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Preventing another disastrous gas leak at Aliso Canyon
It’s not often that I’m pleased to see our lawmakers speed-up the legislative process, because it can mean special interests, such as oil and gas companies, are able to unduly wield influence behind closed doors.
Dumping toxic oil and gas wastewater into unlined pits—How is this still a thing?
For some reason, California STILL allows oil and gas companies to dump their toxic wastewater in open and unlined pits.
The California Water Commission Needs to Acknowledge the Elephant in the Room
You know that feeling when there’s something that really needs discussing, but nobody wants to talk about it?
Wearing a respirator in Bakersfield—where the town motto is "life as it should be."
Lately I’ve been thinking about signs I’ve seen scattered around neighborhoods in Bakersfield with the proclamation, “Bakersfield – Life As It Should Be.” They’re kidding, right?
California green lighted more irrigation with oil wastewater
Last week, regulators approved the expanded use of oil wastewater for irrigation of crops in Kern County.
The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board), unanimously approved a Waste Discharge Requirement (WDR) permit for California Resources Corporation (CRC) to sell 21
Huh? Governor’s Water Commission declares an end to climate change in 2050!
On December 16, the California Water Commission, which is administering $2.7 billion in bonds for water storage projects, forwarded draft regulations guiding that expenditure to the Office of Administrative Law for public review. The draft regulations are wholly inadequate.
