by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Power outages, rolling blackouts didn’t used to be the norm in California; they are now Last week, Californians learned that Pacific Gas and Electric told state utility regulators that a damaged fuse box from a one of [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Univ. Wisconsin study links to Journal of Chinese Governance Residents of Sacramento seemed to be particularly enthusiastic about snitching on water wasters, according to a recent study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Sacramento Bee published an [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel When I open Google or any other search engine, I not only get the search box, but also a host of suggested articles that some algorithm thinks I might care about. I rarely open any of them, but this morning one [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Droughts are nature’s fault and naturally occurring; water shortages are the fault of government officials The California State Water Resources Control Board announced that thousands of farmers in the Central Valley up to the Oregon Border will [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe A declaration of extinction would allow access to massive amounts of new water for families and farmers California water expert Kristi Diener notified the Globe that a petition to request the Delta Smelt fish be declared extinct [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe CA reservoirs were designed to provide a steady five year supply for all users, and were filled to the top in June 2019 “In the last 14 days, 90% of Delta inflow went to sea. It’s equal [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Reservoirs were full to the top in 2019, with enough water to supply to all users for at least five years of drought, but no longer The long time political dispute between California farmers and state and [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe More than 50% of the state’s water is allowed to flow out the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean, and other things that just don’t make sense In Climate Deceit and Dubious Policies California Lawmakers Continue [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Water shortages, lack of groundwater recharge, contaminated drinking water, and subsidence are all man-made in California Last week, when California Gov. Gavin Newsom was in Oroville, with a 60% empty Oroville Dam Reservoir as his backdrop, he [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel A 1985 comedy/horror film called “Return of the Living Dead” became a cult classic, redefining zombies as brain-eating creatures who can run and talk, survive bullets, and terrorize the city of Louisville. That is, until they encounter a group of punk [...]
