Environmental News
Great News: Nearly 10,000 salmon have migrated up the Klamath River above the former dam sites!
This preliminary estimate is 30 percent higher than the group’s fish counts at this same time last year
Dan Bacher
Environmental News
Fall-run Chinook Salmon runs are looking much better this year on the Sacramento and Klamath rivers
Due to the low numbers of fish that returned to Coleman the last 3 years, recreational salmon fishing on the Sacramento River was closed for the third year in a row.
Environmental News
Environmental Advocates Push for Fair and Inclusive Process, Not Fast-Tracking of the Delta Tunnel
"The DCP would be the largest water infrastructure project in decades, and its consequences would be disastrous for the Bay-Delta ecosystem and the communities that depend on clean water and thriving fisheries.”
Elections
Big Oil spills $450 million into influencing Trump, Republicans as oil production reaches record high
“Donald Trump’s day-one actions have shown where his loyalties lie – executing the industry’s wishlist at the expense of working Americans."
Environmental News
Big Oil spent over $26 million to lobby California officials in first 9 months of 2025!
Chevron and WSPA again dominate lobbying spending in California.
Environmental News
Delta Tunnel Update: Governor claims two victories, CalChamber files dangerous initiative
Newsom on October 23 announced what he described as “two recent key victories” in his unrelenting political campaign to advance the 43-mile long Delta Tunnel
Environmental News
Expert testimony reveals Delta Tunnel project violates California’s climate and affordability goals
Restore the Delta noted that two new developments this week expose “major flaws in the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) rush to advance the controversial Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tun
Environmental News
Bill protecting Shasta and Scott River salmon is signed, first video taken of salmon above Keno Dam
However, there is some very welcome news regarding the Klamath River, where the removal of four dams was completed one year ago.
Environmental News
Over 40 groups call out Newsom for backsliding on climate promises, banner dropped in New York City
The letter notes that since President Trump’s election, Governor Newsom has appeared to back away from “aggressively taking on Big Oil and the need for a rapid transition off fossil fuels,”
Environmental News
California Water Board Postpones Bay-Delta Water Quality Hearings After Newsom's Legislative Defeat
Sacramento River in the North Delta. Photo by Dan Bacher.
Environmental News
Advocates say signing of California trailer bills is 'devastating blow' to climate and public health
Newsom described the bill package as “sweeping bipartisan reforms to California's world-leading climate policy that promise to save Californians billions of dollars on energy costs.”
Environmental News
Broad Coalition Defeats Governor's Trailer Bills to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel
If built, the Delta Tunnel would hasten the extinction of Sacramento River spring and winter-run Chinook salmon,