From the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance: Three California environmental nonprofits secured a landmark settlement agreement with the California State Water Resources Control Board to uphold the common law Public Trust Doctrine and other legal protections for imperiled fish species in...
Gold rush-era mercury mine closed in 1972 is still contaminating: “Nearly half a century after a Gold Rush-era quicksilver mining operation shut down in northern California, mercury continues to flow into a nearby creek, and federal officials blame the mine’s...
WEBINAR: How Water Reuse Creates New Ways to Manage Wastewater Discharge from 11am to 12:30pm. Case studies from Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA) in the San Francisco Bay area and Clean Water Services in the Portland region. Presented by...
From the State Water Board: On July 15, 2020, the Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) issued a water quality certification for the Upper North Fork Feather River Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Mongabay In 1997, Charles Moore was sailing a catamaran from Hawaii to California when he and his crew got stuck in windless waters in the North Pacific Ocean. As they motored along, searching for a breeze...
