MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — A new project at UC Merced is focusing on irrigation water. The work could have a significant impact on the crops that are grown throughout the Central Valley. “We’re trying to take two problems and come up with one solution out of the two of them. We have an excess of […]
On par with mission architecture or cattle ranching is another consequential relic of Spanish colonialism in California: the idea that water pumped from underground belongs to whoever owns the land above. In the Central Valley, a major danger of unregulated pumping has been a drooping of the surface at a rate of one foot a […]
The police won’t come knocking for Californians who shower and do laundry on the same day, despite what some social media users would have you believe. An old hoax about California’s water conservation laws recently resurfaced after a guest on a Los Angeles TV station shared misinformation on air.
Defying environmentalists and public health advocates, the Trump administration on Thursday will announce the replacement of Obama-era water protections with a significantly weaker set of regulations that lifts limits on how much pollution can be dumped into small streams and wetlands. The changes to the Clean Water Act’s protections are expected to hit California and […]
Given California’s international leadership in addressing climate change, it isn’t surprising that voters will be asked this November to approve billions of dollars in bonds to help the state become more resilient. But why settle for one ballot proposal when you can have three?
In step with President Trump’s push for more energy development in California’s deserts, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced Thursday it wants to transform 22,000 acres of public land in the southern Owens Valley into one of the largest geothermal leasing sites in the state. The agency has determined that the aquifer deep beneath […]
UC Merced Researchers Working on Innovative Way to Desalinate Ag Water
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /ABC 30 News/KFSN (Fresno, Calif.)by Sara SandrikMERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — A new project at UC Merced is focusing on irrigation water. The work could have a significant impact on the crops that are grown throughout the Central Valley. “We’re trying to take two problems and come up with one solution out of the two of them. We have an excess of […]
Desalination Emerges as a Possible Solution for Another Monterey County Water Challenge
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Monterey County Weeklyby Asaf ShalevOn par with mission architecture or cattle ranching is another consequential relic of Spanish colonialism in California: the idea that water pumped from underground belongs to whoever owns the land above. In the Central Valley, a major danger of unregulated pumping has been a drooping of the surface at a rate of one foot a […]
Don’t Fall for This Old Hoax About Showering and Doing Laundry in California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /PolitiFact (Washington)by Bill McCarthyThe police won’t come knocking for Californians who shower and do laundry on the same day, despite what some social media users would have you believe. An old hoax about California’s water conservation laws recently resurfaced after a guest on a Los Angeles TV station shared misinformation on air.
California Will be Hit Hard as Trump Administration Weakens Clean Water Protections
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Anna M. PhillipsDefying environmentalists and public health advocates, the Trump administration on Thursday will announce the replacement of Obama-era water protections with a significantly weaker set of regulations that lifts limits on how much pollution can be dumped into small streams and wetlands. The changes to the Clean Water Act’s protections are expected to hit California and […]
Bonds on the Ballot: Will Billions of Dollars Help California Cope With Climate Change?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CalMatters (Sacramento, Calif.)by Julie CartGiven California’s international leadership in addressing climate change, it isn’t surprising that voters will be asked this November to approve billions of dollars in bonds to help the state become more resilient. But why settle for one ballot proposal when you can have three?
Trump Team Proposes Rollback of Desert Protections to Boost Geothermal Energy
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Louis SahagunIn step with President Trump’s push for more energy development in California’s deserts, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced Thursday it wants to transform 22,000 acres of public land in the southern Owens Valley into one of the largest geothermal leasing sites in the state. The agency has determined that the aquifer deep beneath […]