(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News online) First airports had to deal with a drought of passengers due to the pandemic. Now airports in many parts of the U.S. West join their communities in facing a summer plagued by water shortages. But in California, at least, where […]
Airports in California must obey strict local and state water conservation rules, but the topiary bear that greets arriving motorists at Mineta San Jose International (SJC) needn’t sweat. The 12-year-old bear is well-established and, along with nearby native and drought-tolerant plantings, gets by with a sip of recycled water delivered every two weeks by the […]
(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News online) First airports had to deal with a drought of passengers due to the pandemic. Now airports in many parts of the U.S. West join their communities in facing a summer plagued by water shortages. But in California, at least, where […]
Airports in California must obey strict local and state water conservation rules, but the topiary bear that greets arriving motorists at Mineta San Jose International (SJC) needn’t sweat. The 12-year-old bear is well-established and, along with nearby native and drought-tolerant plantings, gets by with a sip of recycled water delivered every two weeks by the […]