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Governor Newsom Guts Landmark State Environmental Law to Expedite Salmon-Killing Delta Tunnel
At the site of a future solar farm in the Central Valley, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a legislative package and signed an executive order that would gut the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to expedite the construction of the salmon-killing Delta Tunnel and other infrastructure projects, drawing condemnation from
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The Delta Tunnel Project Could Bankrupt Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
By Dan Bacher | In a report sponsored by the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN), water policy expert and former State Water Resources Control Board climate change and water conservation manager Max Gomberg revealed that their continued support and funding of the Delta Tunnel, AKA Delta Conveyance Project, could bankrupt the
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Congressional Committee ‘kangaroo court’ will promote two salmon-killing water bills
After a tour of Friant Dam and a local dairy farm site that has been damaged from recent floods, the Republican-controlled House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a legislative field hearing in Tulare today at 2 p.m. to launch two controversial bills that environmental groups say are designed
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Gov and Legislature Strike Deal on Price Gouging Penalty as CA Oil Drilling Permits Surge
Newsom, Consumer Watchdog hammer out deal Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog and the Governor’s Office just announced that Governor Newsom and California legislative leaders have reached a deal to move forward a new oil refiner accountability law, including a price gouging penalty, before the legislature adjourns on April 1.
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Climate activists protest approval of hundreds of neighborhood oil drilling permits this year in CA
Deep regulatory capture by Big Oil from top to bottom SACRAMENTO, CA— As regulatory capture by Big Oil and Big Gas becomes deeper and deeper in the supposedly “green” state of California, climate activists with the Last Chance Alliance held a protest at noon on March 17 outside the California
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Low 2023 Salmon Forecast Likely to Lead to Fishery Shutdown
San Francisco — State and federal fishery managers, in a presentation given to the salmon industry in Oregon on February 27, estimate there are only 169,800 Sacramento River Basin fall-run salmon in the ocean now. This is likely too few to allow much, if any, fishing in 2023, according to
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Interior Secretary Haaland’s Memo Reverses Trump Policy Defunding CVPIA Environmental Restoration
On Dec. 15, Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland sent a memorandum to Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz and Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo that reverses a Trump administration action to defund environmental mitigation and restoration in the Central Valley. The memo
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Bill Jennings, legendary California fishery and water quality advocate, dies at age 79
Bill Jennings, the former DeltaKeeper and Executive Director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and a relentless advocate for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and California’s fish populations, passed away on Tuesday, December 27. I worked closely with Bill over the past three decades and quoted him in numerous
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After spending $20 million, Big Oil says it has enough signatures for initiative to reverse setbacks law
After oil corporations pumped $20 million into the effort, the California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA) announced on Dec. 12 that it has collected enough signatures to qualify a petition to undo Senate Bill (SB) 1137, a bill banning new oil drilling within 3,200 feet of sensitive sites like homes,
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Oil and gas industry has spent over $30 million in 2021-22 session lobbying CA legislators
Flush with billions of dollars in record windfall profits, the oil and gas companies in California have been spending big money lately in an attempt to influence the California Legislature and voters and continue the systemic regulatory capture that has fouled California government for decades. The oil and gas industry
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Governor Newsom convenes special session to pass ‘price gouging penalty’ on oil companies
SACRAMENTO – On Nov. 30, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a proclamation to convene a special session of the California Legislature to pass a price gouging penalty on oil companies that he said “ keep money in Californians’ pockets.” The special session is scheduled to begin Monday, December 5 at the State Capitol