California in Quagmire Over Useless Dam
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The Matilija Dam isn't much of a dam anymore &#151; on rainy days, it looks more like a waterfall. A pile of sediment has built up so high behind the dam that when just an inch of rain falls, water spills over in glistening cascades.
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A proposal to build a hydroelectric dam on a river with diverse fish stocks has set off a controversy.
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By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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By COLLEEN DISKIN and ALEX NUSSBAUM, STAFF WRITERS  Seventy percent of the state's waters  including crucial sources of drinking water such as the Oradell and Wanaque reservoirs  fail to meet federal pollution standards.
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By Russell Clemings, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  May 27--Eleven years after it was proposed, the first big development across the San Joaquin River north of Fresno now needs only a July vote of approval from the Madera County Board of Supervisors.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep.
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By SCOTT HARPER  BY SCOTT HARPER  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  RICHMOND - The State Water Control Board rejected two major development proposals Wednesday - one on the Peninsula, the other on the Eastern Shore - in decisions cheered by environmentalists and watermen.
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GRANTS PASS -- A petition from environmentalists to put four species of lamprey -- jawless fish resembling eels that swim with salmon -- under protection of the Endangered Species Act has been rejected again by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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The Bush administration's rejection of state efforts to tighten rules on greenhouse gas emissions touched off a flurry of counterattacks Thursday. Democrats in Congress launched an investigation. Governors led by California's Arnold Schwarzenegger said they would sue, and environmental groups demanded to see the government's rationale for its decision.
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California's battle for jobs gets down and dirty
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The question of how to treat wastewater in an exclusive California beachfront community is pitting neighbors, surfers and environmentalists against one another.
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By Kelly Hassett, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Dec. 17--A plan for the heavily disputed Buckeye Lake dam project addresses some of the residents' complaints, but homeowners say they're still concerned.
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By The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 12--California launched a gutsy environmental initiative last month that has received far less attention than the much-heralded global warming bill.   On a unanimous vote on Aug.
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About 2,500 people were ordered to  evacuate their homes in Southern California on Friday when a  106-foot high dam began leaking after two weeks of rain.
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LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Western governors convening a two-day summit on the federal Endangered Species Act heard a list of complaints: Too few plants and animals saved.
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Despite plenty of warnings, critics say, Georgia never got around to developing a water management plan to handle a severe drought. Now that reservoirs already are shrinking and water supplies are threatened, lawmakers are scrambling to cope.
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Automakers on Wednesday attacked a California plan to regulate automotive emissions of global warming gases. The state&#39;s proposal &quot;clearly goes far beyond what is reasonable