Fracking

Fracking: Coming to a City or Suburb Near You

Updated: 2012-05-31 22:45:40

Oil and Gas Drillers Have Sights Set on Fossil Fuel Deposits in Urban Areas

President’s Polish Insult: The Audacity of Arrogance

Updated: 2012-05-31 21:55:36

Barack Obama was supposed to be supremely diplomatic and thoughtful; it hasn't turned out that way READ MORE...

Obama Spends Your Money on Obamacare Propaganda

Updated: 2012-05-31 21:39:14

This administration is saddled with the worst type of anti-democratic corruption—gaming the system to stay in power. READ MORE...

Thursday’s top of the scroll: Peripheral Canal, a giant tunnel or something, says new report

Updated: 2012-05-31 16:13:20

: , , Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the General Water Issues Category Click here to view all posts Thursday’s top of the scroll : Peripheral Canal , a giant tunnel or something , says new report Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 8:13 am From the Central Valley Business : Times Threats to the water systems in California need to be addressed now if the state’s economy is to grow in the face of droughts and water shortages caused by a changing climate , says a report released Wednesday evening by the Public Policy Institute of . California Innovations in water management such as more efficient use of water , water markets , reuse of highly treated wastewater , and underground storage , or water banking” have helped the

Public Policy Institute of California: Water and the California economy

Updated: 2012-05-31 16:10:14

From the Public Policy Institute of California: “California’s economy can grow and prosper despite droughts and water shortages caused by a changing climate—but only if threats to the water system are addressed now. So far, innovative water management has supported the needs of a growing population but serious concerns remain, including water supply reliability and declining groundwater basins.” To download the report, click here.

Yolo County Supervisors express frustration with delta plans

Updated: 2012-05-31 16:06:44

Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Yolo County Supervisors express frustration with delta plans Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 8:06 am From the Davis : Enterprise Yolo County supervisors continued to express concerns on Tuesday that the various plans being drawn up by state agencies to restore habitat in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta while also providing flood protection and a reliable water supply , fail to take into account the impact on agriculture in the . county The draft Central Valley Flood Protection Plan , the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and the Delta Plan which supervisors heard about on Tuesday all discuss changes to the Yolo Bypass that could include

California’s climate change fight could increase drought risk

Updated: 2012-05-31 16:00:33

Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Drought , Weather Snowpack Category Click here to view all posts California’s climate change fight could increase drought risk Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 8:00 am From RTCC Responding to Climate Change which is a Non-Governmental Organisation and an official observer to the United Nations climate change negotiations dedicated to raising awareness about climate change : issues” The world’s fifth largest economy and 12th biggest greenhouse gas emitter has an aggressive renewables target of 33 by 2020. However , new research has shown that unless water use is factored into that plan , it could lead to greater water consumption than a high-carbon , business as usual . scenario Power

Delta Stewardship Council: “DSC likely to become part of the Natural Resources Agency”

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:58:44

At least that is the title given this posting of documents regarding the reorganization plan at the Council website: “Little Hoover Commission recommends approval of Governor Brown’s Reorganization Plan with a caveat re:the DSC’s independence. The full LHC report is here. The Council’s testimony is here.“

Assembly approves bill on water recycling

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:56:39

Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Recycled Water Category Click here to view all posts Assembly approves bill on water recycling Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:56 am From ACWA’s Water : News A bill that would make sweeping changes to state regulation of recycled water was approved on the Assembly floor on May 29. AB 2398 by Assembly Member Ben Hueso D-Chula Vista would enact the Water Recycling Act of 2012 and consolidate water recycling statutes in current law into a new division of the Water Code called Water Recycling . The measure , supported by ACWA and a number of member agencies , would also establish a statewide goal of recycling 1.5 million acre-feet of water by 2020 and 2.5 million acre-feet by 2030.

California Water Blog: Water and California’s economy

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:49:42

: Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the General Water Issues Category Click here to view all posts California Water Blog : Water and California’s economy Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:49 am From the California Water : Blog Yesterday PPIC released Water and the California Economy , a report that presents the consensus view of 15 experts on the role of water in California’s economy , key areas of economic vulnerability , and the priorities that policymakers , business leaders , and water managers must address to ensure that the state’s water system does not impede economic progress . This blog entry summarizes the . report Discussions in public forums and policy circles often include statements emphasizing the role of

Robert Pyke’s response to the State legislators letter in support of the BDCP

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:46:27

Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Robert Pyke’s response to the State legislators letter in support of the BDCP Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:46 am Received via email from Robert Pyke , this response to the letter written by state legislators in support of the : BDCP Dear Secretaries Salazar and , Laird I have seen much silly and pointless posturing in my time but the letter to you and Mike O’Connor dated May 24, 2012, by 18 members of the California State legislature may well take the cake If these legislators had urged you simply to continue your efforts to find a more reliable water delivery system for California farms , businesses and communities , that would

