As Covid-19 and social unrest dominates news headlines, another problem beneath Central Valley residents’ feet is coming to surface. This was the first year plans had to be submitted for many irrigation districts through the state of California as part of 2014’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
The coronavirus pandemic has touched nearly every corner of California’s society and its economy — including the state’s nut farmers, who are blessed with a bounty of ripe fruit but cursed by plummeting demand for their product.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman says she’d like to see more cooperation from California officials as talks aim to resolve a legal dispute over competing biological opinions governing the management of their respective water projects.
From the Nile to the Mississippi and from the Amazon to the Yangzi, human civilization is inextricably linked to the great rivers along which our societies developed. But rivers are mutable, and the benefits they bestow can quickly become disasters when these waterways change course.
House lawmakers presented an extensive amendment to the annual defense spending bill targeting harmful chemicals that have contaminated hundreds of military bases.
Around 170 battery storage systems larger than 1 MW are currently operating in the U.S., but the 62.5 MW first phase of the Gateway project is already the largest in the country, CAISO said in a press release. Storage resources are becoming more competitive, but installations are really being driven by carbon reduction and clean […]
Landmark Groundwater Act Enters a Crucial Period
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Business Journalby Edward SmithAs Covid-19 and social unrest dominates news headlines, another problem beneath Central Valley residents’ feet is coming to surface. This was the first year plans had to be submitted for many irrigation districts through the state of California as part of 2014’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
California Nut Farmers Burdened By Huge Supply, Low Demand
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Patch (Newport Beach-Corona Del Mar)by Nick GarberThe coronavirus pandemic has touched nearly every corner of California’s society and its economy — including the state’s nut farmers, who are blessed with a bounty of ripe fruit but cursed by plummeting demand for their product.
Reclamation’s Burman Urges Cooperation On Water
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Western Farm Pressby Tim HeardenU.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman says she’d like to see more cooperation from California officials as talks aim to resolve a legal dispute over competing biological opinions governing the management of their respective water projects.
New Models Detail How Major Rivers Will Respond to Changing Environmental Conditions
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Phys Orgby UC Santa BarbaraFrom the Nile to the Mississippi and from the Amazon to the Yangzi, human civilization is inextricably linked to the great rivers along which our societies developed. But rivers are mutable, and the benefits they bestow can quickly become disasters when these waterways change course.
House Rolls Out Sweeping Bipartisan NDAA Amendment Targeting Toxic Chemicals On Bases
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Stars and Stripesby Steve BeynonHouse lawmakers presented an extensive amendment to the annual defense spending bill targeting harmful chemicals that have contaminated hundreds of military bases.
Largest US Battery Resource Connects to CAISO Grid, Signaling Next Phase In California’s Storage Growth
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Utility Diveby Kavya BalaramanAround 170 battery storage systems larger than 1 MW are currently operating in the U.S., but the 62.5 MW first phase of the Gateway project is already the largest in the country, CAISO said in a press release. Storage resources are becoming more competitive, but installations are really being driven by carbon reduction and clean […]