Cuyama landowners will soon have to pay to pump groundwater, a decision that some say will place the burden of Cuyama’s dwindling water supply largely on farmers’ shoulders. At a board of directors meeting on July 10, the Cuyama Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency voted to approve a pay-to-pump funding structure, in which landowners are charged extraction […]
Who knew back in 1977, when the Coastal Act was passed, that the sea would rise so quickly? Now, cities and the agency formed to protect the coastline, must deal with it – and with each other. A workshop on July 12 brought together the League of Cities, California State Association of Counties, local government […]
San Diego has agreed to spend $3.6 million studying the region’s kelp forests, a key part of the local ecosystem that scientists say could disappear as climate change spikes ocean temperatures. The money will cover a five-year research partnership with the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, which has agreed to conduct 450 dives per year at […]
Almost one year after a 50-ton canister filled with nuclear waste got wedged inside a storage cavity and was left suspended on a metal flange about 18 feet from the ground, the operator of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, also known as SONGS, announced Monday the resumption of transfer operations at the now-shuttered plant. […]
Cuyama Passes Pay-To-Pump Groundwater Sustainability Structure
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Santa Maria Sunby Kasey BubnashCuyama landowners will soon have to pay to pump groundwater, a decision that some say will place the burden of Cuyama’s dwindling water supply largely on farmers’ shoulders. At a board of directors meeting on July 10, the Cuyama Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency voted to approve a pay-to-pump funding structure, in which landowners are charged extraction […]
Don’t Say Retreat When Talking About Sea Rise In California
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Readerby Sheila Pell,Who knew back in 1977, when the Coastal Act was passed, that the sea would rise so quickly? Now, cities and the agency formed to protect the coastline, must deal with it – and with each other. A workshop on July 12 brought together the League of Cities, California State Association of Counties, local government […]
San Diego Spending $3.6M To Monitor Local Underwater Kelp Forests
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego-Union Tribune by David GarrickSan Diego has agreed to spend $3.6 million studying the region’s kelp forests, a key part of the local ecosystem that scientists say could disappear as climate change spikes ocean temperatures. The money will cover a five-year research partnership with the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, which has agreed to conduct 450 dives per year at […]
Transfers Of Canisters Filled With Nuclear Waste Resume At San Onofre
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by Rob NikolewskiAlmost one year after a 50-ton canister filled with nuclear waste got wedged inside a storage cavity and was left suspended on a metal flange about 18 feet from the ground, the operator of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, also known as SONGS, announced Monday the resumption of transfer operations at the now-shuttered plant. […]