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The latest news and analysis covering water issues in Caliornia and the rest of the United States.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Biochar Offers Possible Solution to Cut Ag Water Usage | Ross Clark, Earth Matters
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Santa Cruz Sentinelby Donald FukuiCalifornia has adopted new laws, set new policies and allocated significant funding (through voter-approved water bonds) that encourages regional groups to address the state’s numerous water challenges. New programs are encouraging regional water agencies, stormwater districts, resource managers and environmental organizations to work together to find “integrated” approaches to manage water.
Facts About California’s Water Legislation and What it Means for South Lake Tahoe
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /SouthTahoeNOW.comby Paula PetersonNo, you’re not going be fined for taking a shower and doing laundry on the same day. A news story by a Los Angeles area television station and carried through the internet on New Year’s Day wrongly stated just that as an effect of upcoming water efficiency laws. KTLA has since taken that story down, […]
Trump Rule Would Exclude Climate Change in Infrastructure Planning
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The New York Times by Lisa FriedmanFederal agencies would no longer have to take climate change into account when they assess the environmental impacts of highways, pipelines and other major infrastructure projects, according to a Trump administration plan that would weaken the nation’s benchmark environmental law. The proposed changes to the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act could sharply reduce obstacles to […]
First California Snowpack Measurement of 2020 is Boosted by Recent Storms
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Hannah FryAfter a slow start to California’s wet winter season, a series of storms that hammered the state at the tail end of 2019 dumped enough snow on the Sierra Nevada to kick off the new year with a solid snowpack. Surveyors with the California Department of Water Resources trudged through a snow-covered field Thursday at […]
Sierra Nevada Snowpack Begins 2020 in Good Shape, a Hopeful Sign for California Water Outlook
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Paul RogersAfter a dry start to California’s winter rainy season, a series of big storms that began around Thanksgiving delivered enough snow for the Sierra Nevada to begin 2020 in relatively good shape. As of Dec. 31, the statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack — a major source of California’s water supply — stood at 94% of its […]
Opinion: What Have Decades of Water Lawsuits in California Accomplished?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.)We are stunned by the suggestion that yet another water lawsuit will help anyone. Conflict has dominated California water policy at least as far back as the coining of the phrase “whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting.” And what have decades of endless lawsuits accomplished?