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California Has a Long History of Squandering its Precious Water

June 1, 2024   2:55 amJune 1, 2024   2:56 am
Gov. Gavin Newsom is bragging about more than $140 million coming from the Biden-Harris Administration to support “critical water storage projects here in California, including the Sites Reservoir.” This is curious since voters already approved Proposition 1 in 2014 together...
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UC Berkeley/LA Times Poll Claims ‘Californians Fear Worsening Weather Swings Due to Climate Change’

June 1, 2023   7:51 amJune 1, 2023   7:53 am
Yes, you read that title correctly: UC Berkeley/LA Times Poll Claims “Californians Fear Worsening Weather Swings Due to Climate Change.” In fact, the Los Angeles Times claims “Nearly 70% of registered voters say they expect that volatile fluctuations between severe...
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California’s Wild Weather, Wet or Dry, is Nothing New

December 13, 2021   12:44 pmDecember 14, 2021   6:19 am
For those wondering about the recent heavy rains, going from drought to deluge in a few short months, here’s some data and history to illustrate that it is nothing new, and it has nothing to do with the claims of...
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Why is California’s ‘More Water Now’ Ballot Initiative Already Under Attack?

December 6, 2021   8:06 amDecember 8, 2021   3:42 pm
California has a long history of squandering its precious water. In 2014, California voters approved $7.12 billion in bonds for state water supply infrastructure projects. Of that, $2.7 billion was designated for water storage projects. But nearly 8 years later,...
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Depleted California Reservoirs Threaten Hydro Power, Agriculture, Drinking Water

August 16, 2021   1:15 pmAugust 18, 2021   10:29 am
In 2014, California voters approved $7.12 billion in bonds for state water supply infrastructure projects. Of that, $2.7 billion was designated for water storage projects. But nearly 8 years later, there are no new dams or reservoirs, or other water...
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Newsom Administration Wasted So Much Water, Oroville Just Ran Out

August 6, 2021   7:57 amAugust 6, 2021   7:59 am
Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale), Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber), and Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Marysville) met this week at the top of the Oroville Dam to decry Governor Gavin Newsom’s “lack of leadership and gross mismanagement of the state’s water, power and...
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Why is a Wisconsin Prof Using Beijing Research to Push Water Snitching in California?

July 12, 2021   2:55 amJuly 13, 2021   6:21 am
Residents of Sacramento seemed to be particularly enthusiastic about snitching on water wasters, according to a recent study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Sacramento Bee published an article last week encouraging Sacramento residents to rat-out neighbors for “wasting” water...
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