The Nature Conservancy, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Audubon California, and Clean Water Action, among others, suggest that without course correction, State’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act will fall short of goals A new report, authored by experts from organizations including...
California’s water wars are a political perpetual motion machine. By Dan Walters, Cal Matters It’s gone by several names: Peripheral Canal, Water Fix and Delta Conveyance. Its design has changed several times, from a canal to twin tunnels and most...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The first of six inadequate San Joaquin Valley groundwater plans has been revised. Water managers in the Chowchilla subbasin made changes to its groundwater sustainability plan (GSP) and informally resubmitted the plan to the State...
By Anna V. Smith, High Country News, and Umar Farooq and Mark Olalde, ProPublica This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign...
Utility-scale solar farms spreading rapidly across the desert Southwest are stressing the region’s already overtaxed groundwater and communities are beginning to push back. By Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent...