Coalition Demands Cancellation of Delta Tunnel Change Petition Over Failure...
Sacramento, CA – In the latest battle in the California water wars, a coalition of water advocates, Tribes, environmental justice organizations, and fishing organizations submitted a motion calling on...
View ArticleDelta Tunnel project hearing cancelled after hacker takes over Zoom platform
A large number of people were scheduled today to testify and comment on the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP), potentially the most environmentally destructive public works project in California history,...
View ArticleRepublican Rep. LaMalfa Introduces Resolution to Repeal Longfin Smelt Listing...
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale), along with fellow California Republicans Vince Fong, Tom McClintock, and David Valadao, introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution on...
View ArticleFederal Government Restores Funding for Delta Smelt Captive Breeding Program!
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Tuesday said it will keep funding a captive breeding program for Delta smelt run by U.C. Davis, despite the antipathy towards the fish displayed by Donald Trump and...
View ArticleApril Fool's Day news: Blackwater (Constellis) to enforce California's marine...
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Chuck Bonham on April 1, 2025 announced the beginning of a historic partnership between Blackwater (now Constellis) and the CDFW to enforce...
View ArticleSome exciting news to share: I'm opening a new chapter in my life with a...
April 1, 2025To all of my friends here, I have some big and exciting news to announce today.Everybody knows how tough it is to make a living as a journalist now, with the consolidation of media outlets...
View ArticleThe Mask Comes Off: Department of Water Resources Reveals True Purpose of the...
The Gavin Newsom administration in California has long insisted the primary purpose of the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) – aka, the Delta Tunnel – is to improve water delivery reliability for...
View ArticleC-WIN Establishes Annual Awards for Water Reform Advocacy and Communications
Press Release from the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN):The Dorothy Green and Dan Bacher Awards Recognize Key Figures in the Fight for Water EquityThe California Water Impact Network has...
View ArticleCoalition Calls For Investigation And Postponement After Cyberattack Disrupts...
Sacramento, CA — The Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, on behalf of the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), sent a letter to the State Water Resources Control...
View ArticleYurok and Hoopa Valley Tribes Sign Historic Trinity River Water Agreement
Weitchpec CA — On April 2, leaders of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and Yurok Tribe signed an agreement to share 50,000 Acre-Feet (AF) of federal water from the Bureau of Reclamation’s Trinity Reservoir near...
View ArticlePolluters Pay Climate Superfund Act Passes First California Senate Committee!
Sacramento — On March 2, the California Senate version of the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act passed out of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee in a 5-3 vote.SB 684 is a bill that would...
View ArticleThe Delta Tunnel will increase water deliveries by 22 percent, testimony by...
Yesterday I received the latest Delta Conveyance Project update from the Department of Water Resources. The agency claimed that it is a “myth” that it intends to increase increase water exports from...
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