'Improvised, spotty and belated': Will California reform its oversight of water rights? latimes.com/environment/st…

I spoke with Nell Green Nylen, D. Owen & Michael Kiparsky about their recommendations. "Our system for water administration in California just doesn’t work. It doesn’t work because the state doesn’t have the tools it needs to do the basics."legal-planet.org/2023/04/24/man… latimes.com/environment/st…

California water doesn't do the basics well on water rights. The legislature can help. Once again, Ian James brings clarity to a corner of the water world in a sorely needed way. Los Angeles Times UC Berkeley Law @BerkeleyLawCLEE Union of Concerned Scientists Dave Owen

June 22 | #EnvironmentalLawSeries We've partnered with the Forest Resources Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources to present "Intro to Environmental Law Series – Forestry Law 101", a #complimentary webinar. Register now:  lnkd.in/gwyWjNSr

June 28 | 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm 📅 #CLAwebinar Join the Environmental Law Section of the California Lawyers Association for "Environmental Legislation and Regulation in California: #Trends, #Directions, and #Developments." @Baylawgroup ➡️ Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

How can we manage water scarcity? By aligning the State Water Resources Control Board’s capabilities with California’s needs, say Nell Green Nylen & Michael @Kiparsky (@BerkeleyLawCLEE) & Dave Owen (UC Law San Francisco) sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

California doesn't need to settle for a dysfunctional status quo: "Instead, it can begin to manage water scarcity as a routine fact of life... Other Western states do this. California can, too." sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo… SFChronicle Opinion Nell Green Nylen Michael Kiparsky @BerkeleyLawCLEE

As Ted Lamm @BerkeleyLawCLEE explains "electrifying automobiles is important, but so is getting more Californians into convenient, affordable trains and buses." Threatened cuts would disproportionately impact those "most reliant on transit access." legal-planet.org/2023/06/14/sav…

💡 We're #hiring! CLEE is seeking a Transportation & Climate Change Research Fellow and a Climate Change Policy Research Fellow. Apply today. Transportation & Climate Change Research Fellow: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03944 Climate Change Policy Research Fellow: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03968

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A new study finds the majority of California’s local groundwater plans overlook stakeholders who rely on groundwater, putting them at risk of losing water supply. Read the full study down below. #groundwater #SGMA #ClimateChange #cawater nature.com/articles/s4146…

Ellen Bruno and I are hiring a postdoc in life-cycle analysis and the economics of groundwater recharge at the UCBerkeley Agriculture and Resource Dept. Come join our team working on an EPA-funded project to support enhanced aquifer recharge. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03974

Article out in Scientific Reports shows minimum thresholds for sustainable groundwater levels mirror business as usual rates of groundwater decline in CA's Central Valley, leaving drinking water wells vulnerable. Co-authored with Rich Pauloo nature.com/articles/s4159…

Legal experts say the change is overdue. "Imagine if a large segment of California taxpayers were not convinced the state’s Franchise Tax Board had the power to audit high-earning residents," Nell Green Nylen says. "That wouldn’t be a good situation." latimes.com/environment/st…

“The myth of normal river flow: Drought, floods, and management of California’s rivers,” by Julie Zimmerman, Jennifer Carah, Kirk Klausmeyer, Bronwen Stanford, Monty Schmitt, Mia Van Docto, Mary Ann King, & Matt Clifford. californiawaterblog.com/2023/10/01/the… #CAwater

Join us March 13th at 4:30 pm for a Zoom seminar with Dr. Nell Green Nylen. She'll discuss how water rights, other legal requirements and policy priorities, and management tools like water markets affect access to water in California. Nell Green Nylen environment.ucdavis.edu/events/nell-gr…

If you are at this September's Environmental Law Conference by CLA Environmental Law Section, I will be moderating a discussion on the "Safe Drinking Water Act at 50" Hearing from: Laurel Firestone  Desean Garnett  U.S. EPA Region 9 Ana Schwab Best Best & Krieger Nell Green Nylen calawyers.org/33rd-annual-en…

Hi California water people. I'm moving on over to Bluesky, where I'm @nellgreennylen.bsky.social. Hope to see you there!