COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Grabs Oversight of Mojave Water Pipeline Project Courthouse News Service Planning and management August 1, 2019A business hoping to cash in on an untapped aquifer beneath the Mojave Desert will have to clear extra environmental...
NEVADA CURRENT: Science sidelined at Interior, House panel told Nevada Current Policy and regulation July 26, 2019by Robin Bravender, Nevada Current The Trump administration has been sidelining researchers and suppressing climate change science at the U.S....
THIS JUST IN … Reclamation releases Biological Assessment for California water operations Bureau of Reclamation News Water project operations February 5, 2019From the Bureau of Reclamation: “The Bureau of Reclamation released late yesterday the Biological Assessment for the re-initiation of consultation...
THE CONVERSATION: Small streams and wetlands are key parts of river networks – here’s why they need protection The Conversation Planning and management January 30, 2019Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, for The Conversation The Trump administration is proposing to redefine a key term in the...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump White House to Unwind Wetlands Protections Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation December 11, 2018The Trump administration unveiled a plan Tuesday to drain federal protections for wetlands and other isolated bodies of water, doing...
Presidential Memorandum on Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West President Trump Policy and regulationWater project operations October 20, 2018From President Donald Trump: MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY THE...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump Orders Fast Track for Water Projects in California, the West Courthouse News Service Policy and regulationWater project operations October 19, 2018Launching a new front in his war on red tape, President Donald Trump on Friday ordered federal agencies to speed...
REACTIONS: Legislators, Growers, and interest groups comment on Presidential memo Maven Policy and regulation October 19, 2018Earlier today, President Trump signed an executive memorandum on water intended to bring more water to Valley farms. Here’s what...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds offer to put water on California wildfires Courthouse News Service Policy and regulationWildfires and watersheds August 8, 2018Despite repeated assurances California has enough water to fight the currently 18 major fires raging throughout the state, the Trump...
CAL MATTERS: California sues Trump administration over water protection Cal Matters Policy and regulation February 6, 2018California has joined a group of states suing two federal agencies for suspending a 2015 rule that entitled more bodies...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds Won’t Help Fund California’s $17 Billion Delta Tunnels Project Courthouse News Service Delta Conveyance Project October 25, 2017Support for California’s contentious $17 billion water project continued to fade Wednesday after the Trump administration said federal money will...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: BLM OKs Mojave Desert Water Pipeline, Reversing Obama-Era Policy Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation October 18, 2017The Trump administration has given the go-ahead for a project to siphon millions of gallons of water from an underground...
CAL MATTERS: State may adopt wetlands protections rescinded by Trump administration Cal Matters Policy and regulation July 30, 2017In what is becoming a standard call-and-response rejoinder, a California water agency is considering rules to protect state wetlands after...
The New Trump Administration – A View from the Top Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation March 8, 2017Congressman Doug La Malfa, Congressman Tom McClintock, Senator Jim Nielsen, Senator Tom Berryhill, Senator Ted Gaines, and Assemblymember Kevin Kiley...
REACTIONS to Trump’s rollback of the clean water rule Maven Policy and regulation March 1, 2017Yesterday, President Trump issued an order directing his administration to begin the long process of rolling back sweeping clean water...
