Other ideas to solve the West’s water woes are equally complicated: Toting icebergs from the Arctic, desalinating ocean water or manufacturing rain.
Author: Janet Wilson, Palm Springs Desert Sun
California regulators find 21 idle oil wells leaking methane in Bakersfield neighborhoods
Idled wells are a burgeoning problem in California’s century-old oil fields, and cleanup costs could top $1 billion, according to a 2020 state study.
Mountain lion attacks, injures 3-year-old boy in California wilderness park
The attack occurred in Whiting Ranch, where a mountain biker died in a similar attack in 2004. The adult female lion was shot by authorities.
California power lines spark wildfires and prompt blackouts. Why not just bury them?
It would take more than 1,000 years to bury all the lines at the current rate. And it all comes out of the customer’s pocket eventually.
Nestlé is still taking national forest water for its Arrowhead label, with feds’ help
Review shows affected streams and springs are drying up. State enforcers say it will take at least six months to finish their probe.