Delta Tunnel Update: Governor claims two 'victories,' CalChamber files...
SACRAMENTO — Opponents of the Delta Tunnel project last month celebrated their successful campaign against Newsom’s trailer bill to fast-track the Delta Conveyance Project through the State...
View ArticleGas blowout survivors, advocates call for shut down of Aliso Canyon on...
Los Angeles – While the national mainstream and “alternative” media often portrays California as the nation’s “green” and “progressive” leader, the victims of the largest methane blowout in U.S....
View ArticleAfter an over 100 year absence, Klamath River salmon are back in Oregon's...
The naysayers said it couldn’t be done.For many years, the very vocal opponents of dam removal said that the salmon couldn’t return to the Klamath River and its tributaries to spawn as they had done...
View ArticleAmerican River Salmon and Steelhead Production In Jeopardy Due to Federal...
SACRAMENTO – For the first time in three years, anglers are again catching big, bright fall-run Chinook salmon on the American River, the crown jewel of the Sacramento Metropolitan Area. For...
View ArticleExpert testimony reveals Delta Tunnel project violates California’s climate...
Sacramento, CA — While opponents of the Delta Tunnel in September stopped a legislative proposal by Governor Newsom’s Office to fast-track the embattled pork barrel project, the decades-long battle to...
View ArticleBill protecting Shasta/Scott River salmon is signed, first video taken of...
Commercial salmon fishing on California’s ocean waters has been closed for the past three years, while only a very limited recreational salmon season has been allowed on the ocean and three Central...
View ArticleUpdated: Activists rally in NYC to challenge Governor’s Big Oil backtracking...
This is a follow-up to my article from yesterday:New York, NY— California Governor Gavin Newsom portrays himself as the national leader to take on Donald Trump as he skillfully trolls the President on...
View ArticleOver 40 groups call out Newsom for backsliding on climate promises, banner...
After signing a climate and energy package last week that would expand oil drilling in California by 2,000 wells per year, Governor Gavin Newsom’s office on Monday announced a new campaign on video...
View ArticleAdvocates say signing of California trailer bills is 'devastating blow' to...
On September 19, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 237, a bill that paves the way for expanded oil drilling in Kern County, as part of a climate package at a carefully staged press conference at the...
View ArticleCA Legislature votes to expand oil drilling in Kern Co. as Big Oil lobbying...
Shallow, poorly informed pundits and influencers constantly push the myth that California is the nation’s “green” and “progressive” leader. But the actual reality on the ground is much, much...
View ArticleDelta Communities, Tribes and Anglers Defeat Newsom’s Trailer Bills to...
Stockton, CA – In these insane times, the victories that we achieve in the environmental battles against Big Ag, Big Oil other entrenched corporate interests — and the elected officials that are...
View ArticleActivists erect Wild West oil town at Capitol as legislature considers bill...
On September 11, members of climate justice groups, including the Oil & Gas Action Network and Third Act Sacramento, staged what they called a “Wild West Oil Town” on the west lawn of the State...
View ArticleTribes, Enviros and Delta Advocates Rally For Delta As Governor Pushes Delta...
Sacramento, Calif — Tribal leaders, environmental justice advocates, environmental groups and Delta farmers rallied for the imperiled Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta at West Steps of the State...
View ArticleDelta Tunnel Update: Rally for the Delta Friday, Imperial Irrigation District...
This is a really busy week in the battle to stop Governor Gavin Newsom’s Delta Tunnel, an environmentally destructive project that would hasten the extinction of Delta and longfin smelt, Sacramento...
View ArticleA big weekend for boycotting Chevron in Sacramento and on the West Coast
This Labor Day weekend was a big one for Sacramento Area residents supporting the campaign to boycott the Chevron corporation for its complicity in the genocide in Gaza and its role in environmental...
View ArticleDelta Tunnel Update: Advocates Confront Governor’s Office Over Push for...
Sacramento, CA – The battle to stop the salmon-killing Delta Tunnel has amped up in recent weeks, with Governor Gavin Newsom pushing bills in the Legislature that would fast-track the Delta Tunnel and...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Urges CA Gov & CEC To Not Betray Stated Values On Price...
Sacramento, CA – As Big Oil spends record millions to expand oil drilling and eviscerate environmental laws in California, Consumer Watchdog today wrote a letter to Governor Newsom and the Vice Chair...
View ArticleRTD Calls for Accountability, Oversight in Delta Tunnel Financing and MWD...
DWR Push for Unlimited Bonding Authority and MWD’s Leadership Choice Undermine Public AccountabilityStockton, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD) has obtained “troubling details” regarding the California...
View ArticleCA Water Commission Allocates Another $219 Million for Embattled Sites...
Sacramento, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday announced that the California Water Commission has allocated another $219 million for the proposed Sites Reservoir, drawing praise from agribusiness and...
View ArticleClimate Advocates Urge Governor, Legislative Leaders to Stop Selling Out to...
While Governor Gavin Newsom has very skillfully trolled Trump on social media, drawing praise people all over the country, he and the California Legislature have at the same time incurred the wrath of...
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