PRESS RELEASE: Secretary Rollins Intervenes to Protect Potter Valley’s Water Supply Guest Contributor Ecosystems December 19, 2025From the US Department of Agriculture: Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins filed a notice to intervene in...
POTTER VALLEY PROJECT: Department of Agriculture Asks FERC to Halt Decommissioning Process (Updated with USDA Press Release) Maven Ecosystems December 19, 2025From the Lost Coast Outpost: The two broken dams on the Upper Eel River found a powerful champion this morning,...
CAL MATTERS: The hydrants will run dry: Trump’s LA fire claims missed the mark, study shows Cal Matters Policy and regulation December 16, 2025Echoing state and local officials, a new analysis agrees: hydrant failures in the Palisades fire were ‘the rule rather than...
DAN WALTERS: Trump sides with agriculture again in California’s neverending water wars Cal Matters CommentaryPolicy and regulation December 11, 2025By Dan Walters, CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. From the onset of...
Reclamation updates long-term operation plan for the Central Valley Project Bureau of Reclamation News Water project operations December 4, 2025Operational updates aim to maximize water deliveries across California Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Trump administration moves to weaken federal protections for waterways and wetlands Inside Climate News Policy and regulation November 18, 2025Environmental groups warn the proposal to change the definition of “waters of the United States” would eliminate crucial safeguards for...
THE CONVERSATION: Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water The Conversation Policy and regulation September 30, 2025By Elizabeth Blum, Troy University and Chris Sellers, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York) As Congress faces...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Violating California residents’ right to water Inside Climate News Policy and regulation July 3, 2025People in the nation’s richest strawberry-growing region have lacked safe drinking water for decades. A Biden administration grant promised them...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Trump Administration Acts to ‘Severely Weaken’ a Key Environmental Law Inside Climate News Policy and regulation July 3, 2025The White House said changes issued under the National Environmental Policy Act would simplify an “overly burdensome process.” Critics accused...
PRESS RELEASE: Governor Newsom challenges President Trump to adopt model executive order to help ‘Make America Rake Again’ Office of Governor Gavin Newsom Wildfires and watersheds July 2, 2025What you need to know: California has invested billions of dollars to fight fires and treated millions of acres to...
WATER WRIGHTS: The Water Blueprint and Trump’s Executive Order 14181 Guest Contributor Policy and regulation June 20, 2025By Don Wright, Water Wrights The Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley met in person at Fresno State University’s...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: The Trump administration plans to undo standards on toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in the U.S. drinking water supply Inside Climate News Policy and regulation May 25, 2025Last year, the Biden administration set first-ever limits on PFAS. The chemical industry has long argued the compounds are safe....
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation, tribal groups notify State Water Board: Trump’s Bureau of Reclamation is not a reliable partner, and is pushing the Bay’s endangered fish to extinction San Francisco Baykeeper Policy and regulation May 17, 2025From the San Francisco Baykeeper: A coalition of eight organizations today alerted the California Water Resources Control Board that the...
CAL MATTERS: Why a contentious project to raise California’s Shasta Dam could move forward under Trump Cal Matters Policy and regulation May 12, 2025Enlarging the dam would deliver more Sacramento River water to Central Valley farmers but a tribe could lose sacred sites...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: USGS Water data centers may soon close, threatening states’ water management Inside Climate News Policy and regulation April 30, 2025The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which inform the water decisions...
