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According to a letter from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated a handful of laws when they used social media as a means of swaying legislative opinion. The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act prohibited …

On Monday, officials in San Diego celebrated the completion of the Carlsbad Desalination Plant, which is currently operational. The $1 billion project includes a 10-mile long pipeline to distribute water to San Diego County Water Authority’s customers and upgrades in current facilities for distributing water throughout the region. So far, …

Researchers at the University of California at Riverside are being awarded $1.69 million over 3 years to study soil’s impact on the California drought. According to researchers, soil plays a vital role in how efficient crop watering is during a severe drought. Small pores that are needed to retain moisture in …

Members of Congress have fought over a drought bill for California for months. Negotiation between the two parties has been ongoing, until now. On Thursday, California Republicans said the bill is dead for the year. The California Republican Caucus decided to throw in the towel after Senator Dianne Feinstein accused …

For months, Governor Jerry Brown has worked on his twin tunnels water project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a controversial project that would move water from the Delta to other parts of the Central Valley. Brown’s $15.5 billion project has received criticism from people on all political spectrums: farmers, environmentalists …

Because the California drought has had a significant impact on the salmon population throughout the state, environmentalists are taking drastic measures to save the species of fish. In a partnership between the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA), 20,000 fertilized salmon eggs were injected into …