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.
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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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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.”
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Coordinated Actions Expose Chevron's Destruction, Human Rights Abuses Before Shareholders Meeting
Why is Chevron able to get away with its sordid record of human rights violations, environmental devastation and complicity with genocide?
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Sable Offshore announces oil pipeline in production on tenth anniversary of Refugio Beach Oil Spill
The disaster resulted in the devastation of marine life and the closure of iconic beaches
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On Endangered Species Day, Groups Tell Water Board Feds Are 'Unreliable Partners'
Spring-run Chinook have also experienced a staggering 95% decline due to a lack of cold water flows in Central Valley salmon rivers.
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Delta Tunnel opponents slam Governor Newsom's revised budget plan to fast-track project
“This is not climate leadership. It’s a top-down push for an unaffordable, unnecessary tunnel"
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Newsom announces hatchery upgrades as he promotes salmon-killing Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir
Under his watch, Gavin Newsom has overseen the worst-ever collapse of salmon and Delta fish populations in the history of the state.
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Minimal New Oil Well Permits in Q1 2025, But Kern Co. Pipeline Bills Threaten Climate Progress
Over the past two years, California has moved away from rubber-stamping oil and gas drilling permits. But Kern County is now seeking to sidestep individual environmental reviews.
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Big Oil spends over $9 million in first quarter of 2025 to fight Climate Superfund Act, other bills
As usual, Chevron and the Western States Petroleum Association, the most powerful corporate lobbying group in California, spent more
Politics & Government
State Water Board Under Gavin Newsom Silent on ICE Access to Public Meetings
“The memo informs department managers that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are permitted to operate in designated public areas of state buildings
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House Republicans Pass Bill to Repeal Endangered Species Listing for Longfin Smelt
Three Democrats, including Jim Costa and Adam Gray from California, voted for the resolution
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Vote on Climate Superfund Bill Postponed in California Senate Judiciary Committee
The Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act would require the largest fossil fuel corporations to pay for the climate devastation