COURTHOUSE NEWS: California officials, environmentalists split over plans to harvest biomass from Sierra forests Courthouse News Service Ecosystems June 15, 2024Proponents say biomass production could create clean energy and new jobs in rural California communities. Critics say biomass is not...
UC BERKELEY: Plans for water equity in a warming world UC Berkeley Water rights and water law March 21, 2024By Janet Byron, UC California As 2021 drew to a close, residents and community leaders in Kettleman City were getting...
PRESS RELEASE: Groups challenge Water Boards’ orders as harmful to Central Coast disadvantaged communities and fisheries Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulationWater quality October 30, 2023They contend that nitrates in runoff from chemical fertilizers and other sources contaminate thousands of drinking water wells, and the...
CAL MATTERS: New report: Drought to hit rural Latino communities hardest Cal Matters Water quality May 13, 2021The Legislative Analyst’s Office warns California lawmakers to prepare to dispatch emergency drinking water to vulnerable communities, particularly in the...
WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: SGMA and the Human Right to Water Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features December 17, 2020Natalie Cochran is a water resources planner at Woodard Curran who has spent the last two and a half years...
GSA SUMMIT: Addressing environment, disadvantaged communities, and domestic wells in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plans Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features August 19, 2020[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The groundwater sustainability plans that were submitted to the Department of Water Resources in January of 2020 were the...
