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 [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The state has wasted enough water to meet the needs of 80 million people for a year AccuWeather reports a snow survey in California revealed that the state only received about 50% of its average precipitation during [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel “Why does she keep bringing that up?” “Why won’t he just let it go?” Studies show those are among the most common questions people ask therapists. Therapists respond with impressive words that cost several hundred dollars an hour. I am no [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel It’s not every day that a photo of the Grand Valley Canal makes the New York Times. Many Grand Junction residents may have missed this momentous occasion, right after New Year’s. But there it was, right in the middle of a [...]
