Last year was the warmest year on record for the world’s oceans, part of a long-term warming trend, according to a study released Monday. “If you look at the ocean heat content, 2019 is by far the hottest, 2018 is second, 2017 is third, 2015 is fourth, and then 2016 is fifth,” said Kevin E. […]
Court dockets are ballooning with litigation over PFAS, a vexing family of chemicals used in many consumer and industrial products. Some types of the man-made per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are called “forever chemicals,” a shorthand for their ability to build up and stick around indefinitely in people and the environment. Health risks of some types […]
A fight over the management of a diked island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is shining a light on a growing conundrum for California water managers, farmers and environmentalists over the best way to restore natural habitat on cropland created more than a century ago by draining marshes. The courtroom battle over 9,000-acre Staten […]
Remember Jesse Morrow Mountain from a few years ago? This time it’s the San Joaquin River north of Fresno that needs saving from a destructive gravel mine expansion. Yes, aggregate mining on the San Joaquin has been going on for more than a century. But with production tapering off and newer operations opening on the […]
The proposed Sites Reservoir will receive a $6 million investment from the federal government as part of a bipartisan spending bill that was signed during President Donald Trump’s year-end spending package. According to a release issued by the Sites Project Authority, the funding, authorized by the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, was […]
Pure Water Monterey has completed critical water tests and is now poised to deliver a report to state regulators as part of an effort to seek the final thumbs-up before beginning to deliver water to the Seaside basin. But the recycled water project has again been delayed.
2019 Was A Record Year For Ocean Temperatures, Data Show
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The New York Times by Kendra Pierre-LouisLast year was the warmest year on record for the world’s oceans, part of a long-term warming trend, according to a study released Monday. “If you look at the ocean heat content, 2019 is by far the hottest, 2018 is second, 2017 is third, 2015 is fourth, and then 2016 is fifth,” said Kevin E. […]
Forever Litigated ‘Forever Chemicals’: A Guide To PFAS In Courts
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Bloomberg Environmentby Ellen M. GilmerCourt dockets are ballooning with litigation over PFAS, a vexing family of chemicals used in many consumer and industrial products. Some types of the man-made per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are called “forever chemicals,” a shorthand for their ability to build up and stick around indefinitely in people and the environment. Health risks of some types […]
The Delta’s Sinking Islands
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicle by Peter FimriteA fight over the management of a diked island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is shining a light on a growing conundrum for California water managers, farmers and environmentalists over the best way to restore natural habitat on cropland created more than a century ago by draining marshes. The courtroom battle over 9,000-acre Staten […]
Opinion: Save the San Joaquin? Fresno County Should Reject Cemex Proposal for Deeper Gravel Mine
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby Marek WarszawskiRemember Jesse Morrow Mountain from a few years ago? This time it’s the San Joaquin River north of Fresno that needs saving from a destructive gravel mine expansion. Yes, aggregate mining on the San Joaquin has been going on for more than a century. But with production tapering off and newer operations opening on the […]
Sites Reservoir to Receive $6 Million
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, Calif.)by Lynzie LoweThe proposed Sites Reservoir will receive a $6 million investment from the federal government as part of a bipartisan spending bill that was signed during President Donald Trump’s year-end spending package. According to a release issued by the Sites Project Authority, the funding, authorized by the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, was […]
Pure Water Monterey Finishes Key Water Tests, Delivery Date Delayed Again
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Monterey Herald by Jim JohnsonPure Water Monterey has completed critical water tests and is now poised to deliver a report to state regulators as part of an effort to seek the final thumbs-up before beginning to deliver water to the Seaside basin. But the recycled water project has again been delayed.