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"The Board is supposed to be a science-based agency committed to racial equity and tribal reparations,” said Malissa Tayaba, Vice Chair of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. “If that were true, however, the Board would reject the Voluntary Agreements, which are not based on the best available science and would harm tribes and environmental justice communities."...

The proposed $100 Billion boondoggle tunnel still has no approved water rights, no authority to issue bonds, and no permit from the State Water Resources Control Board....

“Climate change affects everyone, and most of all us, the youth,” said Isabel Neff and Eowyn Jordan, students at McClatchy High School. “This is the planet that we are inheriting. We are the ones who will be cleaning up this mess and today we are demanding that this cleanup starts now by making polluters pay. Our future and our planet are at stake, and we refuse to stand by and watch them burn.”...

The CDFW said it plans to reduce salmon smolt production by 50%, from 4.5 to 2.25 million....

Representatives of Indigenous, environmental and climate justice groups spoke out on the devastating impact that the passage and signing of SB 237 would have on front line communities already suffering from the terrible health impacts of decades of oil and gas drilling....

California’s leaders’ stunning betrayal of our air, land, water and communities is leaving us in a far worse place than when we started the session,” said Food & Water Watch’s California Director Nicole Ghio....

The advocates talked to legislators and passersby urging the Legislature to vote no on the oil drilling expansion bill, AB 237, a last-minute gut and amend that calls for expanded oil drilling in Kern County. The California legislature is slated to vote on this bill this morning....

The group said the Israeli military is starving the people of Gaza through a five month total blockade on food, water and medicine, while the Israeli government has announced a plan to forcibly transfer hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a concentration camp....

“Lawmakers promised a legislative session focused on affordability, yet what we have seen is a commitment to the status quo with more profits for polluters while communities continue to bear the steep health and financial costs of pollution,” said Raquel Mason, Senior Legislative Manager of the California Environmental Justice Alliance....

"The voluntary agreements are a scam that could cost taxpayers billions, enrich water agencies and make the rivers even sicker," said Scott Artis, Executive Director of the Golden State Salmon Association....