"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
California may not enter private land to do environmental and soil tests for the proposed Sacramento Delta big tunnels unless it plans to exercise eminent domain to seize the land, ruled an appeals court. The decision effectively blocks preliminary work…
California will temporarily fill three channels with rocks to prevent saline water intrusion into the Sacramento Delta area. Two sloughs will be blocked near Courtland to prevent Sacramento River water from flowing into them. The False River slough near Oakley…
An innovative project by El Cerrito CA to cleanse storm water is being adopted by nearby cities. Water percolates through specially-prepared soil in rain gardens installed between sidewalks and roads before flowing into the Bay. The beds are 3 feet…
Systemic problems of energy, climate change, and pollution cannot be solved by people taking shorter showers and recycling. The solutions require political action at a mass scale. From a 2009 Orion Magazine article, and still as true as ever. Part…
The California drought may lead to California withdrawing water it has saved in Lake Mead, which is already low. However, California isn’t stealing the water, Rather, this is water it parked there. “The people making an issue of this only…