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ronrussellwriter

Feb 27, 20152 min read

Illegal waste pits galore in Central Valley as state looks the other way

In Kern County, where oil companies cough up roughly 9 barrels of polluted water for every barrel of oil they produce by fracking, state...

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ronrussellwriter

May 30, 20142 min read

The future of water? That giant desalination project at Carlsbad

Timely update by Paul Rogers in the Mercury News on the largest ocean desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere being built at...

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ronrussellwriter

May 14, 20141 min read

Yurok tribe reaches out to protect a bird it holds dear: the California condor

More potentially good news for the California condor. An agreement between the Yurok tribe and the National Park Service and other...

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ronrussellwriter

Apr 9, 20141 min read

San Jaoquin River is nation's 'most endangered.' Careful where you dive in.

Looking for a poster child for California's unbalanced water management policy? How about the San Jaoquin River, which hasn't had a...

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