(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20221027-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers The report begins with the U.S. Drought monitor maps of the West and California. This remainder of the report has a rather narrow focus. Two general topics are covered: First, the extent and impact…

(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20221020-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers The Western states drought and water crisis, as I discuss in my article, “Southwest Megadrought Threatens Human Survival; “Now” Generation Politicians Respond—What Crisis?” requires the ending of the system in which the central bank…

(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20221006-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers I include the national and western states maps along with the California map from the U.S. Drought Monitor for this week. As can be seen, drought continues to impact about two thirds of the…

(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220929-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers We begin this week’s report with the U.S. Drought Monitor maps. The California map shows no change for the past couple of weeks, despite rain over a two week period throughout most of the…

(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220922-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers California had some rain this past week. Not much, but some. Definitely not enough to make a difference in water availability for agriculture, but did tamp down some of the wildfires. Though, as the…

(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220915-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers The photo above is from the announcement for this Saturday, September 17, for another LaRouche PAC special event and webinar with live audiences in Texas and California. Our speakers, Brian Lantz from Texas and…

(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) For September 8, 2022 by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220908-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers The cover photo above and the last section of this week’s report is the Feature, which celebrates today, September 8, the 100th birthday of the late physical economist, strategic thinker,…

(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) For September 1, 2022 by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220901-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers Our cover photo today is of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear power plant in California. On Wednesday, August 31, the California legislature voted to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operations, bringing…

(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) For August 25, 2022 by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220825-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers Join me on Saturday, August 25 at 12:00 Noon PDT for a discussion of the Western drought and solutions. Myself and my colleague Brian Lantz of Houston, will be the…

Live in-person event and broadcast on Zoom Saturday, August 27, 2022 12:00 Noon Pacific; 1:00pm Mountain; 2:00pm Central; 3:00pm Eastern www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220827-Solve-the-Water-Crisis%2C-Drain-the-Swamp.pdf