Breaking: Two idled oil wells in Bakersfield are leaking dangerous amounts of...
This just in from Sierra Club California and other environmental groups:Bakersfield, CA — An inspector from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District has confirmed that two idled oil wells...
View ArticleBill to close down Aliso Canyon gutted after gusher of $2 million in Sempra...
Sacramento, CA – The massive influence of the oil and gas industry over the California Legislature was demonstrated once again today when the California Senate Appropriations Committee today passed SB...
View ArticleGroups File Legal Protests Targeting Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Lands
WASHINGTON— On April 15, the U.S. Department of Interior announced that it will resume oil and gas leasing on public lands throughout the West in June. Today, climate, conservation and community groups...
View ArticleBig Oil stops bill to ban offshore drilling in California waters from moving...
SACRAMENTO, CA — Faced by fierce opposition by the Western States Petroleum Association and the oil industry, a bill to end all offshore drilling in California state waters failed to pass out of the...
View Article58 California legislators have taken over $10,000 in dirty donations
Sacramento, CA - Why is California, once a leader in innovative environmental policies, now behind many other states when it comes to banning offshore drilling, protecting vulnerable communities from...
View ArticlePETITION FILED: Tribes and E.J. Groups Link Bay-Delta Collapse to Water...
Press release from the coalition of Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Save California Salmon, Little Manila Rising, and Restore the Delta”Sacramento, CA — Today, a coalition...
View ArticleCDFW Report: 19,773 out of 21,580 spring Chinook salmon died before spawning...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has just published their monitoring report on 2021's spring Chinook salmon run on Butte Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River in Northern...
View ArticleWater Equity? A Single Irrigation Authority Gets More Water than All of Los...
Press Release from the California Water impact Water Network and AquAlliance, June 6: Governor Gavin Newsom recently stated he might institute mandatory water restrictions on California ratepayers in...
View ArticleCourt Ruling Deems Kern County’s Oil and Gas Review Violated the Law
For the Second Time, Kern County’s Fast-Track Permitting Ordinance Fails Under ScrutinyKern County, CA – The Kern County Superior Court issued a significant ruling that declared Kern County’s...
View ArticleCost to Californians $10 Trillion by 2045 From Oil And Gas, Consumer Watchdog...
Los Angeles, CA—A new report released today by Consumer Watchdog reveals that the true cost to the public of California’s oil and gas production and combustion is estimated to reach $10 trillion by...
View ArticleAssemblymember Cooper Blocks Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill from Being Heard in...
Sacramento— Much to the chagrin of Youth vs. the Apocalypse and a coalition of environmental and climate justice groups, Assemblymember Jim Cooper, Chair of the California Assembly Committee on Public...
View ArticleCA Tribes, EJ Groups say State Water Board response to their petition...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On Wednesday, California Tribes and environmental justice groups filed a formal response to the State Water Resources Control Board regarding the coalition’s request that the Water...
View ArticleWinnemem Wintu, Partners Return Winter-Run Chinook Salmon Eggs To McCloud...
Press Release from CDFW, July 12, 2022:Drought Action Moves Endangered Salmon Back Into Their Historical Habitat For First Time Since Construction Of Shasta DamThe Winnemem Wintu Tribe, the California...
View ArticleWinnemem Wintu Tribe and Partners Release Eyed Winter Chinook Eggs into Upper...
For nearly eight decades, winter-run Chinook salmon have been absent from the Winnemem Waywacket (McCloud River) since Shasta Dam was completed in the 1940s, inundating the cultural sites of Winnemem...
View ArticleIt's Here: Department of Water Resources Releases Draft EIR of Embattled...
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the embattled Delta Tunnel, beginning the 90 day public comment period from July...
View ArticleKaruk Tribe: Fires Lead to Klamath River Fish Kill
Debris flow stemming from the McKinney Fire, then heavy rains, are causing a fish kill on the Klamath River in Northern California.“Very large numbers of dead fish, of all species, are being observed...
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After 80 years, Winnemem Wintu and partners return winter-run Chinook to...
For eight decades, winter-run Chinook salmon were absent from the Winnemem Waywaket, or McCloud River, since Shasta Dam was completed in the 1940s. The dam inundated the cultural sites of the Winnemem...
View ArticleKlamath River Fish Update: Massive debris slide led to dissolved oxygen level...
In an update from the Karuk Tribe on the fish kill on the Klamath River, Craig Tucker, consultant for the Tribe, said on August 6 that “observations suggest that this was a temporal event” caused by...
View ArticleGovernor Newsom Asks Legislature to Deliver 3,200 Ft. Setbacks on New and...
On August 12, California Governor Gavin Newsom asked the State Legislature to end neighborhood oil drilling as part of a climate package he’s trying to pass before the end of the year’s legislative...
View ArticleUC Davis reports die-off of 21,000 fish including winter chinooks and...
As Klamath River communities continue to recover from a massive fish kill caused by a debris slide spurred by heavy rains and the McKinney Fire in Northern California, UC Davis on August 11 issued a...
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