PRESS RELEASE: Racial discrimination complaint names State Water Board as partly to blame for fertilizer contamination in Central Coast drinking wells Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other March 22, 2024 525Press release This week, Latino community groups were joined by Monterey Waterkeeper and the Environmental Justice and Common Good Initiative...
Q & A: Today’s data and past history could add up to a more equitable way to divvy up California’s water Janet Byron Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features January 9, 2024 726Project aims to develop new tools to allocate limited water supplies By Janet Byron Joan Didion wrote in the 1970s...
UCSB CURRENT: The more stakeholders are included in groundwater planning, the better those policies protect them UC Santa Barbara News June 27, 2023 120By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara Current Having a seat at the table, and voices heard, makes a world of...
CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Waiving California environmental rules for Delta water equates to a civil rights issue Cal Matters Commentary March 17, 2023 4Despite reversing course last week, the February decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom and state water officials to bypass environmental rules...
GUEST COMMENTARY: California’s water debt crisis needs a long-term fix Guest Contributor Commentary August 8, 2022 228Commentary by Ileana Miranda, resident of San Jerardo in Monterey County and general manager of the San Jerardo Cooperative From...
THIS JUST IN … Press release: Tribes and Environmental Justice Groups Link Bay-Delta Collapse to Water Rights from California’s Racist Past Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other May 24, 2022 1395Press release from the coalition of Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Save California Salmon, Little Manila...
RISING VOICES: Rising Voices: Water Affordability and Shrinking Wells The Water Hub News October 6, 2021 180Each month, the Water Hub is checking in with advocates & organizers in California to talk about water issues impacting...
RISING VOICES: Pacoima Beautiful, water and heat in the San Fernando Valley The Water Hub News August 3, 2021 291Rising Voices is a new monthly-ish column from the Water Hub at Climate Nexus. Each month, we’re listening to what...
WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Climate change adaptation, equity, and water Maven Notebook News and Features February 18, 2021 195State Water Board member Laurel Firestone talks about the need to bring equity into our climate adaptation actions; Professor Karrigan...
BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Building Socioecological Resilience by Confronting Environmental Injustice: A Participatory Approach Maven Delta science July 9, 2020 103Sea Grant is a federal-state partnership between NOAA and the 34 university-based programs in every coastal and Great Lakes states,...
GUEST COMMENTARY: The Delta Tunnel is not a Social Justice Project Guest Contributor Commentary June 26, 2020 579This guest commentary is written by Tama L. Brisbane, poet, With Our Words Inc. Stockton Poet Laureate Area Coordinator, California...
NEW REPORT: Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program Report to the Legislature Maven Reports February 29, 2020 247The Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Act established through Assembly Bill 401 (Dodd, 2015) directs the State Water Resources Control Board...
This just in … PPIC Report: If Drought Continues: Environment and Poor Rural Communities Most Likely to Suffer Press Release/Notice Reports August 19, 2015 441Urban areas in best shape; Farmers adapting but vulnerable If the California drought continues another two to three years, the...
