The water we eat! (Our Edible Water Footprint)
An overview of growing an edible garden with limited water.
Minimal Water, Maximum Food Production (at home or for the home gardener)
Vandenberg - Phantom Rocket Launches
The United States Space Force recently released a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposal by the Phantom Space Corporation for up to 48 launches a year, from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in Santa Barbara County, of expendable rockets that will end up in the ocean offshore of Baja, in international waters. The stated purpose is to provide greater mission capability to the Department of Defense, NASA, and commercial customers by constructing a new launch facility on VSFB and implementing Phantom Space Corporations’ Daytona-E and Laguna-E launch program.
Sinking Thinking – Contrasts In Approaches To Water Law & Policy
Angeles Chapter’s Water Committee’s newer member Shirley Nixon, a former public interest environmental lawyer from WA state, ponders her continuing discoveries of differences between Washington & California’s approaches to water management.
Water for Peace: World Water Day 2024
With half of the world’s population experiencing water scarcity for at least a month a year,1 we are teetering on the brink of a global crisis. Our freshwater sources are stretched thinner and thinner as our populations grow and climate change exacerbates droughts and floods. 60% of these water sources are shared between borders2 but with only 16% of the countries that rely on them having cooperation agreements,3this pressure can snap quickly and transform water into a trigger for violence, a weapon, or a casualty.
Update on the Whittier Narrows Dam Safety Modifications
The Whittier Narrows Dam is an earthen dam constructed in 1957 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The dam stretches across a narrow gap between the Montebello Hills and the Whittier Hills at the confluence of the Rio Hondo and San Gabriel Rivers. Rosemead Boulevard (California State Route 19) crosses over the top of the dam and passes through the flood plain bordered by both rivers.
Why Isn't the LA Regional Board Doing More to Protect Groundwater?
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Can and Must Do More to Protect Groundwater
By: Annelisa Ehret Moe, Heal the Bay & Charming Evelyn
Remote Participation at Public Meetings - A Right or A Privilege? Taking an Environmental Justice View
Because of this article, BAWSCA's CEO, Nicole Sandkulla, reached out to Sierra Club California staff to share an update on the Board's progress to return remote participation. They shared that technical difficulties have delayed their efforts but that live streams of their Board meetings and Board Policy Committee meetings can be expected beginning in April.
