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Archive of entries posted by jfleck
Landscape, interrupted
One of my favorite Albuquerque views is from the bike trail by what we call the “Big I”, the interchange of two interstates in the middle of town. The trail runs along the northwest bank of a flood control channel, and the geography is such that you’re at the highest point around, including (mostly) the …
vegetarianism, water and growth
From the Daily Herald in Provo, Utah: “This is a very, very important issue and we are trying to offer some leadership in this regard and brought in people to give direction,” Freeze said of the summit. “We want what is best for our communities and families. We all realize that, like it or not, …
California’s water policy failings on display, but is there a lesson of success here as well?
tl;dr While Northern California flounders, Southern California’s drought planning kicks in as Met taps into its Lake Mead water savings bank Brett Walton, writing about President Obama’s visit to California’s drought-stricken Central Valley, captured that state’s water policy dilemma: “It can’t just be a matter of there’s going to be less and less water so …
“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”
From Brett Walton, a visit to California’s Central Valley to witness Stein’s Law in action: David Zoldoske, who has worked at Fresno State for 31 years, sees this as the future of agriculture in the Central Valley. Fewer acres will be irrigated, less groundwater will be pumped. Walton’s entire piece is worth reading. Wikipedia has …
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Pumpkin
Nunes: “There was plenty of water.”
California Congressman Devin Nunes, in this morning’s New York Times: “Global warming is nonsense,” Mr. Nunes said. He criticized the federal government for shutting off portions of California’s system of water irrigation and storage, and diverting water into a program for freshwater salmon. “There was plenty of water. This has nothing to do with drought. …
They’re pumpin’ down in Texas
Given the tension from Texas’s legal complaints against New Mexico regarding the impact of New Mexico groundwater pumping on Texas Rio Grande supply (see Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado), this El Paso Water Utilities pump house feels to some like a middle finger raised in New Mexico’s direction. It’s just inside the Texas border, …
Losing the groundwater pumping race to the bottom: your choice
As we watch Californians floundering over drought, or sometimes not floundering, it’s worth revisiting Elinor Ostrom’s Governing the Commons. In it, Ostrom tells the story of communities in the San Gabriel Valley, east of Los Angeles, coming together to manage their groundwater at a time when a race to the bottom was underway that, absent …
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Lady Gaga, California drought
Here at Inkstain, we’ve long believed that our drought and water coverage has suffered from a lack of Lady Gaga-related items. Today, thanks to the LA Times, we can correct this shortcoming. The story, fittingly enough, involves Hearst Castle and what is apparently a leaking swimming pool: [P]ark officials and the singer came up with …