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Featured in PRI
Tehran is Sinking, a Human Rights Emergency in Venezuela, an Australian Politician ‘Comes Out’ About Her Own Drug Use
January 24, 2019 | news


Featured in Huffington Post
Fawning Over ‘Fiji Water Girl’ Ignores The Evils Of Bottled Water
January 10, 2019 | news

Featured in Circle of Blue
California Water Board Outlines $606M Bill Assistance Program
January 8, 2019 | news

Featured in San Francisco Chronicle
California’s Droughts Hurt Fight Against Climate Change. Study Tells Us Why
December 29, 2018 | news

Featured in National Geographic
The West Coast’s Biggest Bird Oasis is Dying. Will it Be Saved?
December 28, 2018 | news

Featured in National Geographic
An Unexpected Side Effect of Drought: Higher Carbon Emissions.
December 21, 2018 | news

Featured in Huffington Post
7 Striking Photos That Sum Up Our Turbulent World In 2018
December 20, 2018 | news


Featured in Cal Alumni UC Berkeley
Tunnel Vision: This Water Plan Might Make a Splash in the Delta
November 21, 2018 | news

Featured in Circle of Blue
Counting Homes Cut Off From Water Is A Data Collection Nightmare
November 20, 2018 | news

Featured in Sacramento Bee
Voters Rejected Proposition 3. Where Now on Water?
November 12, 2018 | news

Featured in News Deeply
Untangling the Complexities of California’s Proposition 3 Water Bond
October 29, 2018 | news

Featured in the Verdict
How Water, Rather than Oil, Could Spark Conflict in the Middle East
October 17, 2018 | news

Featured in the Mainichi
Water Conflicts Worldwide Threaten Peace Amid Efforts to Preserve Resources
October 14, 2018 | news

Featured in the Desert Sun
Hard Lessons at the Salton Sea from the First 15 Years of the Massive Qsa Water Deal
October 11, 2018 | news

Featured in the Desert Sun
The Salton Sea Is Shrinking Even Faster, and California Still Hasn’t Done Much to Fix It
September 20, 2018 | news

Featured in How Stuff Works
Water Is Free. Why Do Americans Spend Billions on the Bottled Stuff?
September 5, 2018 | news
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