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imageDelta Tribal Environmental Coalition Issues Pre-Hearing Conf. Statement for Delta Tunnel Project
Caleen Sisk, Chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, and Niria Garcia and her child at the McCloud River Bridge Campground. Photo by Dan Bacher
by Dan Bacher
The administrative hearing officer allows individuals to deliver oral policy statements regarding the project during the public hearing on February 18....
Posted: Wed, Dec 18, 2024 10:54am PST
imageAfter MWD vote, Delta Counties Coalition vows to continue fight against Delta Tunnel
"The Delta Tunnel would uproot our local communities, the aquatic and terrestrial environment, and further endanger fish and wildlife."
by Dan Bacher
"The Delta Tunnel would uproot our local communities, the aquatic and terrestrial environment, and further endanger fish and wildlife."...
Posted: Mon, Dec 16, 2024 2:50pm PST
imageSacramento Peace Action Holds Annual Candlelight Vigil on Human Rights Day
Annual Human Rights Day Candlelight Vigil
by Dan Bacher
“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: Sun, Dec 15, 2024 11:48am PST
imageMetropolitan Water District Approves $141.6 Million in Additional Funding for Delta Tunnel
“This project is being sold on fear and lies. Fear that without it, there won’t be enough water for Southern California’s economy. Lies t...
by Dan Bacher
“This project is being sold on fear and lies. Fear that without it, there won’t be enough water for Southern California’s economy. Lies that there is not an affordable alternative,” said Krystal Moreno, Traditional Ecological Knowledge Program Manager for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians,...
Posted: Sat, Dec 14, 2024 10:32am PST
imageBay-Delta Plan, Delta Tunnel Discussed in Metropolitan Water District Meeting
Max Gomberg, representing the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, addressed constraints tied to the Bay-Delta Plan, emphasizing tribal...
by Dan Bacher
Max Gomberg, representing the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, addressed constraints tied to the Bay-Delta Plan, emphasizing tribal beneficial water uses and anticipated litigation over public trust and water rights,...
Posted: Sat, Nov 30, 2024 6:11pm PST
imageThree water agencies vote to fund Delta Tunnel as a broad coalition opposes it
Annelia Hillman, Yurok Tribal member and artist, speaks at a rally before a Delta Tunnel meeting in Redding in March 2020.
by Dan Bacher
The project is opposed by a big coalition of Tribes, fishing groups, conservation organizations, Delta residents, Delta counties and water districts, scientists and water ratepayers. Opponents say the tunnel, by diverting Sacramento River water before it reaches the Delta, will drive already imperiled Delta smelt, longfin smelt, Sacramento winter-run and spring-run Chinook salmon, Central Valley steelhead, green sturgeon and other fish species to extinction and have a devastating impact on Tr...
Posted: Sat, Nov 30, 2024 1:45pm PST
imageGovernor Issues Water Resilience Update, Citing 'Progress' on Delta Tunnel, Sites Dam
Delta map
by Dan Bacher
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director of Restore the Delta, described the Delta Tunnel as a “pipe dream” that would drain the estuary....
Posted: Tue, Nov 19, 2024 8:30am PST
textBay-Delta Plan Update: Deputizing the fox to protect the chickens by Dan Bacher
“The update acknowledges there will be serious impacts to the Trinity, but proposes no mitigation measures other than annual reports from the Bureau of Reclamation,” said C-WIN senior water policy analyst Tom Stokely. "This is particularly frightening, given that the US Bureau of Reclamation will soon be run by people with no regard for the Trinity and the people who depend on it."...
Posted: Mon, Nov 18, 2024 12:36pm PST
imageMost of CA oil drilling permits in third quarter were for extreme extraction techniques
The Cymric Oilfield in Kern County.
by Dan Bacher
Since Governor Newson came to office in January 2019, a total of 16,719 total oil and gas drilling permits of all types have been approved by state regulators.  ...
