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...
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