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Campaign Against the Tunnels Launched
On Monday 9 December 2013, CSPA and a broad statewide coalition, operating upper the banner of Californians for a Fair Water Policy, launched a campaign opposing Governor Brown’s water export tunnels. In a press conference on the steps of the State Capitol, members pointed out the damage the scheme, euphemistically named the Bay Delta Conservation…
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Coalition Requests Emergency Action on Scott River
CSPA joined with the Karuk Tribe, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, Earth Law Center and Klamath Riverkeeper in requesting that the State Water Resources Control Board and California Department of Fish and Wildlife take emergency action to increase flows in the Scott River. The request included a proposed emergency plan to…
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CSPA Assails Deceptive BDCP Impact Study
Today, CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance issued a press release assailing the deceptive BDCP economic impact study released by the Brown Administration. BDCP’s tunnel scheme will saddle ratepayers with more than $50 billion in debt and imperil the Delta estuary and its tributary waters. BDCP is predicated on the irrational assumption that you can restore an…
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CSPA Sues Delta Stewardship Council over Delta Plan
On 17 June 2013, the California Sportsfishing Protection Alliance joined the California Water Impact Network, AquAlliance, Friends of the River, Center For Biological Diversity and Restore the Delta in filling a lawsuit against the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan and Environmental Impact Report. The lawsuit alleges numerous explicit violations of the statutory requirements of the…
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CSPA Submits Comments on State Board SED for San Joaquin River Update
CSPA joined the California Water Impact Network, AquAlliance, Friends of the River and Restore the Delta in submitting extensive comments on the State Water Resource Control Boards Substitute Environmental Document for Phase I of the update of Water Quality Control Plan for the Delta. Phase I addresses flows in the San Joaquin River and South…
