Rachel Becker
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Newsom vetoes Delta levees bill as El Niño winter looms (opens the original)
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Even with an El Niño winter looming and memories of flooding still fresh, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill aimed at shoring up the Delta’s aging levees and protecting the region and vital water infrastructure from flooding and sinking land. In his veto message, Newsom said the more than $170 million for repairing levees, aqueducts and canals and other projects already included in the state budget made the measure re
California Sues Over Trump’s Changes to Endangered Species Act, Arguing They Threaten Habitat - North Coast Journal (opens the original)
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. California’s beloved condors and sea otters have rebounded from the brink of extinction thanks to the Endangered Species Act. Now the state is going to court to keep the 50-year-old law intact, filing two lawsuits this month to block what Democratic leaders describe as the Trump administration’s rollback of its protections. Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the suits with a coalition of 21 attorneys general, adding to dozens California has alread
California Sues Over Trump’s Changes to Endangered Species Act, Arguing They Threaten Habitat (opens the original)
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« OBITUARY: Henry George Anaya, Jr., 1953-2026 Coastal Commission Approves the County’s Request to Revamp the Road Out to Centerville Beach — And Decides to Not Totally Ban Motor Vehicle Access » Photo: (c) Andrea Carpio, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s beloved condors and sea otters have rebounded from the brink of extinction thanks to the Endangered Species Act. Now the state is going to court to kee
Data center water bills (opens the original)
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The backstory: As fights about data centers erupt nationwide, California lawmakers have approved a pair of bills to make data center developers disclose how much water they really use. The bills are a new test of whether California will set limits on an industry that’s becoming a flashpoint over water, electricity and the environmental consequences of artificial intelligence. Why it matters: Lawmakers on Monday cleared Assembly Bill 2469 by Assemblymember Diane Papan, a Democrat from San Mateo.
Is Sam Altman right that almonds use more water than ChatGPT queries? (opens the original)
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One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. As Gov. Gavin Newsom weighs whether to require data centers to disclose how much water they use, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says concerns over AI’s water use don’t hold “up to any scrutiny.” On the Sources Podcast with Alex Heath released Tuesday, Altman said that it takes 38,000 ChatGPT queries to use as much water as producing a single alm
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