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California Electricity Pricing Exploded in the Last Three Years, Far Outpacing Inflation

/in , /by /PV Magazineby John Fitzgerald Weaver

Energy Toolbase, a financial modeling platform specializing in solar and energy storage that collects nationwide electricity tariffs and rates, has published an in-depth analysis on the inflation of California’s electricity rates over the past decade. The analysis found that the state’s electricity inflation far outpaced generation inflation, averaging 15.3% from the 2020 through 2023. This surge came on the heels of a comparatively modest six-year span, which saw an average inflation of 1.6%.

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California Aims to Introduce More Anglers to Native Warm-Water Tolerant Sunfish as Planet Heats Up

/in , , /by /AP Newsby Julie Watson

California’s only native sunfish, the Sacramento perch, survived catastrophic floods in the 1860s and was so abundant that it was a regular staple in San Francisco’s markets before invasive species decimated its population.

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Levee Repairs Coming to Oroville

/in , , /by /Enterprise-Recordby Michael Weber

Oroville’s 109-year levee is in need of maintenance, and on Tuesday the Oroville City Council approved a services agreement with the Sutter Buttes Flood Control Agency to assign work projects around repairing the city’s levee.

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Extreme Heat Moves East Where Many Will See Their Hottest Days of the Year

/in , , /by /AP Newsby Drew Costley

Nearly 200 million people in the United States, or 60% of the U.S. population, are under a heat advisory or flood warning or watch and have been since Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

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How Wildfires Are Threatening Colorado Water Supplies — and Costing Lots of Money

/in , , /by /Denver Post by Elise Schmelzer

The Colorado River this spring ran high, fast and so full of sediment pushed downstream from wildfire burn scars that the water treatment plant in Hot Sulphur Springs couldn’t keep up.

The sediment repeatedly clogged the town’s intake valves, forcing town leaders to issue and emergency order in April and call for residents to voluntarily cut back on water use.

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July Has Been So Blistering Hot, Scientists Already Calculate That it’s the Warmest Month on Record

/in , , /by /AP Newsby Seth Borenstein

July has been so hot thus far that scientists calculate that this month will be the hottest globally on record and likely the warmest human civilization has seen, even though there are several days left to sweat through.

The World Meteorological Organization and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service on Thursday proclaimed July’s heat is beyond record-smashing.

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AccuWeather’s 2023 US Fall Forecast

/in , , /by /AccuWeatherby Brian Lada

Widespread heat has shattered records from coast to coast throughout the first half of summer, but the longest days of 2023 are in the rearview mirror and cooler weather is on the horizon.

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South Florida Waters Hit Hot Tub Level and May Have Set World Record for Warmest Seawater

/in , /by /AP Newsby Seth Borenstein

The water temperature around the tip of Florida has hit triple digits — hot tub levels — two days in a row. Meteorologists say it could be the hottest seawater ever measured, although some questions about the reading remain.

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Hellish Heat Leaves Southwest in Misery: Fainting, Broken Cars, Sizzling Sidewalks

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Jack Herrera, Hayley Smith, Summer Lin and Cari Spencer

An unrelenting heat wave that has blanketed the the Southwestern U.S. continued to break records Wednesday, inflicting misery in major cities and offering what experts described as a disturbing glimpse into the future as human-caused climate change increases the frequency and duration of extreme heat events.

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He Wanted a ‘Low-Water, Colorful, Smell-Good Garden.’ But First, the Lawn Had to Go

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Lisa Boone

On a closely packed street in Inglewood, where single-family home after single-family home overlooks a manicured lawn, a spectacular garden filled with California native plants reaches to the sky and spills onto the sidewalk.

In Brian Bautista’s yard, upright showy penstemon, aromatic hummingbird sage, hardy toyon trees, and two types of milkweed — dramatic plants requiring little water — attract birds, butterflies and bees and flourish amid the Bermuda grass lawns.

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