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The Environmental Protection Agency has released a strategy for attacking contamination from PFAS, a group of more than 9,000 compounds that have been dubbed “forever chemicals” for their ability to persist in water, soil and tissue without breaking down.

Valley congressmembers are pushing back on new filings in Gov. Newsom's lawsuit challenging biological opinions for Delta pumping operations.

President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats have two weeks before their next deadline to reach an agreement on his Build Back Better plan to expand social programs and attack climate change.

The California Department of Insurance is increasing coverage limits for ag and winery properties under the state’s insurer of last resort.

The Northern California Water Association is seeking to set the record straight on the status of salmon populations in the Sacramento River this year.

California’s largest source of irrigation water entered a new water year this month at one of the lowest storage levels on record.

As California plans for continued climate change, including the need to manage agricultural water use to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), a new report finds the intersection of energy with water and climate may not be getting as much attention as it deserves, especially in farm country.

Newsom has signed a bill legalizing hemp CBD products, upsetting a coalition of farmers fiercely opposing the measure while winning praise from others for opening new market opportunities.

California has already surpassed $101 million in USDA crop insurance indemnities due to shortages of irrigation water supplies and the numbers will likely climb much higher.

A public education campaign on farm water use is reaching out to more Californians this year.