By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center If enough people in California agreed on a state water strategy, the political obstacles would be overcome. If every major water agency, every farming association, and...
The EPA claims a federal judge “commandeered” a case when he determined the agency needed to investigate safe fluoride levels in drinking water. By Andrew J. Nelson, Courthouse News Service The federal government maintained before a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday...
The groups claim that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has failed to abide by restrictions on the harming, trapping or killing of fish. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service The San Francisco Baykeeper and others sued the federal government on...
From JB Hamby, Colorado River Commissioner, State of California Today, California submitted comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for...
Atmospheric rivers can produce heavy precipitation and associated hazards worldwide. A new study identifies regions where these hazards have already, and will further, increase with global heating. By Thomas Stacker, EOS Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are coherent current structures in the...
Early warnings for atmospheric river-induced flooding are greatly improved by accounting for the impact of saturated soils. From the Desert Research Institute Atmospheric rivers carry unfathomable amounts of water across the sky, bringing moisture to drought-stricken regions like the Western...
