Environment
A Hidden Consequence of California's Drought: It's Making Energy Dirtier
With little water in the state's reservoirs, hydroelectricity is losing ground to natural gas—and there's a big price to pay.
Talk of the devastating effects of California's drought usually centers on agriculture, which lost $2.2 billion last year as a result of the historic water shortage.
But the drought has also reshuffled the state's mix of energy sources, and the consequences aren't pretty, according to a new report from the Pacific Institute.