Groundwater depletion must be addressed, says the Bakersfield Californian

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:33:51

, Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Groundwater Category Click here to view all posts Groundwater depletion must be addressed , says the Bakersfield Californian Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:33 am From the Bakersfield Californian , this : editorial The time for Central Valley farmers to make drastic and pervasive changes to the way they manage crop irrigation is very . near That’s the only reasonable conclusion anyone can draw from a groundwater depletion joint study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin , the U.S . Geological Survey and the Universite de Rennes in . France The study , just published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , found that the Central Valley’s

Monterey: We must cooperate to solve water woes, says commentary

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:28:52

: , Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Desalination Category Click here to view all posts Monterey : We must cooperate to solve water woes , says commentary Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:28 am From the Monterey County Herald , this commentary by Sue McCloud , former mayor of Carmel and vice chairwoman of the Monterey Peninsula Regional Water : Authority Peninsula commercial and residential customers seem to have lost sight of the end game of our current water wars : a new and sustainable source or sources of water over the goal line before Dec . 31, 2016. To date , everyone has done a superb job of conservation—but realistically there is not much more conservation saving to be . realized Assuming the majority agrees

Spreck Rosekrans, Restore Hetch Hetchy: Time to repair the damage of the past

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:23:39

, : Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Lake Tahoe , the Sierras foothills Category Click here to view all posts Spreck Rosekrans , Restore Hetch Hetchy : Time to repair the damage of the past Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:23 am From Earth Island : Journal One hundred years ago , Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Valley was one of the most spectacular places in the United States . Carved by glaciers and surrounded by towering cliffs punctuated with waterfalls thundering onto a serene valley floor , Hetch Hetchy was described as a twin to the now world-famous Yosemite Valley that lies 20 miles to its . south When San Francisco proposed to build a dam and flood Hetch Hetchy Valley , more than 100 newspapers across the country

Natural Resources Conservation Program has restored one fourth of California wetlands

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:21:10

Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Water Quality Category Click here to view all posts Natural Resources Conservation Program has restored one fourth of California wetlands Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:21 am From MarketWatch , this press release from the Natural Resources Conservation : Service There is plenty of reason for California to celebrate National Wetlands Month now before May gives way to summer days . The Wetlands Reserve Program WRP a Farm Bill Conservation program , is marking its 20th anniversary and in those two decades the program in California has managed to protect and restore over 120,000 acres of historical wetlands that are home to almost 200 species of birds . All of these wetlands were

American Rivers blog: Just how are we going to pay for it? Imagining new ways to finance our water infrastructure

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:19:17

: Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Infrastructure Category Click here to view all posts American Rivers blog : Just how are we going to pay for it Imagining new ways to finance our water infrastructure Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:19 am From the American Rivers : blog In previous blog posts we’ve pointed out how the water services we rely upon are widely underfunded and threatened by age , inefficiencies , and ever-increasing demands . As the economic downturn continues to strain municipal and water utility budgets , developing new approaches to financing our critical infrastructure and services is becoming more and more important . Even Congress has finally realized our growing need and is considering bills such

Southern Great Plains could run out of groundwater in 30 years, study finds

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:18:54

, Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Groundwater Category Click here to view all posts Southern Great Plains could run out of groundwater in 30 years , study finds Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:18 am From the Christian Science : Monitor Key farming regions in the US are drawing water from underground sources at unsustainable rates , with slightly more than one-third of the southern Great Plains at risk of tapping out its sources within the next 30 . years Those are among the conclusions of a study of the nation’s two major aquifers one underlying the high plains , the other beneath California’s Central Valley published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of . Sciences Concerns over the loss of

Farmers and frackers compete for water in Western US

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:17:21

Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Energy Water Category Click here to view all posts Farmers and frackers compete for water in Western US Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:17 am From Fox : News Battles over water in the arid American West are nothing new , and demands on the limited resource are growing fast . A boom in energy drilling made possible by hydraulic fracturing has added a new player to the mix just as the region enters another serious . drought This new player , fracking , is going to be in competition with Ag agriculture water , 8221 maintains Bill Midcap of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union . We’re going to have to find that happy medium where we can all get along . 8221 Getting along is not always easy

‘Hidden’ Water: Where does it all go?

