For a decade, nearly four million hectares per year would need to burn just to catch up From the American Geophysical Union (AGU): Wildfires can benefit forests by clearing old debris, leaving behind fertilizer, and more. For over a century,...
Commentary by Adán Ortega, Executive Director of CalMutuals, an association dedicated to ensuring effective and compliant operation and governance of...
State leaders seek durable post-2026 plan and make significant contributions From the Colorado River Board of California: California’s water, tribal, and agricultural leaders today presented a comprehensive framework for a durable, basin-wide operating agreement for the Colorado River and highlighted...
Cities in northern Baja California depend on Mexicali farmers’ rights to use Colorado River water. The Mexican government just wrested control of that water, sparking protests and blockades by farmers at the U.S.-Mexico border. By Vicente Calderón and Mackenzie Elmer, Voice...
District advances major land-repurposing initiative as water shortages force large-scale land fallowing across the San Joaquin Valley From Westlands Water...
From Berkeley Lab: Today’s technologies depend increasingly on computers and artificial intelligence – largely powered by data centers, which have become essential U.S. infrastructure. Over the past two decades, data centers have proliferated quickly, driving up demand for electricity to...
Unique public-private partnership brings together NASA, USGS, Google, Environmental Defense Fund, and more to make scientifically rigorous evapotranspiration data widely...
Echoing state and local officials, a new analysis agrees: hydrant failures in the Palisades fire were ‘the rule rather than the exception.’ By Rachel Becker. Cal Matters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As...
