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Former California water official pleads guilty to conspiring to steal water from irrigation canal
ABC News· 7 days agoA former California water official has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal water in a deal with...
Boiling Point: Why razing Joshua trees for solar farms isn't always crazy
Los Angeles Times· 5 hours agoWhy, they’ve asked, are we destroying the environment to save the environment? There’s no greater...
The U.S. Drought Monitor is a critical tool for the arid West. Can it keep up with climate change?
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoKnown for its glowing swaths of yellow, orange and red, the U.S.Drought Monitor has warned farmers,...
Orange juice prices are going through the roof — forcing some makers to consider alternative fruits
NBC Universal via AOL· 5 days agoOrange juice prices have climbed to fresh all-time highs amid persistent supply constraints, pushing...
An ex-California official quietly stole over $1.5 million of water in a heist that lasted decades,...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 6 days ago...which published a deep-dive into the alleged heist in April, reported that while some farmers...
Western U.S. Braces for Excessively High Temperatures as Heat Dome Arrives
New York Times· 1 day agoRecord-breaking temperatures that have contributed to deaths and power failures in Mexico are...
Mexico's severe heat, drought have eyes for US
AccuWeather· 6 days agoA tremendous dome of heat and drought has been affecting a large part of Mexico from the winter through the spring, and AccuWeather meteorologists warn...
Water district chief pleads guilty of scheme to steal Fresno, Merced water amid drought
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe case comes as California has embarked on a years-long effort to conserve water use by passing a...
California’s legal war on affordable energy
The Lake County Record-Bee· 6 days agoCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta spoke freely at the recent Climate One Conference in San Francisco about his lawsuit against America’s energy...
Avocados are a ‘green gold’ export for Mexico, but growing them is harming forests and waters
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAvocados are marketed as a superfood, but growing them for an expanding world market has turned a...