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:15:33

: Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the General Water Issues Category Click here to view all posts Hidden’ Water : Where does it all go Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:15 am From the New York : Times Water , a plentiful banality to some Americans but a source of conflict for millions of others , is a more intriguing commodity than you may have thought . At least , that’s the conclusion one might draw from Surface Tension : The Future of Water , an exhibition that opened today in Manhattan as part of the 2012 World Science . Festival For many people , water is thought of as a basic human right , associated with immediate needs , said Michael John Gorman , one of the curators of the exhibition , which runs through Aug . 11

Vote may extend suction dredge fight

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:14:07

Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Northern California Category Click here to view all posts Vote may extend suction dredge fight Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:14 am From the Siskiyou Daily : News Votes by two California legislative subcommittees on May 23 could extend the fight over the practice of suction dredging for gold in the state’s waterways , reversing earlier language that provided a sunset clause” that would end the current dredging moratorium in June , 2016. The Assembly Budget Subcommittee 3 on Resources Transportation and the Senate Budget Subcommittee 2 on Resources Transportation both approved changes to the Resources Omnibus Trailer Bill a trailer to the main budget which passed in 2011. Continue

Grand jury: Trinity Public Utilities District should expand reach

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:12:39

: Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Northern California Category Click here to view all posts Grand jury : Trinity Public Utilities District should expand reach Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:12 am From the Trinity : Journal The Trinity Public Utilities District should put efforts and money toward expanding its service area and using Trinity County’s full allocation of inexpensive power , the Trinity County grand jury said in a recently released report on the utility . district The 2011-2012 Grand Jury Special Districts Committee report entitled Let There Be Light” also details the TPUD’s efforts to keep rates low for . customers Their primary goal is to prevent rate increases and in that regard they have done an

Army Corps fights invasive weeds at Martis Creek Lake

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:08:39

From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, posted at YouTube: “Sacramento District park ranger Jacqui Zink and Phil Caterino with the Tahoe Divers Conservancy removed, cleaned and replaced weed barriers at Martis Creek Lake, Calif., May 19. The gas-permeable barriers kill invasive plants by blocking sunlight, but don’t disturb other plant and animal species.”

South Yuba River Citizens League to help parks department manage river

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:05:14

Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Lake Tahoe , the Sierras foothills Category Click here to view all posts South Yuba River Citizens League to help parks department manage river Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:05 am From The : Union A local environmental nonprofit will attempt to help park officials manage the South Yuba River State Park in times of extreme budget constraints for the state . government The South Yuba River Citizens League announced on Wednesday the creation of a volunteer-based initiative to perform outreach to reach out to Yuba River users about how local residents and out-of-towners can help keep the river clean , safe and healthy this . summer The River Ambassador Program will provide assistance

No river water for North San Joaquin water district: After dry winter, EBMUD doesn’t have enough in reserves to share water

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:03:30

: , Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the San Joaquin Valley Category Click here to view all posts No river water for North San Joaquin water district : After dry winter , EBMUD doesn’t have enough in reserves to share water Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 7:03 am From the Lodi : News-Sentinel Growers within the North San Joaquin Water Conservation District will be turning to groundwater pumps , since the district will not be permitted to draw from the Mokelumne River this . year The East Bay Municipal Utility District did not have enough water stored in its reserves to allow North San Joaquin its allotment of about 20,000 acre-feet , said Gerald Schwartz , project liaison and ombudsman for EBMUD in . Lodi NSJWCD

Next on tap: Delta water; It will start to flow in Stockton homes next week for the first time

Updated: 2012-05-31 15:00:51

From the Stockton Record: “It is a strange fact that people as far away as San Diego drink water from the Delta, while Stockton residents who live on its banks have not had a sip in the city’s 162 years. That irony will end next week with the click of a mouse as the largest public works project in Stockton’s history goes online. Thousands of residents throughout north Stockton will turn on the tap one afternoon, and Delta water will come splashing out. … “ Continue reading from the Stockton Record by clicking here.

Patterson Irrigation District receives award for fish screen

Updated: 2012-05-31 14:56:01

From the Patterson Irrigator: “Patterson Irrigation District received a special honor this month for a $13.8 million fish screen project it built to protect threatened fish in the San Joaquin River. The district was selected from six finalists to receive the Clair A. Hill Award during a May 10 Association of California Water Agencies conference and exhibition in Monterey. The award program annually recognizes achievements by public water agencies. … “ Continue reading from the Patterson Irrigator by clicking here.

