blog post Building a Better Water Safety Net By Lori Pottinger Oct 21, 2015 California’s poor rural communities have been hard hit by the drought. We interviewed Laurel Firestone about our water inequities, and ways to solve them.
blog post Video: PPIC’s Annual Survey on the Environment By Linda Strean Aug 10, 2015 As California pursues its goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—and considers still more ambitious ones—PPIC presented its annual survey on environmental issues.
blog post Drought Bills: Small Changes, High Impact By Caitrin Chappelle, Henry McCann Jun 30, 2015 New policy changes will improve the way we respond to droughts.
blog post Video: Let’s Pull Together to Solve the Groundwater Crisis By Lori Pottinger Jun 11, 2015 The Central Valley is ground zero for groundwater issues. At a recent event, local leaders talked about solutions.
blog post Drought Watch: The End of the Rainy Season By Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Jeffrey Mount Mar 31, 2015 Managing this drought will be difficult, even painful in some regions, but the state is not going to run out of water.
blog post Drought Watch: Crises as Catalyst for Policy Change By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount Sep 16, 2014 Today Governor Brown signed three bills that require portions of the state to start managing groundwater sustainably. These bills are historic.
press release Strong Support for Global Warming Law Tempered by Concerns About Gas, Electricity Prices Jul 23, 2014
blog post Drought Watch: Groundwater, Our Hidden Asset By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount May 27, 2014 This is part of a continuing series on the impact of the drought. Water scarcity during this drought is perceived by many, including prominent elected officials, as a failure of government to build sufficient storage. But groundwater—when managed well—is the state’s best hedge against drought.
