Tag: drought

  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 19, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for August 19, 2015

New York Times: Losing Water, California Tries to Stay Atop Economic Wave Associated Press: Drought fallowing half-million acres in California in 2015 Sacramento Bee: California drought impact pegged at $2.7 billion Merced Sun-Star: Fish and Wildlife shuts part of Merced River to fishing KCBX: State lists several Central Coast groundwater basins as ‘Critically Overdrafted’ Los Angeles Times: Greater tsunami risk from […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 18, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for August 18, 2015

Associated Press: Records: California Plans Taking Land for Huge Water Tunnels KRON4: 12 million trees have dried out due to drought TakePart: California Cracks Down on Water-Hogging Pot Growers CBS News: California’s Central Valley is sinking — here’s why CBS Sacramento: Barge Part Of Plan To Keep Water Flowing From Folsom Lake During California Drought  Monterey County Herlad: Officials: Gov. Jerry Brown’s water […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 17, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for August 17, 2015

Los Angeles Times: The next drought: Water officials endorse a ‘less is more’ strategy for the future Sacramento Bee: Crews begin work on drought fix at Folsom Lake San Jose Mercury News: ‘Emergency situation’ for California’s trees RYOT: Could El Nino Save California From Its Years-Long Drought? ABC News10: Can the ‘Godzilla El Nino’ end California’s drought? Fresno Bee: State response […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 14, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for August 14, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Huge El Niño leaves parts of California vulnerable to flooding Associated Press: Federal experts: This El Nino may be historically strong CNN: Will El Niño 2015 rival the strongest year on record? Associated Press: California OKs Strict Water Standards For Showerheads Los Angeles Times: Feinstein-Boxer water bill offers real drought relief California Water Blog: The hard work of […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 13, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for August 13, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Latest forecast suggests ‘Godzilla El Nino’ may be coming to California Los Angeles Times: California will soon have toughest shower head requirements in nation Sacramento Bee: California sets low-flow standards on new shower heads Los Angeles Times: Millions of shade balls helping protect California’s precious water Wall Street Journal: Gray Water Brings Lush Lawns Without the Guilt […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 12, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for August 12, 2015

Associated Press: Toxic algae blooming in warm water from California to Alaska Washington Post: Plastic ‘shade balls’: The hypnotizing tool California is using to save water Reuters: Los Angeles dumps 20K ‘shade balls’ into reservoir to stop evaporation LA Daily News: California’s five stages of drought grief Appeal-Democrat: Receding California lakes reveal pieces of past Los Angeles Times: Heat wave arriving as […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 11, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for August 11, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Water and Power: What can stop El Niño? Student Society of Science: New El Niño coming on strong Curbed LA: Meet the Two Weather Phenomena Battling This Winter For the Future of the California Drought NPR: ‘The Water Knife’ Previews A Future Drought Scenario Canada Free Press: California’s Water Crisis  CityLab: How Can Cities Get Renters to Use Less […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 10, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for August 10, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Innovation is blooming at water-wise urban farms Los Angeles Times: Frank Gehry agreed to make over the L.A. River — with one big condition Chico Enterprise Record: Lake Oroville keeps dropping, only one ramp open Associated Press: River that runs through major Northern Calif. city goes dry Los Angeles Times: Essential California: The new Orange County emerges […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 7, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for August 7, 2015

Wall Street Journal: California Drought Dries Up More Than the Crops Associated Press: Endangered fish caught in water fight Los Angeles Times: You’ve been watering your trees all wrong: A drought expert San Francisco Chronicle: How a dam’s destruction is changing environmental landscape Los Angeles Times: Treasures revealed as California drought drains lakes Sacramento Bee: Brown’s climate message: ‘California’s burning: What […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 6, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for August 6, 2015

New York Times: California Fire, Aided by Drought, Defies Tactics to Defeat It Associated Press: Toxic algae blooming in warm water from California to Alaska AccuWeather.com: California Ahead of Hefty Water Cutback Requirement Despite Record Heat in June Modesto Bee: Another milestone achieved for north Valley recycled water project ABC News10: Cut your energy bill by planting trees High Country News: California […]

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