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November 20, 2009
Posted by Barry Nelson in Health and the Environment
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- california, californiadrought, californiarivers, californiawater, coloradoriver, MWD, waterconservation, waterefficiency, waterrecycling, waterreform
To the non-water wonk, a long-range planning process within the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (known as Met) might appear as exciting as drying paint. But for those of us within the water community, it has the potential to...continued→
October 15, 2009
Posted by Barry Nelson in Health and the Environment
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- baydelta, california, californiadrought, californiarivers, californiawater, coloradoriver, klamathriver, losangeles, monolakebasin, owensriver, peakwater, salmon, sandiego, sanjoaquinriver, sb68, trinityriver, virtualriver, waterconservation, waterefficiency, waterrecycling
In the past decade, people have become familiar with the concept of peak oil -- the notion that we have passed the zenith of oil extraction and are facing a steady decline in the amount of oil we can recover....continued→
August 10, 2009
Posted by Barry Nelson in Health and the Environment
, Solving Global Warming
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- california, californiadrought, centralvalleyproject, delta, deltavisiontaskforce, globalwarming, waterconservation, waterefficiency
I have been working on California water issues for 25 years, and I've learned that major opportunities for transformative change doesn't come around too often. Now is one of those times. Late last week, the California Legislature released a package...continued→
June 4, 2008
Posted by Barry Nelson in Living Sustainably
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- ab2175, baydelta, californiadrought, californiarivers, Governor, integrated_regional_water_management, Proposition84, waterconservation, watersupply, water_bond, water_efficiency
Today, the Governor declared a statewide drought and signed an executive order. We strongly agree with the Governor that a concerted effort is required to ensure that California meets its water needs during the current drought. The Governor, California’s urban...continued→