Associated Press: California state water managers will resume releasing water down a damaged spillway at Oroville Dam Sacramento Bee: California’s water chief says he may release Oroville Dam documents after trying to keep them secret Washington Post: After 63 feet of snow, Northern California mountains break record for wettest water year Sacramento Bee: Why celebrate the latest rainstorm? Because […]
Continue ReadingCBS Sacramento: Governor Defends State’s Handling Of Oroville Dam Spillway Emergency Oroville Mercury Register: Spillway flows to resume Friday morning Associated Press: California Farmers Get First Full Water Supply in More than a Decade Chico Enterprise-Record: Lake Oroville level rising, close to where DWR said main spillway might be used KCRA Sacramento: Oroville Dam: Here’s where things stand now Central […]
Continue ReadingThis man may steer environmental law under Trump Amanda Reilly and Jeremy P. Jacobs, E&E News reporters Published: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 Jeffrey Wood is acting attorney general for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.Photos courtesy of Balch & Bingham and Flickr. LOS ANGELES — President Trump’s rhetoric has left many of the nation’s top […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Jerry Brown’s administration blocks public review of Oroville Dam records Wall Street Journal: California’s Central Valley Farmers to Get Full Water Allocation for … Sacramento Bee: California water allocations hit 100 percent – here’s why farmers are still miffed Los Angeles Times: From extreme drought to record rain: Why California’s drought-to-deluge cycle is getting worse Sacramento Bee: Big […]
Continue ReadingThis past Friday, California Governor Jerry Brown at long last announced the end of the 6-year drought, lifting the emergency measures put into place in 2014. But since much of California was already out of a drought months ago, many are left asking why the governor waited this long to act. BPC CEO John Coleman joined CBS San Francisco’s Phil Matier on his segment “Matier in the […]
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Continue ReadingMarc Heller, E&E News reporter Published: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Republican leaders in the Senate continued to push toward a vote on a water projects bill by the end of this week, amid signs the task is becoming more complicated. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said he and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) will block the water […]
Continue ReadingBy Annie Snider 12/06/2016 02:14 PM EDT Hurdles are piling up in the Senate for the Water Resources Development Act, with multiple lawmakers now vowing to hold up the measure over regional provisions and work threatening to bleed into the weekend. “I think it’s very unlikely that the votes are there,” Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) told […]
Continue ReadingDear colleagues, Over the past two years, EPA has focused on setting up the administrative structure necessary to launch the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program. Today, I am very excited to announce that Administrator McCarthy signed two rules to establish the administrative structure necessary to offer credit assistance under the WIFIA program. […]
Continue ReadingWRDA deal ‘imminent’; passage expected this week Tiffany Stecker, E&E News reporter Published: Monday, December 5, 2016 Congress is on the brink of passing a massive water resources bill this week, as negotiators hammer out the final details on a deal to help Flint, Mich., and other cities with crumbling infrastructure. As of Friday, the […]
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