Legislation – Policy

US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region’s Native tribes

FILE - Water spills over the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, which runs along the Washington and Oregon state…

6 months ago

EPA To Disband Red Hill Oversight Group Amid Navy Complaints

Navy leaders and the EPA, including regional enforcement chief Amy Miller, in blue, have been meeting with community members since…

6 months ago

Flood risks: Preparing for urban floods with an eye toward equity

Flood waters from the San Francisquito Creek reached apartment complexes in East Palo Alto, California, during a storm event on…

6 months ago

Overdrafting? Corcoran has sunk nearly 5 feet

Land subsidence remains the biggest issue in the new state regulation of groundwater. The state Water Board reports that subsidence…

7 months ago

How will water sector be impacted as EPA targets PFAS?

In April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released two much-anticipated final rules pertaining to certain contaminants within the broad class of synthetic…

7 months ago

Colorado to shield thousands of acres of wetlands, miles of streams after U.S. Supreme Court left them vulnerable

The Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area, located in the San Luis Valley, is about 15 square miles in area. (Olivia Sun,…

7 months ago

40 million people share the shrinking Colorado River.

Here’s how that water gets divvied up. The Colorado River passes through Mesa County, March 7, 2024, near Loma. The…

8 months ago

Advocates work to safeguard critical lake, extend the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act

Photo Credit: iStock The lake supports nearly 300 species of birds, mammals, and fish, as well as over a thousand…

8 months ago

California’s Plans for Slowing Climate Change Through Nature-Based Solutions

As part of SF Climate Week, KQED’s Danielle Venton sat down with the California Secretary of Natural Resources, Wade Crowfoot,…

8 months ago

It’s Raining Stormwater NOVs in California

Photo: Adobe Stock / Romolo Tavani For many California industrial facilities, above average rainfall brought 60-day notices of violation from private…

8 months ago