Regulations Archives

PRESS RELEASE: North Coast Water Board makes historic move with vineyards to protect water quality, safeguard aquatic life

June 16, 2025

North Coast Water Board makes historic move with vineyards to protect water quality, safeguard aquatic life Press release from the...

THE CONVERSATION: How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat

The Conversation

Ecosystems Policy and regulation

May 14, 2025

By Mariah Meek, Michigan State University and Karrigan Börk, University of California, Davis It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit...

THE CONVERSATION: Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy

The Conversation

Policy and regulation

April 21, 2025

By Stan Meiburg, Wake Forest University President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent...

SGMA: Update on basins subject to State Board intervention, plus new BMP and land subsidence regulation in the works

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

April 17, 2025

Groundwater plays a vital role in California’s water supply, accounting for a significant portion of the Central Valley’s annual water...

AG ALERT: EPA announces it will revise ‘waters of the U.S.’ definition

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

March 26, 2025

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to review the definition of “waters of the United...

THE CONVERSATION: Environmental protection laws still apply even under Trump’s national energy emergency − here’s why

Maven

Policy and regulation

March 14, 2025

By Albert C. Lin, University of California, Davis In response to President Donald Trump’s declaration of a “national energy emergency,”...

RESTORE THE DELTA: Over 100 organizations join together to urge California state leaders to maintain and defend environmental protections

Restore the Delta

Policy and regulation

February 19, 2025

Press release from Restore the Delta: Restore the Delta joined over 100 organizations in sending an urgent letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob...