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Can Pricing Groundwater Help Solve California’s Water Problems?
November 1st, 2022

Via the Bay Area’s Local News, commentary on the potential that pricing groundwater may offer to solve California’s water problems: In the face of  of its worst drought in centuries, California is finally getting around to regulating its groundwater use. As an agricultural economist who studies water regulation in California, I think this is a unique […]

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Thousands Protest French Agro-Industry Water ‘Grab’
November 1st, 2022

Via Seed Daily, an article on clashes arising as thousands protest French agro-industry water ‘grab’: Thousands of demonstrators defied an official ban to march on Saturday against the deployment of new water storage infrastructure for agricultural irrigation in western France, some clashing with police. Clashes between paramilitary gendarmes and demonstrators erupted with Interior Minister Gerald […]

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One City Paid $1.1M To Keep Faucets Running Through March
November 1st, 2022

Via CNN, a look at how one California city is trying to survive the drought: Miles of brittle, uprooted almond trees lay dead on their sides on parched farmland in Coalinga, California, as an intensifying drought, new restrictions and skyrocketing water prices are forcing farmers to sacrifice their crops. Roadside signs warn against watering front lawns as residents […]

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