Controversial Malibu Lagoon project to begin Friday

Updated: 2012-05-31 14:51:11

Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Southern California Category Click here to view all posts Controversial Malibu Lagoon project to begin Friday Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 6:51 am From the Los Angeles : Times In a battle that has polarized the wealthy beach town of Malibu , activists are pledging to stand in the path of oncoming bulldozers when work begins this week on a controversial effort by the state to clean up a pollution-choked salt marsh that sits next to a world-renowned surf . spot State contractors are set to begin fencing off Malibu Lagoon on Friday before draining the salt marsh and reshaping its shores and channels . Activists , who for years have fought a plan they believe is dangerously aggressive ,

Commentary: Expo Line landscaping lunacy

Updated: 2012-05-31 14:50:45

: Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Drought Tolerant Landscaping Category Click here to view all posts Commentary : Expo Line landscaping lunacy Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 6:50 am From the Huffington : Post The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority MTA is on the verge of making a decision that would be as ridiculous as The Nature Conservancy choosing a corporate fleet of Hummers . The MTA has been remarkably progressive in installing light-rail lines throughout the region , but if non-native landscaping is installed along phase two of the Expo Line , the MTA will gravely undermine its environmental credibility and will torpedo what could have been a boon to the Los Angeles environment . It is essential

No county decisions on Cadiz project, says commentary

Updated: 2012-05-31 14:49:14

, Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Southern California Category Click here to view all posts No county decisions on Cadiz project , says commentary Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 6:49 am From the San Bernardino Sun , this commentary by David Wert , public information officer for the County of San : Bernardino A guest commentary published in The Sun and Daily Bulletin Cadiz gamble leaves us high and dry , 8221 May 13 contained some serious misstatements about the status of a water project that will eventually come under review by the County of San . Bernardino The county cannot address any of the assertions made about the project itself because the proposal has not yet undergone a formal review . What the county can

In Borrego, prices are low, anyway

Updated: 2012-05-31 14:44:15

, , Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the San Diego Category Click here to view all posts In Borrego , prices are low , anyway Posted by : Maven on May 31, 2012 at 6:44 am From the San Diego : Reader The little oasis of Borrego Springs now features more than 100 metal , life-sized sculptures of creatures who roamed there in prehistoric days raptors , giant sloths , mammoths . They attract tourists . They also engender grim jokes among some locals : will the town revert to its prehistoric days Long term , there is a nagging problem : will there be enough water two generations from now Short term , there is another problem : will there be enough patient capital for the town to develop After enduring a run of asset flippers and

UN Praises Murderous Dictator for Outreach to Tourists

Updated: 2012-05-31 11:34:06

Meanwhile, the BBC confuses the United Nations with a video game READ MORE...

Planned Parenthood Announces Anti-Romney Campaign

Updated: 2012-05-31 07:50:27

Inadvertently helps Romney READ MORE...

Gary Sinise On ‘Hope for the Warriors’

Updated: 2012-05-31 07:49:09

He is the best Hollywood has to offer READ MORE...

Forbes’ Gregory: ‘Let the Electorate Decide’

Updated: 2012-05-31 07:33:43

Freedom v Socialism READ MORE...

Celebs Showing Their Support

Updated: 2012-05-31 07:31:37

It’s important to recognize the good ones READ MORE...

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes “Uncomfortable” With Calling Troops “Heroes”

Updated: 2012-05-31 07:30:18

FYI his wife is Associate Counsel for President Obama READ MORE...

News Feed: California Senate rejects 'fracking' legislation - Los Angeles Times

Updated: 2012-05-31 01:13:15

News Feed: Telescope project may hinder fracking - Irish Times

Updated: 2012-05-31 00:15:20

News Feed: Petition Drive Announced to Stop Fracking in Longmont - NorthcentralPa.com

Updated: 2012-05-30 21:47:07

News Feed: Fracking interests spent heavily to influence N.C. lawmakers - The Independent Weekly

Updated: 2012-05-30 20:56:40

NewsInferno: Tentative Ohio Fracking Regulations Criticized as too Lax

Updated: 2012-05-30 20:31:16

Lawmakers in Ohio have tentatively passed new regulations governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) drilling but they’ve immediately been criticized for being too favorable to the natural gas and oil industries.read more

News Feed: Schlumberger Gets To $93 Once China Gets Fracking - Forbes

Updated: 2012-05-30 20:06:15

Wednesday’s top of the scroll: Little Hoover Commission: Keep Delta Council independent

Updated: 2012-05-30 16:39:52

: : Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Wednesday’s top of the scroll : Little Hoover Commission : Keep Delta Council independent Posted by : Maven on May 30, 2012 at 8:39 am From ACWA’s Water : News When the Little Hoover Commission blessed a government reorganization plan last week that would move several commissions and boards into other agencies , it did so with one caveat : that legislation be developed allowing the Delta Stewardship Council to retain its . independence Introduced March 30, Gov . Jerry Brown’s proposal calls for replacing five agencies with three , shuffling or eliminating some or all of the functions of several commissions and boards within the

