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THE CURRENT: California has lost more than half of its coastal sand dunes, first-ever comprehensive assessment reveals

June 23, 2026

From the UC Santa Barbara Current: A study conducted by UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators has found that California...

CAL MATTERS: This million-square-foot data center would be the biggest in the state. How local leaders are challenging it.

Cal Matters

Planning and management

June 23, 2026

A million-square-foot data center became a lighting rod in this rural county. Local leaders filed lawsuits, proposed laws and organized...

PRESS RELEASE: Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition urges lawmakers to reject bill threatening water oversight and public participation

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

June 23, 2026

Press release from the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition: The Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), consisting of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Little Manila Rising, and Restore the Delta, has submitted a letter to the California...

PRESS RELEASE: Political pressure on Sites Reservoir doesn’t change the facts

Guest Contributor

Commentary Planning and management

June 23, 2026

In an overt act of political meddling, Governor Newsom and his deputies are pressuring a judge to retract her evidence-based findings...

C-WIN: The “thirst” for data

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Commentary Planning and management

June 23, 2026

The last thing California needs is a new unregulated use for water From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): As...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/22: Is Lake Elsinore water district ‘a legitimate buyer’ for 2 NorCal dams?; CA’s water crisis driving higher interest in desalination; California needs water and clean power. It might have a fix for both; Colorado River system continues slide toward crash; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

June 22, 2026

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INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: El Niño is here and will have ‘big consequences’ for global weather

Inside Climate News

Hydrology

June 22, 2026

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization...

CIRCLE OF BLUE: U.S. homes show three-decade decline in indoor water use

Circle of Blue

Planning and management

June 22, 2026

Long-term drop in residential use is a federal policy success story. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Decades ago, before...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Environmental groups sue California State Parks over plan they say endangers protected wildlife; Newsom’s stance on controversial data centers about to be tested. Again.; Understanding juvenile salmon mortality in the Klamath River; Congressman urges federal review of controversial Mojave Desert groundwater project; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

June 21, 2026

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COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmental groups sue California State Parks over plan they say endangers protected wildlife

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

June 20, 2026

The plaintiffs ask a Sacramento County judge to disallow any further project approvals unless the state complies with the California...

CDFW: Understanding juvenile salmon mortality in the Klamath River

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

June 20, 2026

The Klamath River is back in the news as juvenile salmon are turning up dead, and there are questions about...

ANALYSIS: The Colorado River water supply crisis in a few graphs: Part 1

Guest Contributor

Colorado River

June 20, 2026

By Jack Schmidt, Anne Castle, Eric Kuhn, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara In 2026 and for only the third time in the 21st century, there was no accumulation, and no recovery, of total Basin live storage6 during the snowmelt season. Nor...

NOTICE of hearing to consider modification of California American Water Company Cease and Desist order (State Water Board Orders WR 2016-0016 and WR 2009-0060)

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS Policy and regulation

June 20, 2026

From State Water Board: The State Water Board or Board, Division of Water Rights (Division) in coordination with the Administrative Hearings Office...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 14-19: Is climate change supercharging El Niño?; California’s shifting snowpack and the growing water gap; Water Commission increases potential funding for Sites Project; A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields; and more …

Maven

Weekly Digest

June 19, 2026

A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/19: Is climate change supercharging El Niño? Scientists don’t agree; Price-tagging nature: Inside mitigation banking; Data centers get pulled into California’s water wars; Showdown in the desert: the small town fending off a new California gold rush; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

June 19, 2026

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Year: 2026

THE CURRENT: California has lost more than half of its coastal sand dunes, first-ever comprehensive assessment reveals

CAL MATTERS: This million-square-foot data center would be the biggest in the state. How local leaders are challenging it.

PRESS RELEASE: Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition urges lawmakers to reject bill threatening water oversight and public participation

PRESS RELEASE: Political pressure on Sites Reservoir doesn’t change the facts

C-WIN: The “thirst” for data

DAILY DIGEST, 6/22: Is Lake Elsinore water district ‘a legitimate buyer’ for 2 NorCal dams?; CA’s water crisis driving higher interest in desalination; California needs water and clean power. It might have a fix for both; Colorado River system continues slide toward crash; and more …

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: El Niño is here and will have ‘big consequences’ for global weather

CIRCLE OF BLUE: U.S. homes show three-decade decline in indoor water use

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmental groups sue California State Parks over plan they say endangers protected wildlife

CDFW: Understanding juvenile salmon mortality in the Klamath River

ANALYSIS: The Colorado River water supply crisis in a few graphs: Part 1

NOTICE of hearing to consider modification of California American Water Company Cease and Desist order (State Water Board Orders WR 2016-0016 and WR 2009-0060)

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 14-19: Is climate change supercharging El Niño?; California’s shifting snowpack and the growing water gap; Water Commission increases potential funding for Sites Project; A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 6/19: Is climate change supercharging El Niño? Scientists don’t agree; Price-tagging nature: Inside mitigation banking; Data centers get pulled into California’s water wars; Showdown in the desert: the small town fending off a new California gold rush; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: California’s biggest reservoir project in decades clears major obstacle; El Niño may bring more water to California than reservoirs can hold; The end is coming for California’s untouchable grass; Leaders debate Colorado water and river management; and more …