The bureau claimed the state’s standards — which it called discriminatory — would hamper its operation of the New Melones...
Changes to pricing, timing contemplated for potential 2024 reboot By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Cassie Cerise lives on her family’s ranch on Missouri Heights, a mesa above Carbondale named for the home state of some of the area’s earliest settlers....
By Robin Meadows In 2015, when California was deep into a severe drought, state Senate Bill 88 tightened requirements for...
By DWR News In California’s Central Valley, spring-run Chinook salmon are a threatened species. To support recovery efforts of spring-run...
Bound by a recent Supreme Court decision, a new Biden administration rule weakens Clean Water Act protections for millions of acres of wetlands. By Alexandra Jones, Courthouse News Service Keeping pace with a spring Supreme Court decision that slashed protections...
At the July meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Associate Deputy Executive Officer Harriet Lai Ross updated the Council members...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state approved funding for a range of floodplain projects in the San Joaquin Valley,...
Frontline communities in Lithium Valley are cautiously optimistic about the economic potential, but are also concerned about the health and environmental issues mining could create. By June Kim, Inside Climate News. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a...
By Rebekah Kearn, Courthouse News Service Colorful awnings and tents lined the shores of the Kern River on a Saturday...
By Tiffany Plate, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) In 1880, a water-powered turbine generated its first spark of electricity. It...
New Patagonia & Friends of the River Study Estimates the Proposed Dam’s Annual Emissions Press release from Friends of the River In the midst of a historic U.S. heatwave, Patagonia, the Ventura-based outdoor apparel company that has supported grassroots groups...
From the Office of Environmental Health & Hazard Assessment: OEHHA has released plain-language summaries of the indicators in the 2022...
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act allows for flexibility in local conservation strategies Press release from UC Ag and Natural Resources To...
By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara The Pacific Ocean covers 32% of Earth’s surface area, more than all the land combined. Unsurprisingly, its activity affects conditions around the globe. Periodic variations in the ocean’s water temperature and winds, called the...