Environmental News
Groups Condemn Kern County's Fast Tracking of New Oil and Gas Drilling Permits
Climate justice advocates note that this is the county’s third attempt to update its oil and gas permitting ordinance
Dan Bacher
Environmental News
Newsom, Democrats and Republicans Unite to Pass Bills Undermining CEQA
Governor Newsom claimed the legislation is “a landmark budget bill package that cuts red tape, fast-tracks housing and infrastructure, and improves affordability for all Californians.”
Environmental News
Newsom, Democrats and MAGA Republicans Unite to Pass Bill Gutting Landmark Environmental Law
The controversial budget bills exempt nine types of project including “water infrastructure.”
Environmental News
Urgent Action Alert: Newsom Holds Budget Hostage to CEQA 'Reform' Bill to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel
At the top of the list of his “priority projects” is the Delta Tunnel.
Environmental News
Legislative Committee Will Reconsider Full Audit of DWR Spending on Delta Tunnel
Bill Wells, Executive Director of the California Delta Chambers and Visitors Bureau, emphasized the enormous impact that building the Delta Tunnel would have on the region’s recreational economy.
Environmental News
California Senate Rejects Governor Newsom's Plan to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel in Budget
Delta advocates celebrated the vote to reject the Governor’s trailer bill language, but noted that the Delta Tunnel proposals may return in policy committees later this year.
Politics & Government
CA Senate Votes for Regional Electricity Deregulation Despite Concerns About Trump
SB 540 also repeals Enron-era protections against price gouging – Public Utilities Code Section 345 – which requires electricity supplies be maximized and prices be minimized.
Environmental News
Restore the Delta Calls for Audit of Billions of Public Spending on Delta Tunnel
DWR will have spent nearly $1 billion on various iterations of tunnel project planning, with projected construction costs exceeding $20 billion before inflation or unforeseen expenses.
Environmental News
Frontline Advocates Rally for Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act at State Capitol
Bill backers vowed to do everything that can to make sure that the bill passes in light of the massive oil industry spending to stop the bill
Environmental News
Undammed: Klamath River Runners Celebrate Salmon Return After Largest Dam Removal Project in History
Data from the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Review of 2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries documents the salmon’s return to the Klamath above the former dam sites.
Environmental News
Rep. Carbajal reintroduces bill to ban future offshore oil drilling off the California Coast
This act was the first bill Congressman Carbajal introduced as a Member of Congress, according to an announcement from his office.
Environmental News
Tribes, environmental groups blast Newsom's Delta Tunnel trailer bill, urge audit of DWR funding
They say the bill “would accelerate the Delta Conveyance Project, otherwise known as the Delta Tunnel, and eliminate critical environmental reviews for the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan.”