• Could recycled water be the answer to California's future droughts?

    ABC10
    April 4, 2024

    Water engineers are now taking the next step to not just recycle water for farmland usage, but to take the sewage water and reuse it in our homes. While the idea of toilet water waste returning to our faucets may sound repulsive, environmental advocates and engineers say it’s something we'll need to get over.

  • Court green lights water district challenge to Navy water rights; rejects storage argument and attempt to mine the basin

    Daily Independent
    April 4, 2024

    Following a lengthy hearing on March 22, the court presiding over the Indian Wells Valley groundwater adjudication approved a request by the Indian Wells Valley Water District, and its litigation partner Mojave Pistachios, LLC, to set a trial to determine the Navy’s right to produce groundwater from the basin.

  • US SEC stays climate disclosure rule amid legal challenges

    Reuters
    April 4, 2024

    Wall Street’s top regulator has stayed new climate-related disclosure requirements pending judicial review, the agency said in a statement on Thursday, after criticism from across the political spectrum. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) first-of-its-kind regulation on how companies share certain climate-related risks with investors had attracted multiple lawsuits.

  • Lawyers make case to keep, boot Fong from Congressional ballot

    San Joaquin Valley Sun
    April 4, 2024

    California’s 3rd District Court of Appeal heard arguments in Secretary of State Shirley Weber’s case against Asm Vince Fong (R–Bakersfield) to remove him from the ballot for Congress. After hearing the arguments, the appellate court went into recess and will come back at a later date with a decision, with a critical April 12 election certification deadline looming.