California Farmer To Pay $1.1 Million Fine For Plowing Field
August 15, 2017 | Amy Quinton
A California farmer has agreed to pay a $1.1 million fine for plowing a field in violation of the Clean Water Act.
August 15, 2017 | Amy Quinton
A California farmer has agreed to pay a $1.1 million fine for plowing a field in violation of the Clean Water Act.
November 2, 2016
(AP) - A federal appeals court says an environmental review of a development plan for the Lake Tahoe region adequately addressed concerns about the lake's water quality.
September 15, 2016 | Amy Quinton
California regulators have released a draft plan that would increase water for threatened fish and reduce water for farmers.
August 9, 2016 | Amy Quinton
A new report from UC Davis examines how excess nitrogen is polluting California’s air and groundwater, affecting human health and the climate.
August 4, 2016 | Amy Quinton
Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, occur every summer in California. But this year the drought has made it worse.
July 28, 2016 | Amy Quinton
Scientists find record-breaking measurements in a report that examines the environmental health of Lake Tahoe.
July 19, 2016 | Amy Quinton
California regulators will soon set a legal limit on a probable carcinogen found in public drinking water systems around the state.
May 5, 2016 | Amy Quinton
A new report finds that as many as one million students in California have attended schools with water systems that didn’t meet safe drinking water standards.
April 13, 2016
(AP) — A federal review says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect drinking-water reserves from oilfield contamination.
November 20, 2015 | Amy Quinton
Scientists are studying if restoring mountain meadows can play a small part in combating climate change.