With an ever-increasing demand for water and the threat of larger droughts looming, a report released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California recommends the state stop prioritizing individual species recovery plans and adopt holistic management methods that improve entire freshwater ecosystems.
Read moreThe Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation sued EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in federal court, claiming he arbitrarily and capriciously approved Missouri’s water quality standards for agricultural runoff into lakes.
Read moreOxnard, California, sued the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency in superior court in a fight over groundwater.
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Several fishing and conservation organizations brought a federal complaint Monday over the harm they expect to befall an already threatened species of fish from the Trump administration’s efforts to set new rules for the operation of major California water projects.
Read moreThe towns of Grantsville and Mountain Lake Park, Md., sued 3M, Buckeye Fire Equipment, et al., in separate federal complaints, claiming they contaminated drinking water with toxic fire retardant chemicals.
Read moreA Central California oilfield expansion project approved by the federal government failed to consider the impact to the environment, wildlife or drinking water, according to a federal lawsuit filed on Thursday.
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A federal judge Thursday denied Monsanto’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit seeking payment from the company to clean up cancer-causing chemicals from Los Angeles County waterways and storm sewer pipelines.
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California telegraphed its intention to sue the Trump administration Thursday over water policy in the state, as state regulators say they must take action to protect endangered fish species.
Read moreA pistachio farm and a ranch sued a Southern California water district, a mining company and a dairy in Kern County Court, in a fight over the area’s depleted groundwater.
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The Monterey Peninsula is running out of water.
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Tourists and Venetians have donned high boots and taken to raised walkways to slosh through the high water that has hit the lagoon city, with even higher tides expected.
Read moreThe Trump administration’s push to raise one of the country’s tallest and most iconic dams – and flood a protected river stretch in the process – suffered another blow Friday after a major California water supplier announced it was pulling out of the contentious plan.
Read moreA class action claims the City of Santa Cruz, Calif., charges fees for water, sewer, and trash service that “exceed the proportional cost of service attributable to a given parcel,” which are illegal taxes on services, in superior court.
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The Interior Department is proposing to award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity to a powerful rural water district that employed Secretary David Bernhardt as a lawyer and lobbyist.
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Increasing energy output from solar and wind power could result in less groundwater usage and more drought-resistant environments, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature Communications.
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Yo-yoing between heat waves, torrential rainfall and raging wildfires that burn through Thanksgiving, the explosive nature of California’s weather has been on full display over the last several years. The state’s worst drought, one of its wettest winters and both the largest and most destructive wildfires all occurred this decade.
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A state agency cannot make the federal government dredge two vital San Francisco Bay channels more frequently, a federal judge ruled Monday, despite arguments that less dredging could increase the risk of a container ship accident or oil spill.
Read moreAnnouncing the latest in a series of regulatory breaks for the coal industry, the Trump administration called Monday to roll back a set of 2015 Obama-era guidelines crafted to reduce the concentration of toxic coal-ash runoff into waterways.
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