Motivated by “the quality and sustainability of drinking-water” due to rising water demand concerns in the United States, as well as “increasing contamination of drinking-water resources, and a growing understanding of...more
Sea level rise could bring flooding to inland California - Bullet Los Angeles Times – August 17 - Sea level rise is more complicated than just waves breaking over seawalls and beaches disappearing. As the ocean moves...more
The location exception to CEQA’s categorical exemptions does not apply to earthquake and landslide hazard zones, as they are not “environmental resources” that would be affected by a project. Berkeley Hills Watershed...more
The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine published a September 2018 Consensus Study Report titled: Future Water Priorities for the Nation: Directions for the U.S. Geological Survey Water Mission Area...more
On the heels of the recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) decision not to list the greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) under the Endangered Species Act and the concurrent Bureau of Land Management (BLM)...more
On May 27, 2015, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (collectively, the “agencies”) issued a final rule revising the regulatory definition of “Waters of the United...more