The Guardian • 2026-07-18

Water firms in England and Wales ‘leak five times what hosepipe ban would save’

Greenpeace UK says 2.87bn litres lost daily, a fifth of all water pumped through network

Los Angeles Times • 2026-07-16

‘Fiscal cliff’ for drinking water fixes: Californians with bad tap water could have a longer wait

Californians with contaminated water may have to wait longer for fixes as the state's drinking water program faces a plunge

Los Angeles Times • 2026-07-16

'It'll buy us time': Feds to pay millions to prop up dwindling Lake Mead

A Southern California water agency is among those partnering with the federal government to prevent a large reservoir from reaching a critically low water level.

NYPost • 2026-07-16

Californians hate Gavin Newsom’s gas vehicle ban, poll shows

Nearly 66% of adults and likely voters oppose Newsom’s executive order signed in 2020 that bans the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035.

Los Angeles Times • 2026-07-16

Californians back CEQA reform, reject AI data centers by huge margins, poll finds

Most California voters appear hungry to reform state environmental law to speed up housing and infrastructure projects, according to a new poll. Voters also expressed strong opposition to AI data centers.