NRDC Fights to Fix L.A. Stormwater Policy
Los Angeles loves its beaches. In the summer, you practically have to elbow your way through the mob of tourists, surfers, and families to get to the water...
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New Power Plant Rules Will Reduce Toxic Pollution and Save Water
We live in a world where information about our bodies, health, and world are ever-evolving. So it would seem ridiculous to think that regulations set in place...
Now or Never: It's Time for the State Board to Require Stormwater Capture and Help California Mitigate the Drought
Credit: Council for Watershed Health Anyone who's driven outside Los Angeles has seen the effects this drought has had on our landscape: hillsides are brown,...
New Report Shows Remarkable Reduction in Water Use by Power Plants
Among all the things that we use less of today than in 1970 – paper maps, postage stamps, and cameras without a phone are some of the items that immediately...
Legislation Introduced to Address the Rising Impacts of Urban Flooding
Urban flooding is a serious and growing problem. “Around 20-25 percent of all economic losses resulting from flooding occur in areas not designated as being in...
President's Climate Resiliency Actions Include Risk-Mapping Tool
Today, President Obama announced a series of climate preparedness initiatives aimed at strengthening the nation’s efforts to prepare for sea level rise and...