CA oil refiners post record profits as Big Oil pumps millions into campaigns...
As the oil and gas industry pumped nearly $6 million this election season into backing candidates in California legislative races to promote the fossil fuel industry agenda, four of the five big oil...
View ArticleSierra Club California Announces Opposition to Big Oil-Backed Initiative to...
Oil industry spent $30 million lobbying in 2021-22 legislative sessionSacramento, CA - Sierra Club California today announced its opposition to the oil industry’s signature gathering effort to repeal...
View ArticleFERC will vote on staff recommendation to remove four PacifiCorp dams at Nov....
On November 17 at 7 am PST, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will vote on the staff recommendation to surrender the license for the four lower PacifiCorp dams on the Klamath River and...
View ArticleDemocratic Rep. Josh Harder, author of Stop the Delta Tunnels Act, wins...
Democratic Rep. Josh Harder, the author of legislation to stop the Newsom administration’s Delta Tunnel project, will win the race for U.S. House District 9 over Republican challenger Tom Patti,...
View ArticleFederal Energy Regulatory Commission votes to approve dam removal on Klamath...
Washington, DC — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today unanimously approved the staff recommendation to surrender the license for the four lower PacifiCorp dams on the Klamath River in...
View ArticleEdge of extinction: Zero Delta smelt caught in CDFW trawl survey for the...
For the fifth October in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has caught zero Delta smelt during its Fall Midwater Trawl Survey of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.Delta smelt,...
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Oil Producers Funding Referendum Against SB 1137 Received Permits for...
Los Angeles, CA—Just 3 days after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday, September 16, in Vallejo mandating health and safety setbacks of 3200 feet between oil wells and vulnerable...
View ArticleTom Birmingham, general manager of Westlands Water District, will retire at...
Thomas W. Birmingham, the controversial General Manager of Westlands Water District, announced on Nov. 23 that he will retire as of Dec. 31, 2022.Birmingham has worked on behalf of the District for...
View ArticleOne Word: Sawalmem – Healing our Relationship with the Earth – Interview with...
In his uplifting and internationally-acclaimed short film One Word Sawalmem, co-director Michael “Pom” Preston of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Mt. Shasta, California gives us a rare look into the life...
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Governor Newsom convenes special session to pass 'price gouging penalty' on...
SACRAMENTO – On Nov. 30, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a proclamation to convene a special session of the California Legislature to pass a price gouging penalty on oil companies that he said “ keep...
View ArticleAs Delta Tunnel plans move forward, CDFW midwater trawl survey reports zero...
For the sixth November in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has caught zero Delta smelt during its Fall Midwater Trawl Survey of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.Delta smelt,...
View ArticleTrinity County votes to oppose Delta Tunnel, citing impacts to already...
On Dec. 7, the Trinity County Board of Supervisors in Northern California voted to oppose the Newsom administration’s Delta Tunnel project.The county joins Sacramento, San Joaquin, Yolo, Solano and...
View ArticleAfter spending $20 M, Big Oil says it has enough signatures for initiative to...
After oil corporations pumped $20 million into the effort, the California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA) announced on Dec. 12 that it has collected enough signatures to qualify a petition to...
View ArticleBreaking: Civil rights complaint by Tribes, groups seeks US EPA oversight of...
WASHINGTON, D.C./SAN FRANCISCO – A coalition of California Indian Tribes and environmental justice organizations today filed a Title VI (Civil Rights) Complaint and a Petition for Rulemaking with the...
View ArticleOver 100 people show at public meeting in Hood to protest the salmon-killing...
HOOD - Gia Moreno of Hood spoke passionately about her commitment to stop the proposed Delta Tunnel at a public meeting hosted by the Delta Counties Coalition and Delta Legislative Caucus at the Willow...
View ArticleFederal Energy Regulatory Commission votes to approve dam removal on Klamath...
Washington, DC — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today unanimously approved the staff recommendation to surrender the license for the four lower PacifiCorp dams on the Klamath River in...
View ArticleEdge of extinction: Zero Delta smelt caught in CDFW trawl survey for the...
For the fifth October in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has caught zero Delta smelt during its Fall Midwater Trawl Survey of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.Delta smelt,...
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Oil Producers Funding Referendum Against SB 1137 Received Permits for...
Los Angeles, CA—Just 3 days after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday, September 16, in Vallejo mandating health and safety setbacks of 3200 feet between oil wells and vulnerable...
View ArticleTom Birmingham, general manager of Westlands Water District, will retire at...
Thomas W. Birmingham, the controversial General Manager of Westlands Water District, announced on Nov. 23 that he will retire as of Dec. 31, 2022.Birmingham has worked on behalf of the District for...
View ArticleOne Word: Sawalmem – Healing our Relationship with the Earth – Interview with...
In his uplifting and internationally-acclaimed short film One Word Sawalmem, co-director Michael “Pom” Preston of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Mt. Shasta, California gives us a rare look into the life...
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