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Ringside: Ten State Water Laws to Scrap

January 30, 2025 8:10 amJanuary 30, 2025 9:55 am

There are two ways we can respond as Californians to the wildfires in Los Angeles, and for those who share this concern, to the climate crisis which they cite as an underlying cause. We can ration our consumption and retreat...

Conservation Successes Defy Climate Pessimism

November 22, 2024 3:06 pmNovember 22, 2024 3:08 pm

When a purported climate crisis dominates much of the discourse of public policy, the trap of attributing every ecological issue to climate change easily ensnares anyone who fails to note the abundant evidence to the contrary. Over the past few...

Water Supply Disaster Looming for the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California

August 28, 2024 7:03 amAugust 28, 2024 7:03 am

There is a water supply disaster looming for the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California on the near horizon. It’s come about as part political indifference and political theater; part bureaucratic inertia and irascible imperviousness by appointed officials. At stake...

BIG Water Decision This Week: Over 350,000 Acre-Feet of Stored Surface Water is at Stake

August 27, 2024 4:02 pmAugust 27, 2024 7:19 pm

The following article is from the Milk Producers Council, warning about misguided water policy set to go into effect January 1, 2025, “Making Conservation A Way of Life.” As another Milk Producers Council member member told the Globe, “’Making Conservation A...

Ringside: California’s Water Economy – The Three Biggest Choices

July 18, 2024 2:45 amJuly 18, 2024 6:45 am

If water strategy in California had to be distilled down to just three projects with the greatest impact, the answers might vary a great deal depending on who was asked. But in terms of quality of life impact, the ongoing...

CA Public Utilities Commission Passes New Rate Hike Scheme

May 10, 2024 9:01 amMay 10, 2024 11:00 am

California has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. In April 2023 the Globe reported that Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric filed a proposal to create income-based utility billing. The...

Ringside: Water Rationing is the Worst Way to Build Resiliency

January 11, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 11, 2024 2:46 am

When a public policy decision is flawed, and the reasons it is flawed are simple and obvious, and the consequences are huge and costly, the appropriate response for a concerned observer is to call attention to the looming debacle. Not...