EOS: Flooding from below: the unseen risks of sea level rise American Geophysical Union Climate changeScience March 13, 2025Researchers demonstrate a method for assessing how rising seas could raise groundwater levels, potentially transmitting flood hazards far inland. By...
THE CONVERSATION: Supreme Court sides with San Francisco, requiring EPA to set specific targets in water pollution permits The Conversation Policy and regulation March 5, 2025By Robin Kundis Craig, University of Kansas The U.S. Supreme Court has limited how flexible the Environmental Protection Agency and...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Supreme Court deals blow to wastewater regulations, nixing generic restrictions on discharge permits Courthouse News Service Policy and regulationWater quality March 4, 2025The EPA warned the high court that narrowly tailoring permitting regulations would force the agency to delay projects. By Kelsey...
NASA-led study pinpoints areas sinking, rising along California coast NASA/JPL Climate changeScience February 11, 2025The elevation changes may seem small — amounting to fractions of inches per year — but they can increase or...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Quantum leap in collecting and unifying regional metrics on wetland health Estuary News Group EcosystemsNotebook News and Features January 23, 2025By Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright & Ariel Rubissow Okamoto In 1999, regional managers vowed to restore 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands...
PRESS RELEASE: Valley Water District joins 12 water agencies statewide to vote in support of Delta Conveyance Project to protect critical water supply against climate change Californians for Water Security Delta Conveyance Project January 16, 2025Press release from Californians for Water Security: The Valley Water District overwhelmingly voted 6-1 to allocate additional funding for the...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife to seek critical habitat status for Bay-Delta longfin smelt Courthouse News Service Fish and wildlife January 15, 2025The proposed habitat is over 90,000 acres and includes portions of Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, Solano and Sonoma counties. By...
PRESS RELEASE: Critical habitat proposed to protect longfin smelt in San Francisco Bay-Delta Center for Biological Diversity Fish and wildlife January 15, 2025Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate 91,630 acres...
DELTA COUNTIES COALITION responds to Santa Clara Valley Water District’s disappointing vote to fund harmful Delta tunnel conveyance project Delta Counties Coalition Delta Conveyance Project January 15, 2025From the Delta Counties Coalition: In response to the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s (SCVWD) vote to approve $9.69 million...
POLICY ANALYSIS: Assessing regional strategies to cope with drought, climate, and environmental flow policy impacts for a sustainable water supply: A case study of the Bay Area Guest Contributor Policy and regulation January 6, 2025By Bridget C. Gile, Randall T. Holmes, Allison R. Sherris, Scott Fendorf, and Richard G. Luthy California’s Bay-Delta watershed encompasses...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Seizing a rare chance to keep tidal marsh ahead of sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay Robin Meadows Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features December 17, 2024By Robin Meadows The San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, which hugs the northern arc of the San Francisco Bay,...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: California Coastal Commission reluctantly approves San Francisco seawall project Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation November 15, 2024The project also includes plans for a portion of the city’s Great Highway be permanently closed to car traffic to...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Justices’ ideologies dump EPA controls on sewage down the drain Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation October 17, 2024The Environmental Protection Agency took on a case of deja vu as the justices returned to familiar contentions over regulatory...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Supreme Court will hear San Francisco’s challenge to NPDES permits next week, a case with national implications Courthouse News Service Policy and regulationWater rights and water law October 11, 2024At Supreme Court next week, agency authority returns to center stage By Kelsey Reichmann The Supreme Court’s upcoming review of...
THE CONVERSATION: San Francisco is suing the EPA over how specific water pollution permits should be The Conversation Policy and regulationWater rights and water law October 11, 2024By Robin Kundis Craig, University of Kansas The U.S. Supreme Court will test how flexible the EPA and states can...
