DAN WALTERS: As drought hits California, long-term issues loom Cal Matters CommentaryGroundwater News April 25, 2021Californians face another of its periodic droughts and also long-term questions about the supply and uses of water. By Dan...
COMMENTARY AT CAL MATTERS: Raising Shasta Dam threatens McCloud River, sacred tribal lands and salmon Cal Matters CommentaryEcosystems April 15, 2021The Biden administration should issue a ruling that the Shasta Dam project is not feasible because of tribal rights and...
CAL MATTERS: Unwelcome and tough to evict: California’s costly, uphill battle against invasive species Cal Matters Ecosystems April 12, 2021Like house guests overstaying their welcome, foreign crabs have been nearly impossible to boot out of California. A new strategy,...
COMMENTARY AT CAL MATTERS: California needs comprehensive groundwater management Cal Matters CommentaryGroundwater News April 8, 2021The Department of Water Resources should enhance groundwater protection with changes to California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. By Jeanette Howard,...
CAL MATTERS: Premature or precautionary? California is first to tackle microplastics in drinking water Cal Matters Policy and regulation March 15, 2021Huge gaps exist in scientific knowledge, but California is about to set the world’s first health guidelines for microplastics in...
CAL MATTERS: Will California’s desert be transformed into Lithium Valley? Cal Matters Ecosystems February 25, 2021On the edge of the Salton Sea, state officials and investors are seeking to turn brine into ‘white gold’ that...
CAL MATTERS: Well water throughout California contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ Cal Matters Water quality December 20, 2020These chemicals are everywhere. They last forever. They’re expensive to get rid of. And many Californians don’t even know they’re...
CAL MATTERS: What happens when a rural area’s only well is contaminated? Cal Matters Water quality November 19, 2020By Rebecca Sohn, Cal Matters In the spring of 2013, Jocelyn Walters and her partners moved Nativearth, their small shoe...
CAL MATTERS: Unsafe to drink: Wildfires threaten rural towns with tainted water Cal Matters Water qualityWildfires and watersheds October 7, 2020The damage to water systems can linger for years. The cost in just one small town: as much as $150...
COMMENTARY: Mega fires and mega floods: California’s new extremes require a response of similar scale Cal Matters Climate changeCommentaryWildfires and watersheds October 5, 2020By Joshua Viers, director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Science (CITRIS) at UC Merced,...
CAL MATTERS: California’s ancient ‘asbestos’ forests no longer seem immune Cal Matters Wildfires and watersheds September 28, 2020The North Coast’s rainforests are hotter, drier and less foggy. That means more dangerous fires that can scar iconic redwoods....
CAL MATTERS: ‘Debate is over,’ California’s governor says. ‘This is a climate damn emergency.’ Cal Matters Climate changePolicy and regulation September 11, 2020As more than two dozen fires still rage, Newsom stands amid charred parkland, vowing to ratchet up the state’s ‘inadequate’...
COMMENTARY/REBUTTAL AT CAL MATTERS: Gov. Newsom must clarify his Delta tunnel plan Cal Matters CommentaryDelta Conveyance Project August 25, 2020What is needed is a “Grand Bargain” between all parties on the Delta tunnel, confirmed in legislation, to apportion water...
COMMENTARY/REBUTTAL AT CAL MATTERS: A social justice perspective of the Delta tunnel project Cal Matters CommentaryDelta Conveyance Project June 24, 2020Opponents of the Delta tunnel project never say their position will lead to higher food prices and can even lead...
CAL MATTERS: Filling Trump void, California steps in to protect birds, wetlands Cal Matters Policy and regulation June 19, 2020California has pushed back against the Trump Administration’s environmental rollbacks by writing its own rules. By Julie Cart, Cal Matters...
