This week, leaders and influencers from around the world met in Paris to discuss climate change and hopefully work out a pact that will limit carbon emissions from every country and put the brakes on global warming trends across the globe. Here at home in California we’ve embraced renewable energy to solve an entirely different […]

Solar desalination technology provides a way to remove salt from agricultural drainage water to create a new source of freshwater. Climate change and new environmental policies regarding water usage have forced many Californians to start making difficult choices: Should we invest in more efficient water-saving devices or risk paying a fine for under-conserving? Drill a […]

The past few months have highlighted a lively debate in California as to who has a right to use the dwindling reserves of freshwater. Agriculture is repeatedly called out as the largest water user, comprising up to 80% of the state’s water use every year, and therefore the target of many water conservationists and environmentalists […]