Posted: Mon, Nov 18, 2024 8:52am PST
imageRecord salmon run returns to Mokelumne River, while shockingly low numbers return to Sacramento
Regarding the record salmon run on the Mokelumne this year, Scott Artis, Executive Director of the Golden State Salmon Association (GSSA)...
by Dan Bacher
Regarding the record salmon run on the Mokelumne this year, Scott Artis, Executive Director of the Golden State Salmon Association (GSSA), stated, “This steps back to what we saw last year as well: that when we actually give fish the right water conditions or truck them past the Delta pumps, hot water and low flows, and give them a chance to survive, we see record returns despite all of the layers of bad salmon policy."...
Posted: Sun, Nov 17, 2024 5:08pm PST
imageTrump Picks Doug Burgum, A Big Oil Shill, For Interior Secretary
Photo of Doug Burgum courtesy of Wikipedia
by Dan Bacher
“By picking Burgum, President-elect Trump is taking the first step toward unleashing a wave of oil and gas drilling on our public lands,”: said Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen in a statement....
Posted: Sat, Nov 16, 2024 7:20am PST
imageTribes, environmental groups slam Delta Tunnel hearing process
Gary Mulcahy, Government Liaison for the Winnemem Wintu Tribe said, “As the Tribe has stated before, the Department of Water Resources at...
by Dan Bacher
Despite widespread opposition to the Delta Tunnel by Tribes, fishing groups, conservation NGOs, environmental justice advocates, family farmers, boating group, elected officials, the five Delta Counties and Southern California water ratepayers, the Newsom administration keeps moving forward with the environmentally destructive project....
Posted: Fri, Nov 15, 2024 2:31pm PST
imageState and federal agencies cancel fall protections for endangered Delta Smelt
Photo of Delta Smelt courtesy of the USGS.
by Dan Bacher
Disparaged as a “little minnow” by agribusiness oligarchs and their political allies, the key role the Delta Smelt plays in the ecosystem can’t be overemphasized....
Posted: Fri, Nov 15, 2024 7:39am PST
imageAren't restoring the San Francisco Bay-Delta and Central Valley salmon California Values?
Newsom didn't include restoring the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, now in its biggest ever ecological crisis, and California salmon ...
by Dan Bacher
Newsom didn't include restoring the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, now in its biggest ever ecological crisis, and California salmon fisheries in his campaign to “safeguard California values.” Under his administration, no Delta smelt, once the most abundant fish in the estuary, have been found in the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fall Midwater Trawl Survey for the past six years....
Posted: Wed, Nov 13, 2024 3:23pm PST
imageA Polluter's Paradise: Newsom administration doubles down on dirty biogas in LCFS vote
Graphic by Food & Water Watch
by Dan Bacher
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is the nation’s largest and most lucrative pollution trading scheme for factory farm biogas....
Posted: Wed, Nov 13, 2024 3:05pm PST
imageBig Oil spent a record $31.4 million in CA lobbying efforts in 2024's first 9 months
Climate protest against CalSTRS investments in oil corporations on Sept. 21, 2024 in Old Town Sacramento.
by Dan Bacher
“It is no surprise to see that Big Oil is spending unprecedented amounts of money on lobbying this quarter,” said Isabel Penman, Northern California Organizer for Food and Water Watch. “Governor Newsom must work to counteract the influence of Big Oil and push his agencies to make smart decisions that move us away from fossil fuels and center the health of the communities living in the wake of climate change and rampant pollution.”...
Posted: Tue, Nov 12, 2024 12:29pm PST
imageBig Oil sponsors dinners, awards ceremonies for journalists
Once again this year the Western States Petroleum Association was again one of the “lede sponsors” of the Sacramento Press Club’s Annual ...
by Dan Bacher
Once again this year the Western States Petroleum Association was again one of the “lede sponsors” of the Sacramento Press Club’s Annual Journalism Awards Reception on April 11. And this time no journalists other than this one held the organizers of the event and the awards recipients accountable for embracing Big Oil funding of journalism awards....
Posted: Tue, Nov 12, 2024 12:08pm PST
imageFor sixth year in a row, no Delta Smelt found in CDFW Fall Midwater Trawl survey
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by Dan Bacher
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
imageBig Oil and Big Gas spent a record $27 million lobbying in California in 2023!
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by Dan Bacher
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
imageBill to End Offshore Oil Drilling in CA Waters Passes First Major Legislative Hurdle
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by Dan Bacher
"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