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Environmental news with a special focus on the California Delta and the proposed tunnel project. Special reporting by Dan Bacher
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Amidst record prices at gas pumps, Exxon Mobil registers historic profits of $56 billion
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Organic garbage inspections are being conducted in Elk Grove by Republic Services
Garbage cans being inspected randomly During his administrative report during the Wednesday, January 25 Elk Grove City Council meeting, City Manager Jason Berhmann reported garbage inspections in Elk Grove are underway. Behrmann said the city’s contracted garbage collector, Republic Services, was randomly inspecting residents’ organic garbage containers. Those who
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Organic garbage inspections are being conducted in Elk Grove by Republic Services
During his administrative report at the Wednesday, January 25 Elk Grove City Council meeting, City Manager Jason Berhmann reported garbage inspections are being conducted in the City of Elk Grove.
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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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Can California’s power grid handle a 15-fold increase in electric cars?
By Nadia Lopez | CalMatters.org | Despite expecting 12.5 million electric cars by 2035, California officials insist that the grid can provide enough electricity. But that’s based on multiple assumptions — including building solar and wind at almost five times the pace of the past decade — that may not be
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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
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Oil Producers Funding Referendum Against SB 1137 Received Permits For Drilling Near Communities
Los Angeles, CA—Just 3 days after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday, September 16, in Vallejo mandating health and safety setbacks of 3200 feet between oil wells and vulnerable communities in California, the powerful oil industry launched an initiative campaign to reverse the new law. Signature
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Sierra Club California Announces Opposition to Big Oil-Backed Initiative to Repeal Setbacks Bill
Sacramento, CA – Sierra Club California today announced its opposition to the oil industry’s signature-gathering effort to repeal Senate Bill 1137, a law banning new and reworked oil and gas wells within 3,200 feet of homes, schools, and hospitals. “SB 1137 was signed by Governor Newsom in September 2022