Selenium & salinity on the west side

Updated: 2012-05-30 16:37:15

Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Agriculture Category Click here to view all posts Selenium salinity on the west side Posted by : Maven on May 30, 2012 at 8:37 am From Bilingual News : Weekly Chris Eacock stands with his hands on his hips and looks out over the Central Valley’s sunny expanse of farms and wetlands and tries to explain the situation . As a natural resource specialist for the Bureau of Reclamation for the past 30 years , he began his career doing soil surveys and handling grazing leases on Bureau-owned land . Today , he manages the tougher side of that equation , the tainted drainage water now coming from farms . Salt and selenium from irrigated land on the west side of the valley have poisoned wetlands ,

Water-reuse bill to be debated in California assembly

Updated: 2012-05-30 16:30:39

Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Legislation State Federal Category Click here to view all posts Water-reuse bill to be debated in California assembly Posted by : Maven on May 30, 2012 at 8:30 am From Desalination Water : Reuse A bill to completely revise California’s water-reuse legislation was passed for its third reading on 25 May 2012 and will come up on the floor of the state assembly this . week Bill AB 2398, proposed by San Diego’s Democrat assemblyman Ben Hueso , would establish a statewide goal to recycle a total of 1.5 million acre-feet 1,850 million m³ of water per year by the year 2020 and 2.5 million acre-feet 3,085 million m³ per year by the year 2030. Continue reading from Desalination Water Reuse by

Thad Bettner/CalRice blog: Water use efficiency in the Sacramento Valley

Updated: 2012-05-30 16:21:14

: Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Northern California Category Click here to view all posts Thad Bettner CalRice blog : Water use efficiency in the Sacramento Valley Posted by : Maven on May 30, 2012 at 8:21 am From the CalRice blog , this post by Thad Bettner , General Manager of the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation : District As General Manager of the largest irrigation district in the Sacramento Valley , my job involves coordinating with area growers and other water agencies in our region to make sure our most valuable resource is efficiently used . Living in the nation’s most populous and top agricultural state requires additional responsibilities of informing those outside of our area about the widespread benefits that come

Natural Perspectives: Borrowing water from the future to irrigate a desert

Updated: 2012-05-30 16:19:05

: Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Colorado River the Southwest Category Click here to view all posts Natural Perspectives : Borrowing water from the future to irrigate a desert Posted by : Maven on May 30, 2012 at 8:19 am From the Huntington Beach Independent , this : commentary Vic and I just returned from a brief getaway over the Memorial Day weekend . We stayed in the Palm Springs area at a resort with our son , daughter-in-law , and four small grandchildren , enjoying desert . luxury One expects a desert to be hot and dry . Palm Springs and its neighboring communities in the Coachella Valley are certainly in the desert . And they are hot . But with lush green golf courses and flowing fountains everywhere , the area

Commentary: Today’s water rates are anything but evil

Updated: 2012-05-30 16:13:47

: Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Conservation Category Click here to view all posts Commentary : Today’s water rates are anything but evil Posted by : Maven on May 30, 2012 at 8:13 am From Aquacue , this : commentary If you’re like me , you think of paying your water bill as a necessary evil . Most of us have no choice : Water is essential , says San Jose Mercury News Reporter Scott Herhold in his column , Get ready for a showdown on your water bill May 16, 2012 Water bill a necessary evil Sounds like Mr . Herhold implies water ought to be free . There are lots of things in life that are essential , e.g . food and emergency medical help . But no one expects either of these to be free . So , why should be water be viewed

Water Wired blog: An online community for groundwater and IWRM? If interested, please respond

Updated: 2012-05-30 16:00:56

: , Home About Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Groundwater Category Click here to view all posts Water Wired blog : An online community for groundwater and IWRM If interested , please respond Posted by : Maven on May 30, 2012 at 8:00 am From the Water Wired : blog Earlier today I sent the following email out to a hundred or so of my closest groundwater friends . In it , I discuss my intention to establish an online community of all those interested in Groundwater and Integrated Water Resources Management’ . My belief is that groundwater is often given short shrift when it comes to IWRM . My experience in Marseille leads me to believe that my opinion is shared by many . others Dear Groundwater , Friends Lest you wonder why you are

Why the Shale Gas Industry Needs Regulations for Fracking

Updated: 2012-05-30 11:45:52

You’ll rarely find a business in America—and especially one in the fossil-fuel industry—asking for more regulation. The default mode of industry groups like U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute (API) is that government is always the problem, and that less regulation is always the solution. That’s usually been the position of the [...]