Guest commentary by Becca Madsen, director of the Restoration Economy Center at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) California’s water...
The Eel River dams will never produce hydropower again. The unreliable water supply they allow to the Russian River will fail as geology and physics proceed. By Friends of the Eel River Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) Potter Valley Project...
By Edward Ring, Director, Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Despite its status as an agricultural superpower, eclipsing every other U.S. state in farm output, California’s farming sector wields relatively little influence in Sacramento. When you evaluate...
This commentary was submitted by Jim Madaffer and nine other former chairs of the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors. This story was first published by Voice of San Diego. Sign up for VOSD’s newsletters here. This commentary is...
By Edward Ring Governor Newsom’s priority constituency is now located outside of California and shaded purple, and a new team occupies the White House that is as red as red can be. So it is probably safe to say that...
By Edward Ring, California Policy Center A March 5 “Perspective” in the Manteca Bulletin highlights a chronically underemphasized problem impacting every...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center On May 22, 2022, the California Coastal Commission voted unanimously to deny final approval for a desalination plant in Huntington Beach. It would have produced 56,000...
