Whatever came down in the first rains of the season were a mere drop in the bucket.
Bernhardt Order Gives States Veto Authority Over LWCF
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /E&E Newsby Emma Dumain and Jennifer YachninThe Interior Department is seeking to make sweeping changes to how Land and Water Conservation Fund dollars can be spent in what critics say is tantamount to a rewrite of the Great American Outdoors Act. It’s the latest chapter in the ongoing saga over the administration’s rocky implementation of its signature conservation law enacted in […]
On Climate, Biden Urged to Follow the ‘California Agenda’
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /E&E Newsby Anne C. MulkernCalifornia sees itself as a national leader in the fight against climate change, especially during the Trump administration. Now, postelection, green advocates see the state as a guidebook President-elect Joe Biden can follow.
Army Corps of Engineers Signs Off on Rindge Dam Removal
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Malibu Timesby Emily SawickiRemoval of the 90-year-old Rindge Dam from Malibu Canyon—a long-anticipated, multi-million-dollar project—moved a crucial step closer to reality on Friday, Nov. 13, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced the project’s report was signed and sent to congress for funding.