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Category: Environment

Sprinklers spray water onto grass as a women walks her dogs through a city park in San Diego on September 12, 2014. Photo by Mike Blake, REUTERS
Posted inEnvironment

How bad is water use in California? March is the worst so far, up 19%

by Rachel Becker May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System at near Nipton on February 27, 2022. Photo by Bing Guan, REUTERS
Posted inEnvironment

Lower cost, slower gains: California prepares controversial new climate strategy

by Nadia Lopez April 28, 2022April 28, 2022
Sprinklers irrigate a North Hollywood park in June, during California's severe drought. Photo by David Crane, The Orange County Register via AP
Posted inEnvironment

6 million Southern Californians face unprecedented order to conserve water

by Rachel Becker April 26, 2022April 27, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Clean-car rules: California unveils proposed measure to ban new gasoline-fueled cars

by Rachel Becker April 12, 2022April 13, 2022
Cattle graze as the Tamarack fire burned due to drought conditions and gusty winds on July 17, 2021. Photo by Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/Sipa USA
Posted inEnvironment

Report to California Legislature: Prepare for sweeping effects of climate change

by Rachel Becker and Julie Cart April 5, 2022April 5, 2022
California's Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot joined the Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth, and Sean de Guzman, Manager of the California Department of Water Resources Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, during the season's fourth media snow survey of 2022. April 1, 2022. Kenneth James/California Department of Water Resources
Posted inEnvironment

Sierra snowpack worsens, falls to lowest level in 7 years

by Rachel Becker April 1, 2022April 1, 2022
A person cleans the sidewalk and waters the lawn in the front yard of a house in Alameda California on May 4, 2021. Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group
Posted inEnvironment

Newsom imposes new California water restrictions — leaves details to locals

by Rachel Becker March 28, 2022March 28, 2022
An electricity pole damaged by the Camp Fire lies near a Pacific Gas & Electric truck in Paradise on Nov. 14, 2018. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester
Posted inEnvironment

Audit: California utilities aren’t doing enough to reduce wildfire threats

by Julie Cart March 24, 2022March 24, 2022
A water faucet in a home in California. March 18, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment

State unveils long-awaited standard for drinking water contaminant

by Rachel Becker March 21, 2022March 21, 2022
Sprinklers spray water on a lawn in Palm Springs on Sept. 21, 2021. The biggest increase in January water use was 19% in the desert region, which includes the Palm Springs area and the Imperial Valley. Photo by Taya Gray, The Desert Sun via Reuters
Posted inEnvironment

Californians used more water as state braces for another dry year

by Rachel Becker March 15, 2022March 15, 2022

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