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Column: Shrinking water supply will mean more fallow fields in the San Joaquin Valley
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIrrigation in Kingsburg, Calif., in 2021. A deepening drought and new regulations are causing...
Lack of water is forcing major changes in Valley agriculture, new analysis says | Commentary
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoThe San Joaquin Valley’s groundwater is dangerously depleted — a problem that’s grown worse as...
Water-use challenges affecting farmers means reinventing the San Joaquin Valley | Opinion
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe San Joaquin Valley’s agricultural prosperity has been built, in part, on the use of groundwater....
Delta tunnel on life support? What the latest blow means for Newsom’s controversial project
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 12 months agoCalifornia’s most hotly contested water proposal suffered a setback Monday after a budget deal...
California outlines plan for scaled back giant water tunnel
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier Southern California...
Uncaptured water isn't wasted. But more could be stored for a non-rainy day
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year ago'Most of this water is not just uncaptured — it's uncapturable,' Greg Gartrell, a delta expert at...
Majority of Californians fear worsening weather swings due to climate change, poll finds
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA pickup truck braves a flooded roadway in the Tulare Lake Basin. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles...
San Joaquin Valley’s next big air pollution threat: Blowing dust from fallowed farmland
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoThe San Joaquin Valley has faced air quality problems for decades. It is a major transportation...
California storms are hitting schools hard. How is flooding affecting students?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSAN JOSE, Calif. – Magdalena Moore, the principal of Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary School, waded...
Panel finds valley solar can help decarbonize state but local needs loom
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 20—The San Joaquin Valley may soon become home to vast solar arrays turning fallowed farmland into a source of clean energy while sustaining local jobs. But it won't be easy pulling it ...