As a dry summer looms, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered water suppliers across California to step up their local drought …
Newsom Imposes New California Water Restrictions — Leaves Details to Locals MORE
Just as we emerge from one mandate, Californians might be facing another one. Not masks, but water.
Shortly after Vladimir Putin began his bloody invasion of Ukraine, Russian soldiers destroyed a dam in the Kherson oblast that …
In Russia’s War in Ukraine, Both Sides Have Attacked Water Supplies MORE
Then-Gov. Jerry Brown made a mistake in 2017 when he declared the drought over. The drought wasn’t over then, and …
Drained reservoirs. Dwindling snowpack. Bone-dry soils. After a record dry start to 2022, California water officials announced Friday that they …
California Slashes State Water Project Allocation as Year Begins With Record Dryness MORE
Drained reservoirs. Dwindling snowpack. Bone-dry soils. After a record dry start to 2022, California water officials announced Friday that they …
California Slashes State Water Project Allocations As Year Begins With Record Dryness MORE
There’s a saying that wars will be fought over water. But if not outright wars, a new report reveals a …
Speaking of Water: Documenting Water Conflict with Peter Gleick MORE
If you’ve read the work of brave journalists in Mariupol this week, you know that the people of that city …
Climate Change Is Making Armed Conflict Worse. Here’s How. MORE
One of the first casualties of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was not a human life. In late February, as Vladimir …
War in Ukraine Lengthens List of Violent Acts Over Water MORE
Californians used 2.6 percent more water in January compared to before the drought emergency was declared, a sign that urban …
Calmatters: Californians Used More Water as State Braces for Another Dry Year MORE
California will end winter in a perilous position as record-shattering dryness converges with lagging water conservation efforts in nearly every …
Californians used 2.6% more water in January compared to before the drought emergency was declared, a sign that urban residents …
Californians Used More Water as State Braces for Another Dry Year MORE
As the pressure on California’s water supply grows more intense this summer, another urban area could begin the process of …
Seawater Desalination Possibly Expanding in California Amid Worsening Drought MORE
Packed onto the slopes of the Sierra Nevada is a precious source of water for California — a frozen reservoir that climate …
Snow Falling: As Climate Warms, Overhauling California Water Projections Gains Urgency MORE
Packed onto the slopes of the Sierra Nevada is a precious source of water for California — a frozen reservoir that climate …
Snow Falling: As Climate Warms, Overhauling California Water Projections Gains Urgency MORE
A helicopter whisks off a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles, climbs above a thin layer of haze and soars over …
Los Angeles Is Building a Future Where Water Won’t Run Out MORE
The golden hills of California have turned green in recent weeks after a series of storms delivered much-needed rain and …
California’s Drought Reckoning Could Offer Lessons for the West MORE
It’s the decades-long conflict even our recent surge of storms can’t wash away — How to build the thousands of …
Researchers Optimistic About New Housing Despite California Drought MORE
When it comes to water, Californians have a lot of big ideas for how to get more of it. One …
Californians Have A Lot of Ideas For How to Get More Water. Most of Them Are Really Bad. MORE
Vicki McDowell woke up on a Saturday morning in May, thinking about what she would make her son for breakfast. …
A Frenzy of Well Drilling By California Leaves Taps Running Dry MORE
Trying to stave off dangerously low levels of water in Lake Mead, officials in California, Arizona and Nevada have reached …
California, Arizona and Nevada Agree to Take Less Water From Ailing Colorado River MORE
The just-passed atmospheric river gave California a lot of precious, badly needed water. But how well did our all-important reservoir …
California’s Major Reservoirs Are Still Far Drier Than Average MORE
Whoever coined the phrase “Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting” didn’t have things quite right. In California, water …
The water crisis that experts have long warned about has arrived. A scientist, activist, and entrepreneur are among those on …
Meet Six People Fighting Water Scarcity Across the Globe MORE
Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide drought emergency. The declaration relaxes previous environmental regulations to facilitate emergency drought …
California’s Drought Emergency Puts the State’s Vulnerable Communities at Risk — Again MORE
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide drought emergency on Tuesday, appealing to all Californians to do more to conserve water …
Newsom Declares Statewide Drought Emergency, Urges California to Conserve Water MORE
Gov. Gavin Newsom today declared a drought emergency for the entire state of California, as conservation efforts continue to fall …
As California plans for continued climate change, including the need to manage agricultural water use to comply with the Sustainable …
Energy Needs to Be Part of SGMA Conversation, New Report Says MORE
Bay Area environmental research groups Pacific Institute and Next 10 paired up in a webinar on Sept. 28 to discuss …
New Study Shows California’s Water Usage Is Contributing to Rise of Greenhouse Gas Emissions MORE
Trying to balance urban population growth against water scarcity, energy-consumption, and greenhouse gasses (GHGs) can feel like being stuck between …
Achieving Better Balance in the Water-Energy-Climate Nexus MORE
