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CALIFORNIA – On the West Coast of the United States, convincing people to support dam construction remains a historically laborious feat. As California endures drought conditions and struggles to find ways to stay hydrated, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Senator Dianne Feinstein are proposing a $9.3 million bond for water that includes the construction of new […]
WOODLAND, California – In a season wrought with droughts, the safflower is proving to be an optimal choice for the parched climate of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys, Associated Press reports. Read more here. Source: The Associated Press
OAKLAND, California – From saving fish to saving fields and fruit trees, California’s drought-riddled Central Valley is facing thousands of acres in lost crops due to lack of irrigation, reports the Christian Science Monitor. In combination with rising fuel costs, the water shortage affects not only farmers. According to Ross Siragusa, president of the California […]
With California’s water resources drying up, struggling farmers are being hit hardest by drought. In a move to ameliorate the conditions, Governor Schwarzenegger called for more water aid in the afflicted areas. “We recognize the specific impacts that will accrue to farmers, farmworkers, industries and local economies; and that can affect the state and national […]
PERRIS, California – Building in Southern California is being halted for lack of water. Citing a 2001 law that requires at least a 20 year supply of fresh water for new developments, officials have begun denying, slowing, and challenging new housing tracks just east of Los Angeles. The New York Times reports that these new […]
CALIFORNIA – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared the first statewide drought in 16 years Wednesday, setting in place measures to head off severe shortages next year and lending a boost to his plan to raise more than $11 billion to upgrade the state’s water delivery system. The governor did not call for rationing, but his plan […]
By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue Senior Editor (posted from Modeshift.org) The era of global climate change has produced such rainy and warm conditions in northern Michigan that a winter’s worth of snow and ice melted completely here over the last two days. Meanwhile it’s dry, desperately so, in several huge and significant regions of […]
At the opening reception last week for Water Stories at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, we talked about iconic images that define and punctuate eras. Matthew Brady’s plates of the Civil War that captured the still, anonymity of death. Eddie Adams and Nick Ut’s black and white photographs from Vietnam that etched war’s […]
The country is using less water, but latest USGS report shows influences of California drought on national data.
Representative Jim Costa and the California Drought
The Rundown Democrats introduce a bill to aid utilities with the cost of removing PFAS chemicals from drinking water. Democrats also call on utilities not to shut off water service to customers during the coronavirus outbreak. The House Natural Resources Committee advances four water bills. The GAO investigates abandoned hardrock mines. Federal agencies will host […]
The Rundown A government watchdog highlights climate risks to heavily polluted sites. Energy regulators receive a pumped storage hydropower proposal for West Virginia. A House committee advances a package of PFAS bills. A federal appeals court upholds highest priority water rights for Klamath River basin tribes. An EPA financing advisory committee will hold public teleconferences […]
