MacKenzie Elmer’s environmental news roundup for the San Diego region (every other Monday)
Environment Report: Water Authority Freezes Up Again on Providing Records
It’s Beef Week at Voice of San Diego which means our journalists are unpacking some of the biggest battles in the region. I wrote about the recent divorce between two North County water agencies from the San Diego County Water Authority and you can read it here. But now I’ve…
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Environment Report: A Love-Hate Letter to Alfalfa
It’s a California crop people love to hate because it uses so much water. But they probably also eat products that alfalfa feeds.
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Environment Report: What Water Bill Relief Could Look like for San Diego
New research shows how big water bill discounts for the region’s poorest would impact city budgets.
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Environment Report: The Fist Bump Seen ‘Round Politifest
Two famously-warring water agencies make gesture of friendship, signaling a potentially warming world between San Diego and Los Angeles.
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Environment Report: We’re Diving Into the Western Water Wars
Learn what’s at stake on the Colorado River, why expensive water is causing woe and whether California can figure our how to make more H20.
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Environment Report: The U.S. Government Owes Oceanside a Beach
Oceanside’s beaches were so wide before the construction of Camp Pendleton military base, beachgoers raced cars along the sandy shore. Now beachgoers sit perched atop boulder revetments at mid-tide – the thing protecting property from the onslaught of waves. I recently wrote that the city of Oceanside is about to…
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Environment Report: Water Authority Asks County Registrar to Stall Water Divorce Vote
A bill that would make it harder for the Water Authority to break up is a driving force.
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Environment Report: The Other Real Reason San Diego Water World Is Warring
Small water districts want to make sure big city San Diego continues to help pay off the Water Authority’s debt.
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