The green conference beat
If there is any sign of the feverish level of activity in the green business and renewable energy sectors in Southern California, it would have to be the endless stream of emails pouring into my...
View ArticleNew faults discovered after 2010 Baja quake — a deeper look at the science
As reported in The Desert Sun and on mydesert.com on Sunday, scientific research following the El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake in Baja California on Easter Day, April 4, 2010, revealed the magnitude 7.2...
View ArticlePrimary documents: View the New River strategic plan
As we reported today, the California-Mexico Border Relations Council has released its strategic plan to clean up the New River, once called the most polluted river in North America, which flows up from...
View ArticleToday’s “Big Stink” could be harbinger of smelly things to come
A surprisingly large portion of Southern California got an unpleasant encounter with “The Big Stink” on Monday, a rotten-egg-like smell emanating from the Salton Sea following a strong, windy storm...
View ArticleComing Sunday: Salton Sea at the tipping point
The Sept. 10 “Big Stink,” when a strong southerly wind took foul Salton Sea odors throughout Southern California, was a warning sign of things to come, scientists and policy-makers say. And it...
View ArticleScientists: Salton Sea volcanoes much younger than previously thought
The Salton Buttes, a line of four small volcanoes on the Salton Sea’s southeastern shore, are not only still considered active by scientists, new research indicates they last erupted thousands of years...
View ArticleFederal lawmakers don’t put money where the Salton Sea is
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, in an Oct. 11 letter to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works chaired by her fellow California Democrat, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, requested $1.3 billion for...
View ArticleCVWD and Desert Healthcare District board elections final results
The final figures are in, and while the numbers changed, the results remain the same. For the Coachella Valley Water District board election, Edwin “Ed” Pack racked up 39.33 percent of the vote,...
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Barbara Boxer and Raul Ruiz meet with Army Corps over Salton Sea
Sen. Barbara Boxer and the Coachella Valley’s incoming congressman, Raul Ruiz, met with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday to discuss the Salton Sea. The Democrats met with Ms. Jo-Ellen...
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Raul Ruiz, Brian Nestande compete over Salton Sea
If Friday’s schedules are any indication, the Salton Sea will be a major focus of next year’s congressional campaign. Rep. Raul Ruiz and his Republican challenger, Assemblyman Brian Nestande, have...
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