News & Commentary

Even the most casual observer recognizes that a long-delayed reckoning is coming on the Colorado River.

Mireya Arana, a rising senior at UC Merced, reflects on what can be done to address the food inaccessibility she sees in her hometown of Winterhaven, California.

2022 Bristol Bay wild salmon run breaks all-time record while beleaguered Canadian owner of widely opposed Bristol Bay gold and copper mining scheme continues to fight EPA’s proposal for veto long sought by region’s residents.

Legislators can protect California from these dangerous pesticides by passing AB 2146, a bill authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan.

More than a dozen City Hall leaders violate California's water reporting requirements.

A broad-based coalition of groups representing millions of supporters are running full-page ads urging the public to support EPA action to protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine. 

Funding deadline looms for agreement between Alaska Native village corporation and two land conservation organizations to protect 44,000 acres of salmon habitat in Upper Bristol Bay, blocking access corridor needed for widely condemned mine.

Wall Street Journal attack on EPA’s proposed protections for Bristol Bay is high on rhetoric, wrong on the facts, and ignores comprehensive scientific record showing unacceptable adverse effects from widely condemned gold and copper mine proposed for Bristol Bay headwaters.

As farmers grapple with everything from extreme weather events to heat stress to wildfires, and agriculture becomes less predictable in the face of a changing climate, it is essential for governments to help farmers transition to practices that increase resilience…

In a big win for communities and climate, three oil and gas offshore lease sales have been cancelled.

The inequity of this system has not diminished since the time it emerged—but rather, is glaringly apparent in times of drought.

Ads and press event call on EPA to veto the Pebble Mine and issue Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska.

Fly-in meetings and paid media urge the EPA to veto Pebble Mine and permanently protect Bristol Bay.