We have an unexpected and exciting new summer internship opportunity at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver, CO. Full time, in person, paid work with an $8-$9.5K stipend. Apply by Monday, May 6 at 11:59 p.m. stanford.io/49LPBPs

The recent Stanford Forum on the Science of Energy Transition, co-hosted by Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and the Stanford Management Company, convened academics, innovators, and industry leaders to move the dial on global energy decarbonization. Read about it here: news.stanford.edu/report/?p=17459

For the first time, California water regulators are cracking down on a farming region for failing to take steps to curb growers’ excessive pumping of groundwater, which has sent water levels into rapid decline and is causing the land to sink. jessica garrison latimes.com/environment/st…

From the editors of our online magazine, & the West, we bring you '& the Best,' the top news from around the region featuring environmental, health, policy, and indigenous stories. stanford.io/4aDpUla

We have partnered with Marshall Burke on wildfire research in the past. His new paper examines the very high cost of the smoke:

Bruce Cain from Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West gave an amazing keynote address at our Caltech workshop on 'Innovations in the Science & Policy of Water Quality Measurement.' A fascinating talk about water policy and politics, providing important context the workshop! CaltechCsspp #waterquality

Paul Milgrom and Billy Ferguson have developed a water market solution to overcome key policy challenges around water scarcity. Their new approach would turn water into a financial asset and create incentives for water rights holders to conserve. siepr.stanford.edu/news/colorado-…

Caltech CSSPP One of the highlights of the waterqualitycaltech.org workshop is a keynote address on Friday April 12 by Bruce Cain, director of the Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University. Bruce's talk is titled, 'Keeping It Clean: Making Resilient Water Policy in a Toxic Political Climate.'

A dwindling water supply — depended upon by multiple stakeholders often at odds with each other — has created immense challenges and also collaborative governance opportunities in the rural West. Our recent conference took up this topic and more: news.stanford.edu/report/?p=17321

You can now view our 2024 Rural West Conference online. Watch expert panels cover interstate migration, the Colorado River water crisis, economic and policy considerations around the U.S.-Mexico border, and current Native American issues in the Southwest. stanford.io/3PV4HLt

After years of chronic overuse and drought, what will the future hold for the seven states, 30 tribes and northern Mexico, all of whom depend on the Colorado River for hydropower, irrigation, and their livelihoods? Amy Joi O'Donoghue reports from #RuralWest : deseret.com/utah/2024/03/2…

With gratitude for the generous support from the Eccles Family, we hope #RuralWest will continue to grow the network of dedicated individuals and organizations invested in finding solutions to challenges of rural policy, health, and environment. stanford.io/3TQsNZT

#RuralWest ’s final panel on issues at the southern border. We thank all our panelists for sharing their expertise with our live and online audiences.

.North American Development Bank is also working on improving border air quality. They are forming partnerships that are mutually beneficial to the U.S. and Mexico. #RuralWest

Lopez: The impact of this work on Mexico has been remarkable.

How does North American Development Bank work? It provides loans, grants, and technical assistance to support the development and implementation of environmental infrastructure projects. It offers technical and other assistance for projects that support a healthy U.S. Mexico border region. #RuralWest

NADBank works on projects that improve basic infrastructure in the following sectors: water, solid waste, air quality, sustainable energy, sustainable cities, and sustainable production. An ultimate goal of these efforts is effective climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Lopez describes the innovative governance of North American Development Bank. It has a ten-member, binational board of directors with an equal number of representatives from each country. He says water is at the forefront of their focus.

.North American Development Bank is owned and governed equally by the governments of the United States and Mexico. Lopez is responsible for overseeing the environmental integrity of the operations of the Bank and the projects being considered for certification and financing.

The final speaker of the day is Salvador Lopez of North American Development Bank, which was established in 1994 to develop and finance environmental infrastructure along the U.S. -Mexico border. #RuralWest