By Bobby Bascomb, Mongabay A recent study from the U.S. state of California finds that the public reported more encounters with wildlife in times of drought. Researchers say they expect such drought-driven human-wildlife interactions in other areas also facing water...
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies. By Jonathan Thompson, High Country News This is an installment of the Landline, a monthly newsletter from High Country News about land, water, wildlife, climate and conservation in the Western...
In 2006, the Central Valley Regional Water Board launched the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS) program to...
From California Agriculture: For most of its history, California treated groundwater and surface water as legally distinct. Unlike surface water diversions, groundwater pumping was largely unrestricted until 2014 when the state passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), which requires...
Efforts needed to reduce data center emissions and water use, report authors say By UC Newsroom Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, found that health impacts from pollution associated with California’s computer processing data centers tripled from 2019 to...
Press release from Restore the Delta: A coalition of Tribes and environmental advocates have filed a formal appeal challenging the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Certification of Consistency for the proposed Delta Conveyance Project (DCP), arguing the project violates...
