Delta Stewardship Council approves Delta Plan amendments rubber stamping Twin...
SACRAMENTO – The Delta Stewardship Council today voted 5-to-2 on amendments to chapters of the Delta Plan, including controversial language that endorses Governor Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels Plan, in...
View ArticleWinnemem Wintu Tribe and WATER sue to stop waste discharge at Mt. Shasta...
It’s a gorgeous warm day in September 2015. Small cascades of cold, pristine water rush out of the hillside at Big Springs, the headwaters of the Sacramento River, as they converge in a clear and...
View ArticleAction Alert: Santa Clara Valley Water District will vote on Delta Tunnels...
RESTORE THE DELTA’S BAY AREA ACTION ALERT: We need YOU at SCVWD Tunnels Vote on Wednesday, May 2WHO: Delta advocates, representatives from environmental and public interest groups including Restore the...
View ArticleFederal Court Affirms Steps to Protect Klamath River Salmon
It’s May 1 and the Yurok and Hoopa Valley Tribes, fishing groups and environmental organizations have scored a big victory for threatened coho salmon in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Here...
View ArticleSanta Clara Valley Water District Postpones Vote on Delta Tunnels
The Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors decided at a special meeting this evening to put off their decision on whether to participate in Governor Jerry Brown’s controversial Delta...
View ArticleOne million salmon released into Sacramento River, but pulse flow request...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today released one million Feather River fall run Chinook salmon — eight truckloads of fish — into the Sacramento River at the Elkhorn Boat ramp...
View ArticleRTD ACTION ALERT: Santa Clara County, It’s time to call your board reps and...
This is the latest action alert from Restore the Delta (RTD):With the Santa Clara Valley Water District office closed over the weekend, the best way to fight the tunnels today and tomorrow is by...
View ArticleGroups Accuse Metropolitan Water District of Violating Brown Act,...
On the eve of tomorrow’s vote on the Delta Tunnels by the Santa Clara Valley Water District, two groups today accused the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California’s Board of Directors...
View ArticleSanta Clara Valley Water District Votes 4-3 to Support Jerry Brown's Twin...
SAN JOSE - Despite overwhelming opposition by district ratepayers, the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) Board of Directors today voted 4 to 3 to fully participate in Governor Jerry Brown’s...
View ArticleDWR Director outlines 'organizational adjustments' prompted by Delta Tunnels
In a memo released today, California Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth outlined “organizational adjustments” prompted by the latest developments in Governor Jerry Brown’s Delta...
View ArticleBig Oil again halts bills to stop new offshore oil drilling off California coast
No bill opposed by the oil industry except for one has made made it out of the California Legislature over the past three years — and this appears to be the case again this year after Big Oil in late...
View ArticleToday: Panel of Climate and Environmental Leaders to Discuss the Road to a...
Oakland, CA -- Today, Monday, May 14th, climate and environmental movement leaders will hold a discussion on how California can be a global model for the fast and just transition from a major...
View ArticleBills to protect California coast from new offshore drilling go into suspense...
After passing the Senate Natural Resources Committee on a 6 to 2 vote on April 16, legislation authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) to block the Trump Administration from expanding...
View ArticleState, water contractors move forward quickly on Delta Tunnels design &...
Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to build the Delta Tunnels has accelerated at an alarming rate in the wake of the Metropolitan Water District’s vote on April 10 and the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s...
View ArticleRep. Calvert introduces rider to spending bill banning lawsuits against Delta...
Representative Ken Calvert of Riverside County (R-Corona), who has received numerous campaign contributions from engineering and construction firms, bottled water companies, and developers, has...
View ArticleIndigenous leaders from Amazon and allies call on CA to phase out oil...
Richmond, CA – Beneath California’s green veneer is a toxic Big Oil underbelly, demonstrated by the fact that California is the nation’s third biggest oil producer and is home to huge oil refineries...
View ArticleReport: California’s climate leadership requires a managed ramp-down of oil...
A report published today by Oil Change International in collaboration with California-based and national environmental justice and climate groups reveals how California’s climate leadership requires a...
View ArticleTwo California bills blocking new offshore drilling pass through...
Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi's Assembly Bill 1775 and Senator Hannah Beth Jackson’s Senate Bill 834, bills to protect the California coast from new federal offshore drilling leases, passed out of their...
View ArticleFollow the money: Parsons Corporation promotes Delta Tunnels behind the scenes
"Follow the money,” a catchphrase popularized by the 1976 drama-documentary motion picture All The President's Men that suggests a money trail or corruption scheme within high office, definitely...
View ArticleCounty Supervisors voice opposition at first Delta Conveyance Design &...
County Supervisors from the Delta Counties Coalition voiced their opposition to the construction of Governor Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels during the public comment period at the first board meeting of...
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