California's oil and gas regulators get an "F' grade in environmental justice...
Sacramento, CA - June 20, 2019 — The California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) today gave the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), the state organization charged with...
View ArticleAnglers Show In Force to Oppose Big Ag-Backed Repeal of California Striped...
At its June meeting in Redding, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to move the proposed policy on Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta fisheries management from the Wildlife Resources Committee to...
View ArticleAs Oil Drilling Expands, Coalition Urges Governor to Take Immediate Action to...
As the expansion of oil and gas drilling begun under Governor Jerry Brown continues in California, Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday signed into law a state budget that allocates $1.5 million for “a...
View ArticleThe Revolving Door from the Resources Legacy Fund to Director of Newsom's...
The Governor’s Office on May 2 announced the appointment of Nancy Vogel, 51, of Sacramento, to director of the Governor’s Water Portfolio Program at the California Natural Resources Agency. The...
View ArticleCloser to Extinction: Spring Delta smelt surveys reveal record low numbers of...
The fall of 2018 saw a new record low number of Delta smelt — zero — in the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) midwater trawl survey. This trend has continued in the spring Delta smelt...
View ArticleGovernor Newsom and Legislature Should Delay Utility Bailout Vote
Sacramento—The Senate Energy Committee will take up far reaching legislation (AB1054) backed by Governor Gavin Newsom this afternoon to create a state administered fire insurance fund. Many opponents...
View ArticleCalifornia State Senate Approves PG&E Bailout Bill by 31-7 Vote
Sacramento—The California State Senate yesterday evening approved AB 1054 (Holden), a controversial and far reaching ratepayer bailout for PG&E and other investor owned utilities, by a 31-7 vote....
View ArticleFracking increases 103% under Newsom as groups urge removal of officials with...
Los Angeles — California regulators approved over 21,000 new oil and gas drilling permits during Governor Jerry Brown’s last two terms as governor, but data released by two watchdog organizations today...
View ArticleGovernor Newsom orders firing of top CA oil regulator after groups allege...
Governor Gavin Newsom reported Thursday that he is firing California’s top oil and gas regulator over a big increase in permits for oil and gas drilling and fracking and over allegations of conflict of...
View ArticleGroups Say Huge Kern County Oil Spill Endangers Valley Residents, Highlights...
MCKITTRICK, CA— A massive oil spill even bigger than the Plains All American Pipeline disaster off Refugio Beach in Santa Barbara County in 2015 has occurred in Kern County, as first reported by Ted...
View ArticleCA Water politics takes a weird turn: FBI raids LADWP and LA City Attorney's...
California water politics took a strange turn today when FBI agents raided multiple government offices, including offices of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and the LA City...
View ArticleSWP Contract Negotiations for Delta Tunnel: agenda, ground rules and...
Just in: Here are the agenda, ground rules and webinar/remote listening information for tomorrow’s public meeting regarding the State Water Contract Amendment for the Delta Tunnel project from the...
View ArticlePublic process to negotiate amendments to SWP contracts for a new Delta...
The Department of Water Resources on July 9 announced the beginning of the “public process” to negotiate proposed amendments to the State Water Project water supply contracts for a new Delta Conveyance...
View ArticleNewsom Tours Kern County Oil Spill as Locals Call for Immediate Health and...
MCKITTRICK, CA — At a time when oil and gas drilling continues to expand in California, Governor Gavin Newsom on July 24 visited the site of a big oil spill in Chevron’s Cymric oilfield in Kern County,...
View ArticleCourt Halts Westlands Water District's Participation in Plan to Raise Shasta Dam
SACRAMENTO – On Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Dennis J. Buckley granted a preliminary injunction halting Westlands Water District's participation in a Bureau of Reclamation project to raise Shasta...
View ArticleWinnemem Chief Asks Delta Tunnel Amendment Negotiators: When Will Tribal...
Despite the fact that new Delta Tunnel project supported by Governor Gavin Newsom has not been approved, the Department of Water Resources is proceeding forward with negotiations with its water...
View ArticleCA Fish and Game Commission Delays Vote on Revisions to Delta Fisheries and...
After listening to several dozen speakers from the California Striped Bass Association, NCGASA Delta Anglers Coalition and other organizations, the California Fish and Game Commission at its meeting in...
View ArticleDWR to hold informational meeting on Delta Tunnel for California Tribal...
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will be hosting an “informational meeting” for the “California Tribal Community” to discuss an update on Gavin Newsom’s Delta Tunnel (Delta...
View ArticleExtension of Public Meetings for State Water Project Contract Amendment for...
Kearns and West, the same controversial organization that “facilitated” the meetings for the privately-funded Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative to create so-called “marine protected areas”...
View ArticleSalmon Fishermen Blast Trump Administration Suppression of Scientists, Call...
SAN FRANCISCO – The Trump administration continues to suppress scientists who disagree with the anti-science dogma promoted by Big Ag, Big Oil and other corporate interests. In the latest foray in the...
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