Equilibrium & Sustainability
The consequences of a “snow drought” are still affecting some areas of the West, following a period of warm and dry weather last month that caused the snow to melt faster, according to federal meteorologists. Although California’s Sierra Nevada has gotten enough snow this season to avoid being labeled as such, the same cannot be said for regions in the northern Rocky…
A group of thirty-six law professors from different parts of the country are urging a Utah district court to hold the state accountable for the decreasing water levels in the Great Salt Lake. They submitted an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit filed by conservation groups.
Rising US demand for electricity is being met almost entirely by renewables, a new federal report has found. The new numbers from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) suggest that the U.S. isn’t moving fast enough to reach the Biden administration’s climate targets. It also cast doubt on a key rationale for a proposed national buildout in…
A nearly five-year period of unusual significant number of gray whale deaths along the West Coast has been officially concluded by federal investigators.
California would need to triple the rate of emissions cuts that the state has undertaken since 2010 in order to meet its climate goals for 2030, a new report has found. The Golden State’s aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 1990’s levels by 2030 may be unachievable, according to this year’s California Green Innovation…
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a proposal on Thursday to prioritize the conservation of greater sage-grouse on public lands, aiming to reverse habitat loss for an iconic bird of the U.S. West and restore the health of surrounding ecosystems. The proposal, a draft environmental impact statement, evaluates several options for managing the greater sage-grouse…
The effects of climate change in the central California agricultural hub have led to significant increases in irrigation demands, with annual water use now matching the volume of the region’s biggest reservoir over the past ten years, according to a new study. California’s San Joaquin Valley, one of the most productive farming regions in the world, has experienced such changes.
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