Winnemem Wintu, State and Feds Sign Agreements To Return Endangered Salmon to...
At the McCloud River Campground on now-full Lake Shasta on May 1, the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA Fisheries signed what they described as “historic...
View ArticleThe Delta Tunnel Project Could Bankrupt Metropolitan Water District of...
In a report sponsored by the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN), water policy expert and former State Water Resources Control Board climate change and water conservation manager Max Gomberg...
View ArticleCA taxpayers could be stuck with paying $6.9 billion to close and clean up...
The supposedly “green” state of California could be facing a $21.5 billion tab to decommission oil company sites and infrastructure, $13.2 billion of that to clean up the oil wells, if mechanisms are...
View ArticleGovernor Guts Landmark State Environmental Law to Expedite Salmon-Killing...
UPDATE: Friday, May 19, 2023 · 8:54:08 PM +00:00 · Dan Bacher At the site of a future solar farm in the Central Valley, Governor Gavin Newsom on May 19 announced a legislative package and signed an...
View ArticleFossil fuel divestment bill passes California State Senate, moves to Assembly
Senate Bill 252, a bill that directs the two biggest public pension funds in the U.S., CalPERS and CalSTRS, to phase out fossil fuel investments, passed the California State Senate full floor by a...
View ArticleCalifornia water rights verification bill, SB 389, passes Senate and advances...
On September 12, the California State Senate approved SB 389, legislation by Senator Ben Allen (D – Santa Monica) that gives the State Water Resources Control Board the power to verify pre-1914 and...
View ArticleGovernor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta Sue Five Big Oil Companies for '50...
NEW YORK – On September 16, Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that California is suing Big Oil “for more than 50 years of deception, cover-up, and damage that have cost...
View Article55 groups urge Gov. Newsom to veto Big Oil-backed bill weakening refinery...
Los Angeles, CA — The struggle between Big Oil, represented by the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), and climate justice, environmental and public interest groups, amped up in California...
View ArticleFinal environmental impact report for Delta Tunnel project slated for release...
In an announcement, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) said it is “still on track” to issue a Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Delta Conveyance Project — the...
View ArticleWestern States Petroleum Association President Announces Planned Departure at...
On Feb. 5, the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), the largest and most powerful corporate lobbying group in Sacramento, announced that President and CEO Catherine Reheis-Boyd will step down...
View ArticleRepublican Congressman Introduces Bill Authorizing Trump to 'Acquire' and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The sheer madness of President Trump and his Republican acolytes appears to have no bounds. Witness the case of Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) who introduced a bill on Feb. 11...
View ArticleThe Southern California Water Dialogue Hosts Webinar on State Water Project...
Spirited Debate Anticipated at Noon on February 19 on Future and Sustainability of SWP At a time that disinformation about California water is proliferating on social media, the Southern California...
View ArticleRep. Josh Harder Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Stop Swamp Rat Invasion of...
The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta ecosystem is in its worst-ever crisis as Central Valley salmon and Delta fish populations move closer and closer to extinction.The Delta Smelt has become...
View ArticleTrump nominates Big Oil lobbyist Kathleen Sgamma to head Bureau of Land...
If you thought it couldn't get any worse with already terrible Trump appointments to key cabinet positions, it just did. Trump has nominated Kathleen Sgamma as director of the Bureau of Land...
View ArticleDelta Tunnel Project Receives Incidental Take Permit for California...
SACRAMENTO — On the afternoon of Valentine’s Day, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the controversial Delta Conveyance Project has received an Incidental Take Permit, a “critical milestone” in the...
View ArticleRep. Josh Harder (D-CA) Reintroduces Bill to Stop Delta Tunnel!
WASHINGTON – As the Gavin Newsom Administration attempts to advance the Delta Conveyance Project, also known as the Delta Tunnel, Rep. Josh Harder (Democrat CA-09) reintroduced legislation to finally...
View ArticleDelta Tribal Environmental Coalition Slams Newsom's Letter Claiming Delta...
Governor Gavin Newsom’s campaign to build the Delta Tunnel amped up on Feb. 19 when the Governor sent a letter to the State Water Resources Control Board claiming that the petition to amend water...
View ArticleFall salmon returns to Sacramento and Klamath Rivers much lower than...
Despite the closure of salmon fishing in California river and ocean waters in 2023 and 2024, the number of Fall Chinook Salmon returning to both the Sacramento and Klamath River Basins was well below...
View ArticleGroups urge Gov. Newsom to defend 'CA's people, environment & laws' in...
Stockton, CA — A coalition of fishing and environmental groups released a joint statement today in response to media reports that Governor Gavin Newsom will meet with President Donald Trump and...
View ArticleSenator Padilla Demands Answers After Army Corps Orders Central Valley Dams...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The recklessness of the Trump Administration was demonstrated once again when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Jan. 30 directed unscheduled water releases from Lake Kaweah and...
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