ENS Federal Report – September 21, 2018 View Report on ENS Website Share Tweet Link Forward Senate Passes Second FY 2019 Minibus The Senate continued to make progress, advancing fiscal year 2019 spending bills before the October 1 deadline. The Senate overwhelmingly passed, 93-7, the second minibus (H.R. […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: 87 days of smog: Southern California just saw its longest streak of bad air in decades Lake County News: Governor signs bill to cut red tape and implement quagga and zebra mussel inspection programs News Deeply: Hoover Dam as Giant Battery? The Hurdles Are More Legal Than Technical San Gabriel Valley Tribune: […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Local water officials discuss 50-year extension of State Water Project contract Sacramento Bee: Mendocino Complex, biggest wildfire in California history, now 100 percent contained Chico Enterprise-Record: Bill to form Oroville Dam citizens advisory commission signed into law Transport Topics News; ASCE Gives California’s Kern County C on Infrastructure Times of San Diego: […]
Continue ReadingNews Deeply: Monsoon Storms, Key to Recharging Groundwater, May Become Less Common KQED: Climate Summit: What Happened and What It Means ABC 30: Mayor says new water plant makes Fresno “drought proof” AgAlert: Federal water bill aims to smooth project funding Mercury News: OPINION: How expediency has backfired in California with dam, schools, taxes… Turlock […]
Continue ReadingThe News Tribune: More critical water storage is finally coming to California. It took nearly 40 years. CBS News: Global Climate Action Summit puts stress on action Pleasanton Weekly: Local water entities split on Prop 3 endorsement Farmington Daily Times: Rehabilitation work to begin on Navajo Dam gates and valves The Signal: Groundwater managers secure […]
Continue ReadingThe Weather Network: Global Climate Action Summit begins in San Francisco Chico Enterprise-Record: City reopens Old Ferry Road, damaged during Oroville Dam crisis Lake County News: Feather River Hatchery fish ladder to open Sept. 14 KVPR: Candidate Andrew Janz Says Pumping “At 100 Percent Capacity,” Water Infrastructure Needed Epoch Times: California Adopted More Restrictive Policies […]
Continue ReadingChico Enterprise-Record: California fires, floods, droughts: “It’s getting more real now” Jerry Brown says in climate interview Pacific Standard: California Works to Protect Its Shrinking Wetlands KQED: Giant Trash Collecting Device To Be Deployed in the Pacific Ocean Ventura County Star: Ventura County board disputes findings on dam safety, cites local inspections News Deeply: For […]
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Continue ReadingCBS News: California to go 100 percent carbon-neutral Capitol Weekly: State Water Project: Our most important infrastructure Lake County News: Mendocino Complex containment holding at 98 percent; fire camps Sacramento Bee: OPINION: If this meeting isn’t about financing Delta tunnels, then put it in writing Del Norte Triplicate: Oregon issues approval to remove J.C. Boyle Dam on the Klamath […]
Continue ReadingMercury News: San Francisco host global climate summit – will it make a difference? Maven’s Notebook: Joint Legislative Budget Committee hearing on the contract extensions for the State Water Project is on again – and so is the heat … Los Angeles Times: Wildfires have charred more than 1 million acres in California this year — and fire […]
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