Guest commentary: An Inconvenient Truth: The Mysticism of Co-Equal Objectives
Today, Maven welcomes guest blogger Robert Shibatani to the Notebook blog. Robert Shibatani is a physical hydrologist and long-time consultant for the California water industry, and is Vice Chair of...
View ArticleGuest blogger: Another economist weighs in on the BDCP, pencils out the cost...
Filling in today for the vacationing Maven is a guest blogger. So what do you do when you have two economists that disagree? Add a third, of course! Today’s guest blogger is Rodney T. Smith, Phd, who...
View ArticleGuest blogger Bill Kier: Reflections on SWRCB’s New California Estuaries Portal
This morning, guest blogger Bill Kier shares some history and thoughts about the Delta: I’ve claimed, without 100 percent certitude, although I still own a copy and fan through it occasionally, that if...
View ArticleGuest commentary: Steven Kasower –“BDCP 11 Financial Red Flags Report”
From Steven Kasower, Strategic Economic Applications Company: “Federal and State water contractors are being asked by the Brown administration to pay an additional $500 million for the Bay Delta...
View ArticleSpreck Rosekrans: Hetch Hetchy: A century of occupation in Yosemite National...
Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Valley was taken from the American people 100 years ago. It’s time to take it back. Commentary by Spreck Rosekrans, Executive Director of Restore Hetch Hetchy California’s water...
View ArticleCalifornia Weather Blog: Rain returns to California as Ridiculously Resilient...
From the California Weather Blog: “Over the past few days most of California has experienced an atmospheric phenomenon not experienced in quite some time: measurable rain and snow has fallen across...
View ArticleSignificant atmospheric river to bring heavy rain to Northern California this...
From the California Weather Blog: ““Heavy” and “rain” are not words that have been used in the same sentence for a long time here in California, but it does appear that–for the first time in … Continue...
View ArticleCalifornia Weather Blog: Northern California rain at times this week;...
From the California Weather Blog: ” … While the recent atmospheric river did bring much-needed precipitation to parts of Northern California, California is unquestionably still in the midst of an...
View ArticleGuest blogger: Worried about the drought? Let farmers buy and sell water
Today’s guest blogger is David Zetland of the Aguanomics blog, who wrote this exclusively for Maven’s Notebook: “California is gripped by yet another drought. Citizens are concerned, farmers are...
View ArticleCalifornia Weather Blog: Strong storm headed for California this week;...
From the California Weather Blog: “Unusually dry and warm conditions have returned to California over the past week. In the wake of the atmospheric river event two weeks ago, high pressure built back...
View ArticleGuest blogger: Loving Yosemite means many things
From Spreck Rosekrans, Executive Director of Hetch Hetchy: “For many of us, loving Yosemite means loving the whole park and therefore restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley to its former glory. And restoring...
View ArticleGuest commentary: An Inconvenient Truth: The Mysticism of Co-Equal Objectives
Today, Maven welcomes guest blogger Robert Shibatani to the Notebook blog. Robert Shibatani is a physical hydrologist and long-time consultant for the California water industry, and is Vice Chair of...
View ArticleCalifornia Weather Blog: California enters extended dry period once again as...
From the California Weather Blog: “Active weather finally did return to the Golden State over the past several weeks. A handful of storm systems, driven by the first major easterly incursion of the...
View ArticleGuest blogger: Rebuttal to yesterday’s media call: Opportunities Lost
From Cannon Michael (@agleader), this guest commentary and rebuttal to yesterday’s Pacific Institute and NRDC Media Call: California is experiencing a drought. It isn’t the first and it won’t be the...
View ArticleCalifornia Weather Blog: Some late-season precipitation headed for...
From the California Weather Blog: “Warm and dry conditions have been the rule across California over the past two weeks, with the exception of a few high-mountain springtime thunderstorms fueled by...
View ArticleCalifornia Weather Blog: California’s dry season has arrived; March toward El...
From the California Weather Blog: “California’s meager rainy season of 2013-2014 experienced its last gasp in late April. Modest rainfall (and mountain snowfall) occurred on April 25th, though outside...
View ArticleCalifornia Weather Blog: Ridiculously Resilient Ridge continues to shatter...
Exceptionally warm, dry, and stable weather conditions have prevailed over California since early December, with precipitation being nearly zero across most of the state. Instead, we’ve had record...
View ArticleCalifornia Weather Blog: Rainy season ends in California; exceptional drought...
From the California Weather Blog: “April and May were very dry months for much of California. In most of the major population centers, little or no measurable precipitation occurred during the entire...
View ArticleCalifornia Weather Blog: California’s record-warmest year worsens exceptional...
From the California Weather Blog: Summary of recent weather conditions “The past couple of weeks have been warm and dry across nearly the entire state. While no widespread major heat waves occurred,...
View ArticleCalifornia Weather Blog: Hot, dry summer continues in California; severe fire...
From the California Weather Blog: “In many ways, the weather over the past few weeks has been pretty typical of early summer in California. It’s been hot in the inland valleys, and not so hot near the...
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