Environment

An explanation of the state’s water development, as well as the challenges, of providing water for California’s people, places and things.

Store water for a drought, or prepare for floods? How atmospheric river research helps California decide.

The Legislature is considering giving everyone age 18 and under free rides on public transportation. But will that really create a generation of lifetime riders?

California regulators eased off the state's groundbreaking new law requiring solar rooftops on most new homes, agreeing to allow developers to use a Sacramento utility's off-site solar installations instead. 

Ting may sometimes be the California Assembly’s Don Quixote, chasing seemingly impossible dreams. But he says it's a win to just get people talking.

The Legislative Analyst's Office warns California may not be able to spot the right projects to fund with a proposed green loan program. 

Re: “Why desalination can help quench California’s water needs,” By Wendy Ridderbusch, Jan. 29, 2020. Wendy Ridderbusch shouldn’t confuse diversifying one’s portfolio, a good thing, with making bad investments. Those are not the same thing. Investing hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in the most expensive, climate impacting and environmentally destructive local water […]

One by one, wildfire victims, bondholders and insurers have signed onto PG&E's plan for emerging from bankruptcy reorganization. Only Newsom now stands in the company's way — and he has threatened a public takeover if big changes aren't made at California's largest investor-owned utility. 

Many special interests and legislators agree California's recycling system is broken. Here's how they aim to fix it.

The state system faces a billion-dollar backlog, but the Newsom administration says it is prepared to leave park management controversy behind.