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CSPA Files for Party Status on Mokelumne Pumped Storage
By Chris Shutes, FERC Projects Director CSPA has filed for party status in a proceeding before the Public Utilities Commission. In the proceeding, Pacific Gas & Electric Company seeks permission to charge its ratepayers $40 Million to initiate a FERC licensing process to study and likely construct a pumped storage project in the Mokelumne River…
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CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance submit Comments to State Water Board Regarding Grassland Bypass Project and Basin Plan Amendment
By Bill Jennings, CSPA Executive Director The Regional Board adopted the plan that essentially suspends compliance with selenium water quality standards for another ten years. Selenium levels in the San Joaquin River continue to exceed levels that are lethal to salmonids.(More…)
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CSPA Comments on Draft EIS for McCloud – Pit Relicensing
By Chris Shutes, FERC Projects Director CSPA filed comments today on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the relicensing of the McCloud – Pit Hydroelectric Project (FERC #2106). CSPA focused on two major areas of concern. First, the DEIS fails to analyze the likely reintroduction of salmon and steelhead to the…
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CSPA’s Richard McHenry Quoted in Environmental Health Sciences’ Article
Bad water? It’s the cheese. Hilmar Cheese brings good jobs to California farm town, but polluted water, too By Jane Kay Photos by Craig Lee Environmental Health News September 13, 2010 The story of Hilmar is a classic tale of a company growing rapidly, bringing good jobs but also environmental threats to a rural farm…
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CSPA, CWIN, AquAlliance Sue DWR & State Water Board Over Public Trust
By Bill Jennings, CSPA Executive Director September 7, 2010 — On 3 September 2010, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), California Water Impact Network (CWIN) and AquAlliance have filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court against the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) for multiple violations of…
