Metropolitan Water District Board Hires Adel Hagekhalil As New General Manager
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s Board of Directors voted on June 8 to formally hire Adel Hagekhalil, a civil and environmental engineer and national water and infrastructure...
View ArticleInterior Secretary Deb Haaland sends letter to FERC supporting Klamath River...
On June 11, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) supporting the removal of four PacifiCorp dams on the Klamath River located in Northern...
View ArticleSan Francisco Supervisors Approve Resolution Protecting the Tuolumne River...
in a firm rebuke to SFPUC actions harming the Tuolumne River, San Francisco Bay and imperiled salmon populations, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on June 8 approved a resolution protecting the...
View ArticleFERC approves transfer of Klamath River dam license from PacifiCorp to...
In a big step toward the removal of four PacifiCorp dams on the Klamath River, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today approved the transfer of the license for the Lower Klamath...
View ArticleKaruk Tribe petitions State Water Board to curtail Scott River water use and...
On July 1, the Karuk Tribe filed a formal petition with the California State Water Resources Control Board demanding that it use its emergency powers to curtail water use in the Scott River to prevent...
View ArticleCalifornia DFW: 'nearly all' Sacramento River winter chinook salmon juveniles...
On July 6, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife published an update on the status of federally and state protected Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon that warns “it is possible that...
View ArticleCalGEM denies 21 Aera fracking permit applications, but fracking is only 2%...
Sacramento — The California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM), the state’s oil and gas regulatory agency, on Friday announced it has denied all 21 of Aera Energy’s applications for fracking...
View ArticleOver 250 Community Members Unite to Stop Expansion of SoCalGas Facility in...
Ventura, CA — More than 250 frontline community members and elected officials from across California rallied in Ventura — the fastest warming county in the U.S., according to rally organizers — to...
View ArticleRiver flows increase on Trinity and Lower Klamath Rivers to help Spring...
River flows are increasing on the Trinity and Lower Klamath Rivers to help spring-run Chinook salmon survive during this year’s unprecedented drought, according to a Yurok Tribe press release....
View ArticleCalifornia denies 42 new fracking permits, but approves 1,019 oil and gas...
SACRAMENTO — Less than a month after denying all of Aera Energy’s 21 applications for fracking permits, the Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) denied 42 of California Resources Production...
View ArticlePutah Creek: A Wild Trout Fishery Reborn
The Pleasant Valleys Road Bridge over Lake Solano, a still-water section of Putah Creek above the Solano Diversion Dam, used to be a popular spot where anglers from throughout the area would congregate...
View ArticleScott Valley Water Users Strand Endangered Coho Salmon, Create Possible...
Happy Camp, California – The majority of California farms face water regulations to save dwindling water resources and protect fisheries in an unprecedented drought, but Siskiyou County’s Scott Valley...
View ArticleCA Environmental Justice Groups to Protest State Agencies Failure to Clean Up...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 27, 2021WHERE: California EPA Building, 1001 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814WHEN: August 30, 2021, 12 noon–1pmProtest website hereENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS ACROSS CALIFORNIA...
View ArticleYurok Youth Ask Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland About State of North Coast...
ORICK, CA. - On August 11 in the Redwood National and State Park where some of the world’s tallest and most majestic trees reach to the sky, Yurok youth Repoy and K’nek’nek Lowry from the Trinidad...
View ArticleCity Council votes to move Los Angeles to clean, carbon-free energy by 2035
In a unanimous vote, the Los Angeles City Council yesterday (September 1) approved a motion introduced by Councilmembers Paul Krekorian and Mitch O’Farrelll requiring that 100 percent of the city’s...
View ArticleGroups Sue Reclamation Against Extra Groundwater Pumping Plans In North Valley
Chico, CA. — On August 26, three environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal District Court challenging the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation over extra groundwater pumping plans by Sacramento River water...
View ArticleAdvocates Claim Recall Defeat As Victory For Climate Action - demand...
Sacramento, CA -- Right after a decisive victory against numerous Republican contenders in the fourth gubernatorial recall election in the nation’s history on Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom faces...
View ArticleLos Angeles County Board of Supervisors Approves Motions to Phase Out Oil and...
LOS ANGELES, CA – On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved two companion motions that will put Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the nation, on a...
View ArticleCall on Governor Gavin Newsom to Restore Funding for the Delta Independent...
I urge everybody to call Governor Newsom at (916) 445-2841 and ask him to sign SB 821 to restore funding for the Delta Independent Science Board, or send him a message using this form:...
View ArticleSanta Barbara Co. Planning Commission rejects ExxonMobil's hazardous oil...
SANTA BARBARA — In a victory for community and conservation groups, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission on September 29 voted to deny ExxonMobil’s proposal to transport oil by tanker trucks...
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