Gas prices and water fights: California environment 2024 year in review
California strived to maintain its environmental leadership in 2024, with voters approving a $10 billion environmental bond and the state advancing its renewable energy goals — all while navigating a major budget deficit. … Voters approved Proposition 4, a $10 billion bond that will fund projects across the state that aim to safeguard drinking water, combat wildfires, protect natural lands and improve resilience against floods and extreme heat. … Managing California’s valuable water resources proved fraught in 2024 again. Colorado River basin states remained at odds over how to manage their unstable supply. In March, California, Arizona and Nevada agreed to major cuts, but the federal government delayed a key environmental review, punting the problem to the incoming Trump administration. And a judge blocked the state’s first attempt to enforce California’s landmark regulation aimed at ending the overpumping of groundwater. That case, involving growers in the San Joaquin Valley’s King County, resumes in January.
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