Disputes of fact as to whether contaminated stormwater actually flowed into a Sacramento River tributary precluded summary judgment, a federal...
Kyle Doudrick, University of Notre Dame, The Conversation Chemists invented PFAS in the 1930s to make life easier: Nonstick pans,...
The nationwide cost to treat or replace contaminated drinking water is estimated at $1.5 billion a year. The ubiquitous chemicals, linked to cancer and other diseases, build up in people and the environment. By Rachel Becker and John Osborn D’Agostino,...
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan says possible changes in federal administrations could lead to rollbacks in state protections if environmental rights aren’t...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 23, section 3858, the State Water...
From the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance In an April 1, 2024 letter to three water boards, fishing and conservation groups and a Tribe have urged regulators to control recently measured excess levels of selenium in Mud Slough. Mud Slough drains...
From the USGS: This report summarizes results from boat-based, high-resolution water-quality mapping surveys completed before, during, and after upgrades to...
By Mike Peña, UC Santa Cruz With climate change leading to increases in the size and frequency of wildfires, UC...
Press release This week, Latino community groups were joined by Monterey Waterkeeper and the Environmental Justice and Common Good Initiative at Santa Clara University in filing a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against the State...
From the San Francisco Baykeeper San Francisco Baykeeper recently issued a notice of intent to take legal action against the San Francisco...
American drinking water has some of the highest concentrations of microscopic plastic waste of anywhere in the world, a group...
At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, interim Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers highlighted recent research on Harmful Algal Blooms, and highlighted upcoming Delta science events. This month’s article spotlight focuses on research funded by the Delta...
From the USGS: During November 2018, the Camp Fire burned more than 150,000 acres in Butte County, California, including the...
State officials said a Humboldt County cannabis operation took water from streams and damaged wetlands for years without authorization. The...
By Joseph Winters, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. At this point, it’s common knowledge that bottled water contains microplastics — fragments of the insidious material that can be as small...