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Rachel Becker

Rachel Becker

Environment & Water Reporter at CALmatters

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  • English
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  • Environment
  • Natural Resources

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Recent Articles

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‘A flood on steroids’: What to know as storm, debris flows threaten LA

Burn scars slicked by fire and stripped of plants are especially vulnerable to pounding rain in Southern California. Below debris flows a USGS scientist says to be ready to fight like hell or get out of the way.
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No Colorado River deal for California and other Western states desp...

Another Colorado River deadline sails into the rearview as states remain deadlocked over the parched river.
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Colorado River talks hit crunch time. What’s at stake for Californi...

Western states in the Colorado River basin are racing a federal deadline to hash out how to share the overtapped river. As the clock ticks down, two questions looms large: Just how real is this deadline, and what does it mean for California?
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‘Emerging threat’: An invasive species is upending life in the Delt...

One year after the discovery that golden mussels had invaded the Delta, thick colonies coat boats and piers and threaten water supplies for cities and farms. Yet the state has no specific funding or plans to tackle harms in the heart of the invasion.
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Crops to Kilowatts: A Solar Future for California's Fallowed Farmland?

Farmers are divided over a bill that would loosen rules protecting farmland in an effort to seed more solar on fallowed fields.
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Newsom’s ‘zombie’ plan to fast-track Delta tunnel dies…for now

A controversial $20 billion construction project that would funnel water from Lake Shasta towards thirsty cities and farms keeps moving forward. Slowly.
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More heat, more lightning, more flames: California’s fires are just...

More heat, more lightning, more flames: California’s fires are just a start, scientists say
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‘Beyond awful’ Colorado River forecasts put water talks under pressure

‘Beyond awful’ Colorado River forecasts put water talks under pressure
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Key player in California’s water wars embraces controversial pact

The State Water Resources Control Board didn’t shy away from a controversial agreement in a new proposal, which qualifies as a major development in the long-running debate about delta water use.
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A new invader threatens California water supplies. Can the state st...

Dogs and human inspectors are checking boats for golden mussels at some lakes, but a patchwork of oversight leaves many lakes unprotected.
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These 4 million acres of California forests could lose protection. ...

The land at stake ranges from the far north's dense coastal forests to Southern California’s great expanses of brush. Experts dispute whether revoking the two-decade-old rule would help prevent wildfires.