
California failed to meet its monthly water conservation target in October for the first time since Gov. Jerry Brown’s mandatory regulations took effect in June, but the state remains on track to meet the 25 percent overall reduction target required to be reached by February.
by Daniel Nussbaum1 Dec 2015, 12:55 PM PST0

Three months after Breitbart News and others outed Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) backdoor effort to freeze development on over one million acres of California dessert by having President Obama declare the area subject to the Antiquities Act of 1906, her efforts are going down in flames as Congressional Republicans are moving to ban the Antiquities designation.
by Chriss W. Street27 Nov 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

Californians are about to be punished for exceeding the 25 percent statewide mandatory water savings edict with $300 million in conservation-related rate hikes.
by Chriss W. Street26 Nov 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

Despite worries about anger from their neighbors for perceived excess water use during the drought, suburban backyard pools use 13 percent less water than mowed grass.
by Chriss W. Street19 Oct 2015, 4:36 PM PST0

As millions of California residents cut back on water use to fight the drought, one homeowner has apparently not received the memo.
by Daniel Nussbaum2 Oct 2015, 12:06 PM PST0

The director of an advocacy group for native tribespeople has slammed ‘green militarism’ – the conservation movement’s increasing use of military tactics to persecute tribespeople who use their ancestral lands. In particular he pointed the finger at the World Wildlife
by Donna Rachel Edmunds15 Aug 2015, 12:22 AM PST0

While climatologists keep an eye on what could be an historic El Niño on the West Coast this winter, another, less-well-known weather pattern currently developing in the Pacific Ocean could end California’s drought and then some–leaving the Golden State up to its ears in rainfall for up to a decade.
by Daniel Nussbaum13 Aug 2015, 1:19 PM PST0

Californians cut water use by 27.3 percent in June, the State Water Resources Control Board announced Thursday, good enough to exceed Gov. Jerry Brown’s executive order earlier this year for a 25 percent statewide water reduction.
by Daniel Nussbaum31 Jul 2015, 5:35 PM PST0

The World Wildlife Fund has refused to condemn the illegal eviction of thousands of tribespeople from the Kanha Tiger Reserve, telling reporters that, while they don’t support it, “there is a greater mission”. Tribes who have survived in the area
by Donna Rachel Edmunds31 Jul 2015, 6:04 AM PST0

Veterans Affairs facilities in West Los Angeles and Loma Linda are apparently unconcerned about wasting water despite the state’s severe drought.
by William Bigelow12 Jul 2015, 12:48 PM PST0

Californians drastically cut their water use in May, but water bills for millions of the state’s residents will inch higher as municipal water agencies continue to lose money during a record four-year drought.
by Daniel Nussbaum6 Jul 2015, 5:20 AM PST0

California cities are working overtime to conserve water during the state’s record four-year drought–but one city became a victim of its own savings success when it was forced to dump more than half a million gallons of drinkable water down the drain.
by Daniel Nussbaum3 Jul 2015, 12:32 PM PST0

California residents slashed water use by 29 percent in May in the biggest conservation gain by the state since Gov. Jerry Brown announced mandatory water restrictions earlier this year.
by Daniel Nussbaum2 Jul 2015, 2:27 PM PST0

The Sacramento resident used his cellphone to record footage of sprinklers watering the grounds at the state Capitol last week–on days when, due to record drought, lawn watering is legally prohibited.
by Daniel Nussbaum23 Jun 2015, 12:48 PM PST0

On Friday, California’s top water regulators issued new cutbacks on farmers holding senior water rights dating back more than 100 years.
by Daniel Nussbaum13 Jun 2015, 9:58 AM PST0

Jon Stewart’s Daily Show poked fun at California’s record drought by inviting California correspondent Al Madrigal on the show to take advantage of an East Coast “drought rumspringa.”
by Daniel Nussbaum12 Jun 2015, 12:40 PM PST0

SAN DIEGO — New metrics indicate that SeaWorld may be turning the corner on the way back to recovery. The organization had faced massive criticism, and serious public and financial backlash, over accusations in the 2013 movie Blackfish and charges from animal activist groupPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) relating to the well-being of orcas (killer whales) in captivity at SeaWorld parks.
by Michelle Moons7 Jun 2015, 11:25 AM PST0

As I listened to California Governor, Jerry Brown on a Sunday morning talk show this past weekend, he confirmed that the ongoing water “crisis” has nothing to do with water, and everything to do with control. Brown, who took unprecedented
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly10 Apr 2015, 4:30 AM PST0

The California State Water Resources Control Board will hold a vote Tuesday on several water conservation measures designed to alleviate the state’s devastating four-year drought.
by Daniel Nussbaum17 Mar 2015, 3:34 PM PST0