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Environment Report: Tribes Want a Say in the Colorado River’s Future
The Colorado River as it divides Arizona from California / Photo by Ry Rivard There are several ticking time bombs in western water. The first is obvious. How much less water will fall from the sky...
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Environment Report: A ‘No-Win’ Situation for California Power Companies
Image via Shutterstock Under a plan proposed by San Diego Gas & Electric, the state could become a bigger player in California’s energy market. SDG&E wants to stop buying and selling...
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Environment Report: Why California Park Fees Are All Over the Map
Yosemite’s Half Dome / Photo by Ry Rivard Depending on your income, state and national park fees are either a minor annoyance for a great privilege, or a major impediment to enjoying the wilderness...
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Environment Report: City’s Big Lead Revelation Doesn’t Seem to Be Impacting...
Classrooms at Perkins Elementary School come equipped with water fountains for students. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz When schools officials began to find lead in drinking water at several San Diego...
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Environment Report: Big Northern California Water Deals Will Trickle Down to...
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta / Photo by Ry Rivard In this week’s Environment Report, let’s focus on an issue that doesn’t always get much attention in Southern California: the rivers of...
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Environment Report: County Fire Marshal Is at the Center of a Political...
Fire crews attempt to contain a wildfire in 2007. / Photo by Rob Davis San Diego knows from terrible experience the risk of wildfires. The 1970 Laguna Fire — which burned across 175,000 acres of San...
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Environment Report: The Vision for a San Diego Green New Deal
Supervisor Dianne Jacob, left and Nicole Capretz, executive director of the Climate Action Campaign / Photo by Tristan Loper Local environmental activists, hoping to catch a wave of national attention...
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Environment Report: The Wet Weather Is in San Diego’s DNA
Rain in downtown San Diego early 2019. / Photo by Ry Rivard San Diego has been gloomy — cold, cloudy and rainy — pretty much since Christmas Day. Communities in North County — Vista and Ramona — just...
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Environment Report: What the Super Bloom Says About Backcountry Development
Flowers cover Walker Canyon near Lake Elsinore. / Image via Shutterstock People are scrambling to find the so-called “super bloom” flowers in the far reaches of Southern California. People have taken...
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Environment Report: For Long-Term Water Supply, U.S. Officials Look to Mexico
The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon. / Photo by Ry Rivard An increasing number of solutions to California and Arizona’s long-term water problems now involve Mexico. Some of the ideas are...
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Environment Report: Lawsuits Are a Weapon in Major Water Conflicts
The Salton Sea, which spans Imperial and Riverside counties, is California largest lake. / Photo by Jesse Marx In court, the California Environmental Quality Act is a familiar obstacle to projects...
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Environment Report: From the Twin Tunnels to an Only Child
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta / Photo by Ry Rivard Southern California water officials and members of Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration worried last year that the next governor would kill their...
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Environment Report: There’s So Much Plastic, It’s Falling From the Sky
The remnants of a plastic doll lay alongside the Tijuana River. / Photo by Sam Hodgson It is raining plastic, according to federal researchers. A new paper by the U.S. Geological Survey finds that...
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Environment Report: Fire Prevention and Liability Discussions Are Heating Up
Around 20 homes at the Rancho Monserate Country Club near Fallbrook were burned in the Lilac Fire. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz Fire season, which now covers much of the year in much of the state, has...
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Environment Report: City Poised to End Its Styrofoam Recycling Program
Image via Shutterstock San Diego looks ready to give up its money-losing plan to recycle plastic-foam food containers and packing material. A few years ago, as other cities were banning the material,...
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Environment Report: The Earthquake Risk No One’s Talking About
The secondary pre-treatment area of the Carlsbad Desalination Plant. / Photo by Jamie Scott Lytle San Diego faces a hidden earthquake threat — to its water supply. A quake, even one so far away that...
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Environment Report: Officials Worry Water Notices Are More Confusing Than...
A meeting of the San Diego County Water Authority. / Photo by Sam Hodgson Two weeks ago, the San Diego County Water Authority notified thousands of customers across the region that San Diego’s main...
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Environment Report: Cliff Dangers Are Clear But the Causes Aren’t
A warning sign is posted near the site of a deadly cliff collapse in Encinitas. / Image via Shutterstock In 1938, the yoga teacher Paramahansa Yogananda dedicated the Golden Lotus Temple along the...
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Environment Report: ‘Little Territorial Fights’ Could Derail CCA Deadline
Image via Shutterstock The city of San Diego and several neighboring cities want to launch a new government-run electric utility by 2021, but labor union opposition could throw those plans into...
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Environment Report: What to Watch as the City’s New Energy Agency Gets Off...
CCA Supporters rally in downtown San Diego. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz Last week, the San Diego City Council took the big plunge and decided, in a 7-2 vote, to start buying and selling energy. San...
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