2022 Conservation Politics 
Legal Planet
MARCH 31, 2025
(Klamath River Dam removal project [credit: Los Angeles Times]) Most of the environmental law and policy matters discussed on Legal Planet–especially over the past few months–have dealt with natural resource crises, environmental rollbacks, hostile political actors and actions in Washington, D.C., Download as PDF
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 4, 2022
October 4, 2022. A similar measure stalled earlier this year due to opposition from conservatives on the state’s Natural Resources Board. October 11-13, 2022: Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting – register. October 18, 2022: EPA’s Debra Shore at the Great Lakes Conference — register. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor.
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Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The Year in Water, 2022. Sharpening the Shark’s Teeth By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 13, 2022. The strength of the shark’s teeth and the breadth of the bite were on full display in 2022. The big reservoirs on the Colorado River continued to shrink as a warming climate and inadequate conservation dry out the basin.
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 4, 2022
By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – August 4, 2022. Knowing they are targets, farmers in southern Arizona and California who receive irrigation water from the Colorado River are discussing a plan that could go a long way toward meeting a federal conservation mandate in the drying basin. Such a plan would require billions in funding.
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 31, 2022
The governor’s top water adviser said that farmers should consider leaving fields unplanted in order to conserve water supplies. That grim forecast comes from the International Organization for Migration, the UN agency that tracks the how people move in response to political and environmental pressures.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 26, 2022
By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 26, 2022. Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. Wilce is the treasurer of Arizona Water Defenders, the political action committee that brought the question to the ballot. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue.
Circle of Blue
MAY 18, 2022
Many southwestern cities are implementing water conservation policies that experts say are providing ample supplies in an otherwise drought-stricken region of the United States. What’s Up With Water—May 17, 2022 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers water-related financial risks and a mandate to conserve water in California.
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