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CSPA Scopes Out Delta Tunnel Do-Over
CSPA has identified 69 issues that the Department of Water Resources (DWR) must confront in its forthcoming Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the new incarnation of its “Delta Conveyance” project. Delta Conveyance means a proposed tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that would move water from northern California south. CSPA expects to oppose the…
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CSPA and Coalition Oppose Waiver of Clean Water Act
CSPA and allies in the Foothills Water Network have filed a Response in Opposition to Yuba Water Agency’s Request for Waiver of water quality certification for the Yuba River Development Project. The Network filed its letter with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on April 2, 2020. Waiver of certification would place a 40-to-50-year restriction…
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Hydropower Reform Coalition Opposes Weakening of Federal Environmental Review
The Hydropower Reform Coalition submitted comments on March 10, 2020 in opposition to proposed changes to the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Coalition’s comments state that the proposed new NEPA rule would make analysis worse and would harm the environment. Analysis under NEPA is required whenever there is an action by…
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Salmonid Restoration Federation Conference Postponed Indefinitely
One of California’s premier annual gatherings of fisheries restorationists, scientists and advocates has been postponed indefinitely in order to protect public health. The conference of the Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF)[1] planned for March 31-April 3 in Santa Cruz will not take place as scheduled. The annual conference is SRF’s biggest single annual activity. It provides…
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The First Law of Holes Is: Stop Digging.
Water in California is overallocated and overappropriated. Too much is promised, too much is delivered, and not enough is left in rivers and in the ground. The result is ecosystem collapse, sinking land and dry wells, and dying communities in diverse parts of the state. The Governor directed in April 2019 that three of his…
