Trump and water

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Misinformation spreads like wildfire on the internet while LA neighborhoods burn

Inside Climate News

Climate changePlanning and managementWildfires and watersheds

January 10, 2025

Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources distracted from the unprecedented conditions that left Los Angeles primed for...

CAL MATTERS: Fact check: Why is Trump blaming the LA fires on Newsom’s water policies?

Cal Matters

Policy and regulationWildfires and watersheds

January 8, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump faulted California water policies for the devastating wildfires that are burning in Los Angeles County. The fires...

THE CENTER SQUARE: Newsom, Biden unveil new water plan amid drought, fish protection debate

The Center Square

Water project operations

January 6, 2025

By Madeline Armstrong, The Center Square California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Biden-Harris Administration reached a long-awaited agreement on the...

CAL MATTERS: Biden, Newsom officials announce long-awaited new water delivery rules

Cal Matters

Water project operations

December 20, 2024

New operating rules for massive Delta systems will increase water deliveries to Southern California cities and some growers. Salmon numbers...

NEVADA CURRENT: Tribes help boost Lake Mead water supply, hope for lame duck passage of $5B federal water act

Nevada Current

Colorado River

December 9, 2024

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Since 2021, a handful of Colorado River Basin tribes have significantly boosted water supply in...

CAL MATTERS: Here we go again: California prepares to battle Trump over environmental policies

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

November 8, 2024

A lot is at stake with the new Trump administration: California’s water projects, its unique authority to clean its air,...

PRESS RELEASE: Trinity County Calls on Interior Secretary to Terminate Trump-Era Water Contract, Cites Fishery Destruction and Financial Misconduct

Hoopa Valley Tribe

Water rights and water law

November 20, 2023

Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe Emerging victorious from a California Appeals Court ruling after a four-year battle against...

PRESS RELEASE: State court blocks Trump federal contract with Westlands Water District for million acre-feet of Trinity River water

Hoopa Valley Tribe

Water rights and water law

August 12, 2023

Undisclosed finances and vague federal contract left court in the dark. Door now wide open for Biden administration to revise...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Ninth Circuit restores Trump-era gut of Clean Water Act rule

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

February 21, 2023

Judges cannot vacate agency rules without first finding them unlawful. By Alanna Mayham, Courthouse News Service A Ninth Circuit panel...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Toss of Trump-era Clean Water Act rule roils Ninth Circuit panel

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

November 15, 2022

Arguments over a Trump-era rule on how the Clean Water Act should be applied to projects come ahead of the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Cadiz water pipeline permit vacated after feds ask to reconsider decision

Courthouse News Service

Water rights and water law

September 14, 2022

The judge also found a proper review hadn’t been done when the permit was issued. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Biden moves to restore power of states and tribes to protect their waters

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulationWater quality

June 2, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to scratch a Trump-era rule – reinstated by the Supreme Court this spring...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Revival of Trump water rule brings fierce critique from Roberts and minority

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

April 6, 2022

A sudden stay in the case led four Supreme Court justices to fiercely criticize how their colleagues are using the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge OKs plan for California water projects pending review of Trump-era policies

Courthouse News Service

Water project operations

March 15, 2022

Rejecting objections by environmental and farming industry groups, a federal judge green-lighted a revised, government-endorsed plan to manage water projects...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Industry groups lose bid to reinstate Trump gut of Clean Water Act

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

December 7, 2021

After coming up short in federal court, representatives for oil, gas and hydropower companies are expected to ask the Ninth...