Water Resources

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Daniel Swain: Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth and connections to CA wildfires

Daniel explains his recent research into unusually rapid and/or high magnitude swings between unusual weather conditions, including causes, expected trends and links to southern California’s devastating wildfires.
January 30, 2025
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Vasquez-Rodriguez joins RCAC to support Indigenous and rural clean water

Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez has begun working as Small Utilities Project Manager at the Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC), working to support the human right to water in California. As stated on their website, RCAC is a 501(c)(3)...
November 26, 2024
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Gill quoted on the hidden menace of western dust storms

“The hottest spots for dust are the lakes that are drying up, usually as a result of the human thirst for water.”
September 16, 2024
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Klamath River runs again: Keith Parker quoted on significance of dam removal

“Those birds and all the living things up there haven’t heard running water in over 100 years — it’s a completely different landscape. The ecosystem is healing itself,” Keith says in The New York Times story With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River.
September 16, 2024
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Steele’s Friends of the Verde River wins ASU Resilience Prize

Friends of the Verde River was recognized as the 2022 winner of the statewide Resilience Prize for its collaborative, data-driven work to ensure the long term health of one of Arizona’s last free-flowing rivers. The annual prize, awarded by...
April 24, 2024
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Scheuer named chair of East Maui Water Authority

The longtime champion of Native Hawaiian rights took the helm of a voter-created body that could significantly influence how water policy gets shaped and what projects get developed on the island’s east side going forward.
March 18, 2024
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Cohen connects coral decline to ballast discharge

Andrew Cohen’s letter to the editor in the Washington Post points out that ballast discharge is an important factor in coral reef disease and decline. He writes: “In recent years, coral reefs in Florida and elsewhere in the Caribbean have...
September 27, 2023
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Jonathan Scheuer on water issues surrounding Lāhainā fire

Jonathan Scheuer has been featured in recent New York Times, Washington Post, and local Hawaiian coverage of water rights fights in the wake of the Lāhainā fire on Maui.
August 23, 2023
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Lund op-ed: spearheading sustainable industries in Bangladesh garment industry

Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry is championing the nation’s green transition
August 23, 2023
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Scheuer appointed to East Maui Water Board amid fiercely political process

The Maui County Council has confirmed Jonathan Likeke Scheuer to represent the Hawaiian Homes Commission on the board steering the new East Maui Community Water Authority, marking the council’s final action in a heated monthslong process to get it up and running.
July 26, 2023