For the Chavez family and many others in California’s fertile San Joaquin Valley, bottled water is the toilet paper of their coronavirus pandemic — an everyday necessity that vanished from supermarket shelves.
California’s top water regulator adopted a plan Tuesday that will guide the state in identifying and helping communities that don’t have access to safe drinking water.
Why would a public agency support an unnecessary and risky billion-dollar desalination plant and let a private utility profit hundreds of millions of dollars at the public’s expense? Here’s the story.
As summer descends on the U.S., public health experts are warning that the coronavirus could make intense heat waves deadlier, adding to the devastating death toll the country has suffered.
A study recently published in the journal Science found that global warming and climate change have led to an emerging “megadrought” in the western U.S. – and that the drought we’ve been experiencing over the last 20 years is as bad or worse than any in 1,200 years.
The state had been wrestling with the problem for 15 years, and there were hopes it was about to get pinned to the mat. A decade and a half of meetings, lawyerly and political negotiations, and massive public input had led the State Water Resources Control Board to the brink of a momentous decision: California […]
Americans Are Told to Wash Hands to Fight Coronavirus. But Some Don’t Trust the Tap
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Washington Postby Frances Stead SellersFor the Chavez family and many others in California’s fertile San Joaquin Valley, bottled water is the toilet paper of their coronavirus pandemic — an everyday necessity that vanished from supermarket shelves.
California Regulator Adopts Safe Drinking Water Plan
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Bloomberg Lawby Emily DooleyCalifornia’s top water regulator adopted a plan Tuesday that will guide the state in identifying and helping communities that don’t have access to safe drinking water.
Opinion: How to Waste $1 Billion in Less than a Minute
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Moterey Heralsby Michael DeLapaWhy would a public agency support an unnecessary and risky billion-dollar desalination plant and let a private utility profit hundreds of millions of dollars at the public’s expense? Here’s the story.
Coronavirus Could Worsen Death Toll of Summer Heat Waves, Health Officials Warn
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Los Angeles Timesby Anna Phillips, Tony BarbozaAs summer descends on the U.S., public health experts are warning that the coronavirus could make intense heat waves deadlier, adding to the devastating death toll the country has suffered.
Opinion: Now, More Than Ever, We Need Tribes at the Water Negotiating Table
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /AZ Centralby Dennis Patch, Ted KowalskiA study recently published in the journal Science found that global warming and climate change have led to an emerging “megadrought” in the western U.S. – and that the drought we’ve been experiencing over the last 20 years is as bad or worse than any in 1,200 years.
Delta Blues: The Battle over Water has been Fought to a Standstill
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Comstock's Magazineby Eric JohnsonThe state had been wrestling with the problem for 15 years, and there were hopes it was about to get pinned to the mat. A decade and a half of meetings, lawyerly and political negotiations, and massive public input had led the State Water Resources Control Board to the brink of a momentous decision: California […]