Climate change

Climate change

ACWA CONFERENCE: Water Law “Update” Or Revolution?

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

July 21, 2022

Panel discusses recommendations to update California water laws to address drought and climate change California’s prolonged drought and the increasing...

DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD: Update on Delta Conveyance Project environmental documents

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

June 23, 2022

The environmental documents, due mid-summer, are about 3200 pages plus appendices In April of 2020, the Delta Independent Science Board...

CCST WEBINAR RECAP: Managing Salinity in the California Delta in a Changing Climate

Notebook News and Features Planning and management Policy and regulation

June 8, 2022

The Delta is an intricate network of waterways, canals, and sloughs connecting the Sierra Nevada watershed with the San Francisco...

THE CONVERSATION: Hydropower’s future is clouded by droughts, floods and climate change – it’s also essential to the US electric grid

The Conversation

Planning and management

May 17, 2022

By Caitlin Grady, Penn State and Lauren Dennis, Penn State The water in Lake Powell, one of the nation’s largest reservoirs,...

US FWS: Endangered California salmon returned to safer waters after more than a century

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife

May 5, 2022

State and federal agencies join to save native salmon from drought, climate change State and federal biologists have begun moving...

CORNELL CHRONICLE: Western municipal water restraints rise as reservoirs fall

Cornell University

May 4, 2022

By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University As water restrictions tighten in Southern California in anticipation of summer, the Southwestern United States...

STATELINE: Climate Change is Pushing Toxic Chemicals into Drinking Wells

Groundwater News Water quality Wildfires and watersheds

April 28, 2022

By Erika Bolstad, Stateline Don Myron is probably best known as the guy who survived one of the deadliest fires...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: New study shows robust increases in atmospheric thirst across much of U.S. during past 40 years

Desert Research Institute

April 6, 2022

Largest changes centered over Rio Grande region of Southwestern U.S. By the Desert Research Institute In arid Western states, the...

CA WATER COMMISSION: State Water Project Delivery Reliability Report; Planning for a dry 2022

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

March 9, 2022

At the February meeting of the California Water Commission, the commissioners began their 2022 State Water Project review by hearing...

CA WATER COMMISSION: DWR’s Climate Action Plan and forecast improvements to adapt to climate change

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

March 8, 2022

At the February meeting of the California Water Commission, the commissioners began their 2022 State Water Project review by hearing...

NEVADA CURRENT: Latest climate report describes devastating impacts in store for Southwestern U.S.

Climate change Colorado River

March 4, 2022

IPCC warns of continued intense droughts, rising health risks and economic turmoil by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Climate change is...

CAL MATTERS: Snow levels low: As temperatures rise, review of California water projections gains urgency

Hydrology Planning and management

February 23, 2022

The Sierra Nevada has not provided as much water as predicted. Now the state is scrambling to revise its snow...

PLANNING & CONSERVATION LEAGUE: Updating California Water Laws in the Face of Droughts/Climate Change

Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

February 16, 2022

California’s current system of water laws seems ill-equipped to respond to long-term droughts and climate change. One million Californians do...

THIS JUST IN … Planning and Conservation League releases report: Updating California water laws to address drought and climate change

Planning and Conservation League

Climate change Policy and regulation Reports Water rights and water law

February 3, 2022

From the Planning and Conservation League: Summers are getting hotter. Rain and snowpack are disappearing, and water reserves are shrinking....

DWR: Climate Change Informational Webinar Highlights

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Climate change Delta Conveyance Project

January 25, 2022

By DWR: Rain and snowfall in California have always been inconsistent and unpredictable. It is our climate’s natural state. The...

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