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For sixth year in a row, no Delta Smelt found in CDFW Fall Midwater Trawl survey 
When no Delta Smelt are found in six years of a survey that has been conducted since 1967, the estuary is in a serious ecological crisis....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2024 10:51am PST
Big Oil and Big Gas spent a record $27 million lobbying in California in 2023! 
WSPA and the oil companies wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) sponsoring awards ceremonies and dinners, including those for legislators and journalists; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) creating alliances with labor unions, mainly construction trades...
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2024 10:42am PST
Bill to End Offshore Oil Drilling in CA Waters Passes First Major Legislative Hurdle 
"We simply cannot afford to have more oil spills, and SB 559 provides an immediate pathway towards shutting these offshore oil platforms down," said State Senator Dave Min....
Posted: Mon, Jan 15, 2024 4:17pm PST
Groups Gather at Capitol in Solidarity with Bethehem, Sacramento's Sister City, Dec. 25 
Local organizations and community members read the names of children killed during this genocide by the Capitol Christmas tree off 10th St. in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank....
Posted: Sat, Dec 30, 2023 5:18pm PST
‘Happy Holidays’ – Department of Water Resources Approves Fish-Killing Delta Tunnel Fiasco 
The collapse of four runs of Chinook salmon on the Sacramento River and the virtual extinction in the wild of the Delta Smelt, once the most abundant fish in the entire Delta, is now taking place as the Delta Tunnel is approved....
Posted: Fri, Dec 29, 2023 4:22pm PST
Extinction Watch: No Delta Smelt collected in CDFW fall survey for sixth year in a row 
“No Delta Smelt were collected at any stations from September through November,” wrote Taylor Rohlin, Environmental Scientist for the CDFW Bay Delta Region, in a memo to Erin Chappell, Regional Manager for the CDFW Bay Delta Region on November 23....
Posted: Fri, Dec 29, 2023 4:02pm PST
Human Rights Day Candlelight Vigil: Respect the Human Rights of the Palestinian People. 
“As we prepare to celebrate Christmas this year, the Holy Land is bathed in blood," said Mario Galvan, Board Member of Sacramento Area Peace Action....
Posted: Sat, Dec 16, 2023 10:53am PST
New report reveals fossil fuel media influence as WSPA sponsors events for journalists 
When so called journalism organizations are tainted by the toxic stench of Big Oil money — and very few “environmental” and “climate” organizations appear to have any problem with this — you know that we are in a really dark time in human history....
Posted: Fri, Dec 8, 2023 8:35am PST
Newsom cancels public Capitol tree lighting ceremony to avoid Free Palestine protesters 
“Governor Newsom decided to cancel the tree lighting ceremony rather than face the public that is enraged by his shameful silence on the genocide in Gaza," said Yassar Dahbour of Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights....
Posted: Thu, Dec 7, 2023 12:56pm PST
Big Oil spent $22 million in first 3 quarters of 2023 in effort to kill climate bills 
The oil industry spent over $7.2 million on lobbying in California during the third quarter of 2023...
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2023 11:31am PST
Newsom Streamlines Sites Reservoir Project, Despite Opposition by Conservationists, Tribes 
Recent research by Tell the Dam Truth reveals that the Sites Reservoir Project will emit 362,000 metric tons of CO2e annually, mostly in the form of methane, a significantly more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. This is the equivalent to the annual emissions from over 80,000 gas-powered cars. ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2023 11:10am PST
Governor and legislators reach deal on budget package with Delta Tunnel language removed 
Many political insiders believe that Governor Newsom attempted to ram through his last minute legislative language to expedite the construction of the Delta Tunnel and other water and infrastructure projects in order to serve the wishes of his agribusiness, building industry, real estate and other Big Money donors....
Posted: Mon, Jul 3, 2023 9:09pm PDT
Big Oil's outsize influence on CA and US politics expands to journalism dinners and awards 
The following is a speech I gave at a climate rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento on June 10 sponsored by the Sacramento Climate Coalition, Sacramento 350, Third Act Sacramento, Oil and Gas Network and other climate groups. The event was part of a national week of action June 8 to 11 sponsored by People vs Fossil Fuels, Fridays For Future U.S., and more. The organizations demanded that President Biden use his executive powers to end the era of fossil fuels and declare a climate emergency...
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2023 12:46pm PDT
California Senate Committee Blocks Governor's Plan to Gut Environmental Law 
Representatives of environmental groups spoke out against the legislation at the hearing, supporting the staff recommendations to move the trailer bills to the regular policy process and to reject the flood and drought trailer bill language....
Posted: Sun, May 28, 2023 10:02pm PDT
Governor guts landmark environmental law to expedite the salmon-killing Delta Tunnel 
Advocates for fish, water and environmental justice are outraged over Governor Gavin Newsom's plan to gut the California Environmental Quality Act in order to construct the Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir and other destructive infrastructure projects....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2023 4:52pm PDT
Big Oil pumps $9.4 million into lobbying California officials in 2023's first quarter 
WSPA and Big Oil wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) creating alliances with labor unions....
Posted: Mon, May 8, 2023 1:56pm PDT
Big Oil sponsors dinners and awards for CA journalists as part of greenwashing campaign 
Big Oil’s campaign to influence the political system and the journalists that cover it has real world consequences in California, where oil drilling permits have skyrocketed in recent weeks....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2023 1:53pm PDT
CA Climate activists protest approval of hundreds of neighborhood oil permits this year 
A total of 14,374 new and reworked oil drilling permits have been approved by CalGEM under Governor Newsom since Jan. 2019. ...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2023 1:06pm PDT
State Water Board Reverses Emergency Order As Feds Cancel Salmon Season Openers 
Fish advocates note that because of the poor management of Sacramento and Klamath rivers by the state and federal governments during the recent drought, fall-run Chinook, spring-run Chinook and Sacramento River winter-run Chinook populations have collapsed, prompting the closure of ocean and river salmon fisheries this year....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 9:41am PDT
Nearly 200 oil drilling permits approved in CA since Jan. 1, bringing total to over 13,900 
"CalGEM issuing hundreds of permits to negligent oil companies so they can continue drilling in our communities just months after they released an emergency rule to block neighborhood drilling is exactly why we don't trust them,” said Cesar Aguirre, organizer with Central California Environmental Justice Network. “This is exactly the free-for-all that California's oil industry wanted when they bought their way onto the ballot and forced the stay of SB 1137."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 9:18am PDT