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Fish or farmers? Drought Declaration Would Trigger New War over California Water
May 6th, 2021
Via The Sacramento Bee, an article on how Governor Newsom’s drought declaration would trigger a new war over California water: When a bipartisan group of state legislators held a press conference last week to demand that Gov. Gavin Newsom declare a statewide drought emergency, they assembled at a withered farm field east of Fresno, complete with piles […]
Read more »Water Created California and The West, but Will Drought Finish Them Off?
May 2nd, 2021
Via the LA Times, an article on the U.S. west’s increasing problem with water scarcity: In what may become an iconic image for drought-stricken California, Gov. Gavin Newsom stood on the parched bed of Lake Mendocino on April 21 to announce an emergency declaration for Sonoma and Mendocino counties. “I’m standing currently 40 feet underwater,” he said, […]
Read more »Drought-Hit California Orders Nestlé to Stop Pumping Millions of Gallons of Water
April 29th, 2021
Via The Guardian, a report on California’s efforts to stop Nestlé from siphoning millions of gallons of water out of California’s San Bernardino forest California water officials have moved to stop Nestlé from siphoning millions of gallons of water out of California’s San Bernardino forest, which it bottles and sells as Arrowhead brand water, as drought […]
Read more »Interstate Water Wars: Heating Up Along With The Climate
April 19th, 2021
Via The Conversation, a look at how U.S. interstate water wars are heating up along with the climate: Interstate water disputes are as American as apple pie. States often think a neighboring state is using more than its fair share from a river, lake or aquifer that crosses borders. Currently the U.S. Supreme Court has on […]
Read more »Key Colorado River Reservoir Could Sink To Record Low Later This Year
April 19th, 2021
Via CNN, a report on new projections that show a key Colorado River reservoir could sink to a record low later this year: Wracked by drought, climate change and overuse, a key reservoir on the Colorado River could sink to historically low levels later this year, new US government projections show, potentially triggering significant water cutbacks in […]
Read more »Drought In US West
April 2nd, 2021
Via The Economist, a report on how the lack of snow in the US west is worsening the Colorado River’s supply problem: On March 13th, Denverites watched from frozen windows as the fourth-biggest snowstorm ever to hit their city buried Colorado’s capital two feet deep, and added fresh powder to the foothills of the Rockies. Local officials […]
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