Meredith Rutland Bauer is a freelance environmental, technology and science reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, Vice, Wired and the Atlantic. Follow her at @merebauer. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/meredith-rutland-bauer/rss en Climate & Weather Environment & Wildlife Law & Policy Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:00:08 +0000 Meredith Rutland Bauer https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/11/15/4-billion-california-bond-will-help-with-droughts-and-floods https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/11/15/4-billion-california-bond-will-help-with-droughts-and-floods In June, California voters will decide whether to fund a $4 billion bond measure that covers a wide variety of issues, including urban parks, drought resilience and flood protection. Agriculture Innovation Solutions Wed, 30 Aug 2017 03:00:03 +0000 Meredith Rutland Bauer https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/08/30/the-delta-is-sinking-scientists-think-planting-rice-will-help https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/08/30/the-delta-is-sinking-scientists-think-planting-rice-will-help Researchers hope to stave off subsidence in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta with a solution farmers might like: planting rice. But a pilot project has yielded mixed results.