Dan Bacher

Environmental News

Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act Passes First California Senate Committee

California taxpayers are facing an “unprecedented and escalating financial burden” from recent wildfires and atmospheric river storms, creating an affordability crisis.

Environmental News

The Mask Comes Off: Department of Water Resources Reveals the True Purpose of the Delta Tunnel

“This project is a blatant attempt to maximize exports from the Delta for the benefit of large development and agricultural interests in Southern California and Kern County.”

Politics & Government

Trump Executive Order Attempts to Whitewash American History by Erasing Uncomfortable Truths

The order reeks of the erasure of uncomfortable history that authoritarian political regimes have tried to achieve for centuries

Environmental News

Coalition Calls For Investigation, Postponement After Cyberattack Disrupts Delta Tunnel Hearing

The cyberattack flooded the State Water Resources Control Board’s remote hearing platform with hateful and racist imagery, an incident that appeared designed to intimidate Tribal and community members

Environmental News

Federal Government Restores Funding for Delta Smelt Captive Breeding Program

No details were released on what transpired to get the Bureau to renew the funding after the contract expired.

Environmental News

Follow up letter from State Water Board Hearing Officer on Delta Tunnel Hearing Cyber Attack

The State Water Board’s hearing platform was the direct target of this cyberattack, everyone in the hearing room or viewing the proceeding on YouTube was harmed.

Environmental News

Delta Tunnel hearing cancelled after hacker takes over Zoom platform

The hearing was regarding the pending petitions for a change in water rights by the California Department of Water Resources

Environmental News

Sites Reservoir receives an additional $134 million in federal funding from Trump regime

Opponents of Sites say the reservoir would cause enormous damage to already collapsing populations of Sacramento River Chinook salmon and Delta fish populations.

Environmental News

Climate justice advocates urge CalPERS to divest from fossil fuels at Sacramento protest

Among public pensions, CalPERS is the nation's #1 funder of the fossil fuel industry

Politics & Government

Hundreds turn out for Women's International Day protest in Sacramento

Julissa Fox held a sign stating, "I Am The Table And The Chair," responding to the often quoted saying, "If you're not at the table, you're on the menu." 

Environmental News

Santa Barbara Residents Rally to Stop Restart of Refugio Oil Spill Pipeline

The environmental groups and community members that gathered in Santa Barbara also sent a clear message to Governor Gavin Newsom

Politics & Government

U.S. under Trump was only vote against 'International Day of Hope' resolution at UN General Assembly

The delegate of the United States said that the text “contains references to diversity, equity and inclusion that conflict with US policies that seek to eliminate all forms of discrimination and create equal opportunities for all.”