What’s Ahead for California Following Waterlogged Winter?
Here in California when it rains, it pours. But how much good is all this water really doing us?
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California Is Missing the Chance to Collect Trillions of Gallons of Rainwater
California is wasting trillions of gallons of rainwater each month during its wettest season in 40 years following a deadly …
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Despite California’s Long Drought, Trillions of Gallons of Rainwater Wastefully Flowing into Sea
California’s rainy season could be the wettest in 40 years, but experts say the state is missing a major opportunity …
Why California’s Droughts and Floods Will Only Get Worse
The Golden State’s had a harsh winter. Between October 1 and March 3, most California weather stations across the state …
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February Storms Wash Away Drought Conditions. Will San Diegans Continue to Conserve?
February storms have left California flush with water, relieving concerns the state could quickly slip back into the drought conditions …
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Push for Salton Sea Restoration Stalls Drought Plans in the West — We Get the Latest
A Southern California irrigation district with the highest-priority rights to water from a major Western river is using its power …
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Disputes Over Water Will be an Increasing Source of International Tension
It has become a cliché of doom-mongering: future wars will be over water. The forecast is old enough to face …
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California Touts Desalination, but Take It With a Grain of Salt
Slimming down a $17 billion plan to shunt water from Northern California to the arid south has the state considering …
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Bid To Secure Cash For The Salton Sea Stalls Colorado River Drought Plan
A California irrigation district with the highest-priority rights to Colorado River water is using its power to demand federal funds …
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Press Democrat Editorial: California Needs to Save More of Its Rainwater
The amount of rain that has fallen on California this winter is prodigious — 18 trillion gallons, enough water to …
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Salton Sea Money Demand Clogs Up Colorado River Drought Plans
California’s Salton Sea is a complicated place that’s not well known outside the Golden State, but its imperiled status has …
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Wet Winter Mostly Wasted in California
California’s wet winter has dumped at estimated 18 trillion gallons of rain in February alone. But much of it is …
California Wastes Most of Its Rainwater, Which Simply Goes down the Drain
California’s wet winter has dumped an estimated 18 trillion gallons of rain in February alone. But much of it is …
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The History of Poisoning the Well
It was a sultry-hot Sunday in August 2014 when ISIS came to the Iraqi town of Snune. Roaring around the …
Imperial Irrigation District ties Colorado River plan to Salton Sea funds. Make it happen.
The Imperial Irrigation District holds among the oldest and largest rights to water from the Colorado River and is using …
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Speaking of Water – Looking back at 2018, Ahead to 2019
Water continues to be among the biggest stories of our era, and there are waves of change ahead.
Slaking the World’s Thirst with Seawater Dumps Toxic Brine in Oceans
The salt and chemicals in the brine left over from desalination can threaten local marine ecosystems…
Sustainable Development Update – February 2019 #3
For decades, California has led the world in efforts to reduce the energy consumption of appliances and buildings…
Peter Gleick Wants to Solve the Water Crisis Yesterday
Peter Gleick is the founder and emeritus director of the Pacific Institute in Berkeley, California, and perhaps the world’s leading …
Making Salty Water Drinkable Also Makes Brine
About 700 million people worldwide lack reliable access to fresh water, a number which might grow due to population growth …
Fawning Over ‘Fiji Water Girl’ Ignores The Evils Of Bottled Water
While the Internet fawned over Fiji Water Girl, one of the models hired to pass out bottled drinks and photobomb …
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California Water Board Outlines $606M Bill Assistance Program
To subsidize drinking water bills for poor households, California regulators recommend new taxes on bottled water and incomes above $1 …
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California’s Droughts Hurt Fight Against Climate Change. Study Tells Us Why
Recent droughts across the West have belted drinking-water supplies, withered crops and fanned deadly wildfires.They’ve also squeezed hydroelectric facilities…
The West Coast’s Biggest Bird Oasis is Dying. Will it Be Saved?
During migration season, birds pack the wetlands at the edge of the Salton Sea. Ducks dive, pelicans skim across the …
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An Unexpected Side Effect of Drought: Higher Carbon Emissions.
During the darkest days of the drought that has gripped the western U.S. since the early 2000s, fires raged and …
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7 Striking Photos That Sum Up Our Turbulent World In 2018
From a fearless 15-year-old standing up to world leaders on climate change to the tragedy of California’s wildfires, these images …
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International Edition 2330 EDT
The U.S. and Mexico Pledge Tough Security After Group of Migrants Tried to Cross Border. A dire U.S. government climate …
Tunnel Vision: This Water Plan Might Make a Splash in the Delta
A long-debated water plan that could change the course—literally—of water in California, will be up for a vote by the …
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Counting Homes Cut Off From Water Is A Data Collection Nightmare
Earlier this year, state regulators sent California’s roughly 3,000 community water systems an annual report that included what the authors …
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