The COVID-19 epidemic has made clear how much our society depends on essential services we too often take for granted. Among these is agricultural work and the people who plant and harvest our food.
Real-time pricing of electricity can help integrate renewables, reduce costly and polluting peak-period generation, and save customers money, the trade groups say. They call for California to make real-time pricing an option in the San Diego area.
To hear that the weather is producing average results prompts thoughts of a metronome, plain brown wrappers and the smell of vanilla. But that certainly is not how Los Angeles’s rain intake for the water year has reached its historical average.
Local water systems are working to make sure that as so much of the rest of people’s lives are interrupted by the coronavirus quarantines, the source of safe water for the region’s homes remain stable. The city of Dayton — which supplies drinking water for much of Montgomery County — has launched a campaign in […]
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic keeps millions of people home and many businesses shuttered for social distancing, up to 62 million essential workers are still reporting to their jobs in hospitals, grocery stores, and other critical industries. They are on the frontlines against the coronavirus, vital to our public health and economic survival. Of them, the 17 […]
Groundwater Might Be Newest Cash Crop for Valley Farmers
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /GVWireby Lois HenrySan Joaquin Valley farmers may soon have another crop to sell along with almonds, tomatoes, and peppers — the groundwater beneath their land.
Opinion: California’s Farm Workers Desperately Need PPE and Coronavirus Tests
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Los Angeles Timesby Marcela CelorioThe COVID-19 epidemic has made clear how much our society depends on essential services we too often take for granted. Among these is agricultural work and the people who plant and harvest our food.
Solar and Storage Advocates Call for Real-Time Pricing Option in California
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /PV Magazineby William DriscollReal-time pricing of electricity can help integrate renewables, reduce costly and polluting peak-period generation, and save customers money, the trade groups say. They call for California to make real-time pricing an option in the San Diego area.
Rare April Deluge Boosts Southern California Rainfall to Normal Levels After Bone-Dry Winter
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Washington Postby Mike BranomTo hear that the weather is producing average results prompts thoughts of a metronome, plain brown wrappers and the smell of vanilla. But that certainly is not how Los Angeles’s rain intake for the water year has reached its historical average.
COVID-19: Safe Water Systems Crucial During Outbreak
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio)by Ismail Turay Jr.Local water systems are working to make sure that as so much of the rest of people’s lives are interrupted by the coronavirus quarantines, the source of safe water for the region’s homes remain stable. The city of Dayton — which supplies drinking water for much of Montgomery County — has launched a campaign in […]
Opinion: COVID-19 is a Chance to Invest in our Essential Infrastructure Workforce
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Brookings Institutionby Joseph W. KaneEven as the COVID-19 pandemic keeps millions of people home and many businesses shuttered for social distancing, up to 62 million essential workers are still reporting to their jobs in hospitals, grocery stores, and other critical industries. They are on the frontlines against the coronavirus, vital to our public health and economic survival. Of them, the 17 […]