Law and Justice
Environmental Groups Sue Over Sacramento Development Plans That Would Convert 474 Acres of Farmland to Warehouses
The disputed land, currently used for agriculture, would be developed into 6 million square feet of warehouse space.
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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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Restore the Delta Calls for Audit of Billions of Public Spending on Delta Tunnel
DWR will have spent nearly $1 billion on various iterations of tunnel project planning, with projected construction costs exceeding $20 billion before inflation or unforeseen expenses.
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C-WIN Announces Recipients of Water Equity and Journalism Awards
The Dan Bacher Public Trust Communications Award recognizes journalists who cover water issues aggressively, fairly and accurately. A $1,000 honorarium is included in the award.
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Frontline Advocates Rally for Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act at State Capitol
Bill backers vowed to do everything that can to make sure that the bill passes in light of the massive oil industry spending to stop the bill
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Undammed: Klamath River Runners Celebrate Salmon Return After Largest Dam Removal Project in History
Data from the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Review of 2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries documents the salmon’s return to the Klamath above the former dam sites.
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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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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.