An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Climate change is rewriting the rules of our environment, and California is feeling the heat—literally. With temperatures climbing to record-breaking...
Press release from the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority As the Indian Wells Valley groundwater basin continues to face critical...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Water Policy Center When it comes to building water supply infrastructure, even if regulations are streamlined and litigation is contained, there are massive costs. Quantifying these variables is...
People in the nation’s richest strawberry-growing region have lacked safe drinking water for decades. A Biden administration grant promised them...
The White House said changes issued under the National Environmental Policy Act would simplify an “overly burdensome process.” Critics accused...
By Dan Walters, Cal Matters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Jerry Brown once described reform of the California Environmental Quality Act as “the lord’s work” but he, like other recent governors, was not...
By Carolee Krieger, C-WIN Year in and year out, decade after decade, through gubernatorial administrations of both parties, Californians have...
From the Southern California Water Coalition: The Delta Stewardship Council’s new recently adopted Adaptation Plan, Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate...
Governor Newsom and state lawmakers have reached a budget agreement for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, though additional budget items are expected over the summer. Newsom’s approval of the spending plan hinges on lawmakers passing a bill to streamline new housing...
By Edward Ring, California Policy Center For the last few decades in California, the conventional wisdom has been that farmers...
From the Office of Governor Newsom: Today, Governor Newsom and the Department of Water Resources released a new report showing that the...
By Don Wright, Water Wrights The Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley met in person at Fresno State University’s Jordan Agricultural Research Center and on Zoom on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. We’re beginning to hear more and more about...
From Restore the Delta: Lawmakers on the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) are set to reconsider a full audit of...
While the audit on the plan to ship water from Northern California to Southern California didn’t secure approval on Wednesday,...
Yesterday, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee met and took up the request for an audit of the Delta Conveyance Project. According to Courthouse News, the committee on Wednesday didn’t have enough members present to approve the audit, but its expected...
