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A baseline is the situation against which the project’s impacts are compared in order to determine significance. Normally, the existing conditions at the time the environmental analysis commences constitute the baseline.

DAILY DIGEST, 8/25: Study: Data centers use more water than California cities; Paper: Biggest carbon polluters are to blame for half of water lost to climate change; California likely to get the worst of El Niño; Nevada sues to block federal Colorado River cuts. Is Arizona next? and more …
UCS: New study shows emissions from major climate polluters worsening water scarcity in California
DAILY DIGEST, 8/20: Water Board releases final draft Bay Delta Plan; Oroville Dam license looms over water debate; Nonprofit program aims to bring more rice to Delta; Colorado River operations enter era of near-continuous negotiation; and more …
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