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California Is Edging Dangerously Close to Statewide Water Restrictions
Californians may be headed towards mandatory water use restrictions. In a Monday meeting, Gov. Gavin Newsom warned many of the state’s big municipal water suppliers that, if their current local strategies don’t work to bring water demand down, he would introduce statewide orders.
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The US Bachelor’s Commitment to Excess Is Killing the Planet
There was a moment on this week’s episode of The Bachelorette US that made my jaw drop. It had nothing to do with a fight between contestants or a heartbreaking revelation. Rather, it was water in the desert. Lots of it. And it made me think about the future of a show that has traditionally…
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Can California Drought-Proof Itself With This Pair Of Giant Gravity-Powered Water Tunnels?
As part of his State of the State address, California Governor Jerry Brown released a new video to explain his plan for protecting California’s water supply. According to Brown, it will not only drought-proof the state’s water, but also make it earthquake-proof, terrorism-proof, and climate change-proof. Ambitious.