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For the fourth year in a row, I must give the award to Governor Jerry Brown, since no individual has done more in his power to destroy the fish, water and environment of California....

"Food & Water Watch applauds Assemblymember Eggman for introducing legislation that empowers everyday Californians to vote on the wasteful Delta tunnels project," said Adam Scow, California Director of Food & Water Watch." It’s only fair that Californians get to vote on a project that demands so much of our water and money, especially when we need to invest billions toward fixing our aging local water and wastewater systems." Photo meme of Assemblymember Eggman by Restore the Delta (RTD)....

outside California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 1515 S St, Sacramento, California 95811...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 7, 2016 — Evidence of a wolf in Modoc County was reported today by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The 3-year-old male wolf, who is radio-collared and dubbed OR-25 by the state wildlife agency in Oregon, left his birthpack in northeastern Oregon in April, was in southwestern Oregon by December and recently crossed the border into California....

Bill Jennings, Executive Director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), said the fall survey shows the “continuing collapse of the estuary caused by the failure of the state and federal regulatory agencies to comply with the law.” Photo of Delta Smelt courtesy of California Department of Water Resources....

Much less well-known are the Resnicks’ deep ties to the University of California system, including Stewart Resnick’s “service” on UC Davis and UCLA boards and their foundation’s donations of millions of dollars to the university. I bet you didn't know that Stewart Resnick sits on the Board of Advisors of UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, made famous for serving as Chancellor when UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike pepper sprayed students during the Occupy protests in the fall of 2011. (http://...

The final EIR for the Phillips 66 Company rail spur extension project proposal has been released (see Executive Summary, below). The Sierra Club and other environmental groups locally and statewide oppose the proposal, which could bring mile-long oil trains carrying 2.5 million gallons of Canadian tar sands crude nearly every day from San Francisco through Monterey County near Elkhorn Slough to San Luis Obispo County. Photo: The Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a 1700-acre ...

Statement by Micaela Davis, Criminal Justice & Drug Policy Attorney with the ACLU of Northern California...

After the rally, the group marched over to the Western States Petroleum office on K Street to protest the Big Oil Lobby buying legislators' votes. Protesters wore red to represent the "drawing line" for justice because "Nature doesn't compromise, Justice can't be compromised, and Politics must respect these limits," according to an announcement from the group. The Raging Grannies sing out against fracking and Big Oil at the State Capitol. Photo by Dan Bacher....

Among the beneficiaries of this taxpayer-funded boondoggle are Beverly Hills agribusiness billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick, the owners of The Wonderful Company. Resnick and his wife, Lynda, have been instrumental in promoting campaigns to eviscerate Endangered Species Act protections for Central Valley Chinook salmon and Delta smelt populations and to build the fish-killing peripheral tunnels. They have become known as the "Koch Brothers of California Water" for the many thousands ...