By: Ashley Overhouse, Defenders of Wildlife and Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta These last couple of years, the Newsom administration has certainly embraced the old (and inaccurate) adage of “water is for fighting and whiskey is for drinking.” Two dangerous...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center If there is anything that might constitute an overwhelming institutional consensus in California, it’s that we are experiencing climate change, and that one of the consequences...
By Dan Walters, Cal Matters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Jerry Brown once described reform of the California Environmental Quality Act as “the lord’s work” but he, like other recent governors, was not...
By Dan Walters, Cal Matters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Repeatedly Gavin Newsom has sought legislative approval of his high-priority policy proposals within the annual state budget process, even though they often have...
By Edward Ring One of the biggest debates over environmental stewardship is whether a degraded ecosystem is best left completely alone to recover or whether it should instead be restored by increasing human intervention and management. A perfect example of this...
