COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmentalists push feds to add solar panels over US canals Courthouse News Service News July 20, 2023 177Placing solar panels over existing federal canals would create renewable power and prevent valuable water from evaporating at the same...
DWR NEWS: DWR Captures and Stores Water from Record-Breaking Snowpack Department of Water Resources (DWR) News July 19, 2023 430From DWR News: 2023 has demonstrated how quickly California can move from one extreme to another — as severe drought...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Planning underway for Colorado River basin operations Courthouse News Service News July 18, 2023 37Some documents and agreements that govern operation of the river basin expire in 2026. By Bob Leal, Courthouse News Service...
STANFORD NEWS: Droughts in Western states drive up emissions and threaten human health Stanford University News July 18, 2023 110Switching from hydropower to fossil fuels during droughts has led to higher carbon emissions and cost 11 Western states tens...
THE CONVERSATION: Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US The Conversation News July 14, 2023 2212By Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New...
UC DAVIS: Discussing ‘Deadbeat Dams’ as Klamath Plan Moves Forward UC Davis News July 14, 2023 176Center for Watershed Sciences Director Andrew Rypel talks the importance of — and paths ahead for — California’s dams By...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: California’s unnatural river flows threaten aquatic life—here’s a (partial) fix Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookNewsScience July 13, 2023 972By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a...
CENTER SQUARE: California Democrats move forward bill to chip away historic water rights The Center Square News July 12, 2023 540By Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square The California Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife today passed a bill...
CA COURTS NEWSROOM: Courts Prepare for Rise in Climate and Water Law Cases California Courts Newsroom News July 12, 2023 107Environmental Summit focuses on how rapidly changing environment is expected to increase litigation and present thorny legal issues By Blaine...
CA COURTS NEWSROOM: Diving into Water Law: Q&A with California’s “Water Renaissance Man” Justice Ronald Robie California Courts Newsroom News July 12, 2023 258By Merrill Balassone, California Courts Newsroom He’s been called a “water renaissance man.” Justice Ronald Robie has dived into the...
THE CONVERSATION: Removing dams from the Klamath River is a step toward justice for Native Americans in Northern California The Conversation News July 12, 2023 115By Beth Rose Middleton Manning, University of California, Davis and Robert Lusardi, University of California, Davis The Klamath River runs...
CAL MATTERS: Drones, satellites and AI: How California fights its unpredictable wildfires with analytics Cal Matters News July 12, 2023 600By Julie Cart, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Newsom signs bills to speed up infrastructure projects Courthouse News Service News July 10, 2023 161The Golden State hopes to cut red tape to get projects that will tackle climate change moving. By Natalie Hanson,...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: SoCal’s Water Divorce Turned Full WWE Smackdown Voice of San Diego News July 10, 2023 2San Diego’s boundary referees tell Water Authority: Let North County go. By MacKenzie Elmer, Voice of San Diego What began...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Boundary Refs on Water Divorce: It’s OK to See Other Water Districts Voice of San Diego News July 10, 2023San Diego’s boundary referees decided Monday that two North County water districts can leave the San Diego County Water Authority...