On the heels on my last post on California water politics…KQED QUEST just released a radio segment on the Schwarzenegger proposal to build new dams and a canal. It’s an excellent peek into the complicated issue of water politics, especially within the dynamic of water rich Northern California and people rich Southern California.
Listen to the story here: http://www.kqed.org/quest/radio/view/655

By now, you have probably seen the ads. California has a serious water crisis. A conglomerate of 450 local water agencies have sponsored an 8 week, $9 million ad campaign. The agencies claim there is serious impending water crisis looming in California. And scientists…..agree. Shocking that politics and science agree for once.
The crisis argument arises from a few factors: expected population growth, climate change affects, infrastructure susceptibility to earthquakes, and restrictions on the Delta due to endangered species. All are real factors, but best estimates indicate effects will start to …

A very popular methodology for carbon reduction is forcing more into the ocean. Many scientists support the testing of algal bloom growth in the oceans. Other private companies are researching iron fertilization, a process used to promote plankton growth in the ocean. Yet other groups even look toward direct deep sea carbon injection, a process where CO2 is captured and then pushed (generally via big ass tube) into deep ocean or even ocean floor.
Rather than explore each individual idea in this post, I’ll address the overall movement.
According to estimates, …