Los Angeles Times: Gov. Brown Defends Order to Cut Water Use 25% in Face of Opposition Bay Area News Group: Brown shrugs off cities’ water complaints Sacramento Bee: Sacramento-area water agencies push back against proposed water cuts NPR: California Cities Struggle To Enforce Mandatory Water Restrictions San Francisco Chronicle: Some say they’ll get soaked by state’s big water cutbacks Bloomberg News: Despite […]
Continue ReadingDepartment of Water Resources: DWR moves to install first drought barrier on West False River Sacramento Bee: California to build temporary Delta dam Associated Press: Winter rains, snowfall likely won’t end California’s drought, forecasters say NPR: How Almonds Became A Scapegoat For California’s Drought Los Angeles Times: Cities criticize California water cuts as unfair, unrealistic NPR: Redistribute California’s Water? Not Without […]
Continue ReadingU.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations: Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Sacramento Bee: Area water agencies push back against level of cuts Sacramento Bee: Drought economic harm ‘limited’ Business Insider: One chart sums up the real problem in the California drought — and it isn’t almonds Wired: Wired’s Guide To Produce that […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: Huge California Water Supplier Plans to Reduce Deliveries San Francisco Chronicle: Higher water rates on tap as utilities cover losses from drought Los Angeles Times: Decision in San Juan Capistrano case may set water rate precedent New York Times: California’s Cycles of Drought The Sonoma State Star: Realities of the California drought U.S. News & World Report: Climate Change […]
Continue ReadingThe California State Lands Commission will be holding a meeting on April 23, 2015 at 1 PM in San Francisco. To view the agenda, please visit: http://www.slc.ca.gov/Meeting_Summaries/04-23-15/Agenda.htm
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: Southern California water agencies brace for water cutbacks McClatchy Washington Bureau: Drought devastating California farms, drying up jobs Los Angeles Times: Farmers to city dwellers: We’re all in the drought together Forbes: California Drought Won’t Keep Us From Showering, Make Us Eat Insects Orange County Register: Water consumption boils down to simple formula: More land = more water Mother […]
Continue ReadingFresno Bee: John Laird: Gov. Brown has a long-term water plan Sacramento Bee: California farmers mount PR campaign to counter backlash over water use Sacramento Bee: State regulators: California water use will never be the same KQED: The Next Crime Wave in Farm Country: Stealing Water Los Angeles Times: Water officials uncertain about just how tough to get with users […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: California should stretch urban supplies before cutting water for farms Contra Costa Times: California’s drought response barrels forward Bloomberg: How the Drought Is Changing California Forever New York Times: In Parched California, Innovation, Like Water, Has Limits Los Angeles Times: Cities strategize water-saving measures Associated Press: No more playing nice: California names, shames water wasters Los Angeles Times: Despite the […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Some communities may have to cut water use by 35%, regulators say Capital Press: Water board shutoff orders could include senior right holders National Geographic: Delta Smelt, Icon of California Water Wars, Is Almost Extinct NPR: California Farmers Gulp Most Of State’s Water, But Say They’ve Cut Back Contra Costa Times: State water officials get permit to […]
Continue ReadingWall Street Journal: California’s Green Drought Washington Post: As water runs dry, Californians brace for a new way of life New York Times: California Should Speed Up Groundwater Conservation New York Times: California Needs Better Water Management and Pricing Policies Los Angeles Times: How a plan to ration water in Southern California will work Maven’s Notebook: News Worth Noting: DFW proposes closing parts […]
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