Water will be one of the major environmental issues of the 21st century. It's a natural resource that’s already in short supply across parts of the United States and the world -- and will become even scarcer as our population grows and our climate changes. NRDC is focused on ensuring that the water we have stays clean, that we use it efficiently, and that we build the infrastructure to keep it that way.
Posted February 6, 2012 by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably
We all know that our water comes out of the tap, but do we know how it got there? Many of us who work on California’s water issues weren’t surprised to learn that recent polling data released last week showed that...continued→
Posted February 2, 2012 by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Cowboys have known for years to “always drink upstream from the herd.” And although the lone, Stetson-wearing cowpoke roaming the prairie is becoming as rare as the jackalope, his advice is as poignant as ever-- animals poop, and their manure...continued→
Posted January 17, 2012 by Doug Obegi
Starting with its 2007 report entitled “Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta,” the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) has significantly advanced the public conversation about whether to build a peripheral canal to convey water from California’s Bay-Delta estuary. At...continued→
Posted January 6, 2012 by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Yesterday, an independent scientific review vindicated the two scientists from the Department of the Interior who were criticized by Judge Wanger in a highly unusual diatribe from the bench shortly before he retired and began working for the Westlands Water...continued→
Posted January 3, 2012 by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably
2011 was a great year for all of us who care about California’s native fisheries and water supply. Thankfully, 2011 was a wet year that ended several years of drought, resulting in record water exports from California’s Bay-Delta estuary (enough...continued→
Posted December 7, 2011 by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Just about everyone agrees that the success of BDCP will rely on using sound science to guide the development of a plan for the Delta. Not surprisingly, both state and federal law require use of the best available science in...continued→
Posted November 21, 2011 by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably
A week ago, Tom Birmingham, the general manager of the Westlands Water District, wrote an op-ed in the Sacramento Bee about the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, which stated, “The public agencies that depend on this water system are not trying...continued→
Posted November 18, 2011 by Rebecca Hammer in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
My colleagues in the NRDC Water Program have been talking a lot this week about our new report, Rooftops to Rivers II, which shows how communities across the country are using green infrastructure techniques to stop water pollution. That’s because...continued→
Posted November 17, 2011 by Rebecca Hammer in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
As two of my colleagues revealed yesterday, NRDC has just released a new report called Rooftops to Rivers II showing how communities across the country are using green infrastructure techniques to stop water pollution. The report provides case studies for...continued→
Posted November 16, 2011 by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, U.S. Law and Policy
As my colleague David Beckman wrote today, NRDC released a new report called Rooftops to Rivers II. Our study presents the pollution problems caused by stormwater – particularly contaminated runoff and sewage overflows – and discusses in depth how communities use...continued→
