Wall Street’s reputation as one of America’s premier innovation machines can only be enhanced by a new futures contract that began trading publicly on Dec. 7. It allows investors to bet on the price of water in California. Those who take the gamble are effectively betting that the spot price for water will rise during […]
Beside a river that winds through a mountain valley, the charred trunks of pine trees lie toppled on the blackened ground, covered in a thin layer of fresh snow. Weeks after flames ripped through this alpine forest, a smoky odor still lingers in the air. The fire, called the East Troublesome, burned later into the […]
The Friant Water Authority cleaned up some of the most important work in the last month of the year hashing out a legal settlement with farmers in southern Tulare County. Represented by the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency farmers agreed to contribute at least $125 million to repair the significant subsidence-caused sag in the gravity-fed […]
Parts of the world economy may have been on pause during 2020, dampening greenhouse gas emissions for a while. But that didn’t slow the overall buildup of atmospheric carbon dioxide, which reached its highest level in millions of years. If anything, research during the year showed global warming is accelerating. Symptoms of the fever include off-the-charts heat waves […]
A dry start to California’s water year is reflected in the season’s first snow survey of the Sierra Nevada snowpack. The statewide snowpack is 52% of average for Dec. 30. On average, the Sierra snowpack supplies about 30% of California’s water needs. “The first snowpack survey of the water year points to California’s climate variability, […]
One of the best road trips I’ve ever taken was a sightseeing tour of the Colorado River, where it straddles the California-Arizona state line. I stood at the edge of Imperial Dam near the Mexican border, which diverts water to the farm fields of the Imperial Valley, then drove north to Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, home to lots […]
Wall Street Can Now Bet On the Price of California Water. Watch Out
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Michael HiltzikWall Street’s reputation as one of America’s premier innovation machines can only be enhanced by a new futures contract that began trading publicly on Dec. 7. It allows investors to bet on the price of water in California. Those who take the gamble are effectively betting that the spot price for water will rise during […]
Climate’s Toll on the Colorado River: ‘We Can Weather Maybe a Couple of Years’
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Arizona Republicby Ian JamesBeside a river that winds through a mountain valley, the charred trunks of pine trees lie toppled on the blackened ground, covered in a thin layer of fresh snow. Weeks after flames ripped through this alpine forest, a smoky odor still lingers in the air. The fire, called the East Troublesome, burned later into the […]
Water Authority and GSA To Settle On Sagging Friant-Kern Canal Resolution
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Sun Gazetteby John LindtThe Friant Water Authority cleaned up some of the most important work in the last month of the year hashing out a legal settlement with farmers in southern Tulare County. Represented by the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency farmers agreed to contribute at least $125 million to repair the significant subsidence-caused sag in the gravity-fed […]
Many Scientists Now Say Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Inside Climate Newsby Bob BerwynParts of the world economy may have been on pause during 2020, dampening greenhouse gas emissions for a while. But that didn’t slow the overall buildup of atmospheric carbon dioxide, which reached its highest level in millions of years. If anything, research during the year showed global warming is accelerating. Symptoms of the fever include off-the-charts heat waves […]
Dry Start to California’s Water Year
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water News Network Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityA dry start to California’s water year is reflected in the season’s first snow survey of the Sierra Nevada snowpack. The statewide snowpack is 52% of average for Dec. 30. On average, the Sierra snowpack supplies about 30% of California’s water needs. “The first snowpack survey of the water year points to California’s climate variability, […]
Climate Change Spells Trouble for the Colorado River. But There’s Still Hope
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Sammy RothOne of the best road trips I’ve ever taken was a sightseeing tour of the Colorado River, where it straddles the California-Arizona state line. I stood at the edge of Imperial Dam near the Mexican border, which diverts water to the farm fields of the Imperial Valley, then drove north to Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, home to lots […]