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Lawsuit Asserts Water Boards Failed to Protect Clean Water from Agricultural Pollution
https://yubanet.com/california/lawsuit-asserts-water-boards-failed-to-protect-clean-water-from-agricultural-pollution/ By The Otter Project – August 8, 2017, 10:43:19 AM Sacramento, Calif. August 8, 2017 – Last week, a coalition of non-profit and trade organizations filed a lawsuit in Sacramento California Superior Court against the State Water Resources Control Board and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board claiming that the boards have…
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California DFW issues permit to kill endangered salmon & smelt in Delta Tunnels
http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2017/08/california-dfw-issues-permit-to-kill.html By Dan Bacher | August 2, 2017 The deal made between the Jerry Brown and Donald Trump administrations to fast-track the construction of the Governor’s Delta Tunnels project, an unholy alliance that I predicted on election night 2016, is becoming more apparent every day. On July 28, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife…
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REACTIONS: California Water Alliance, NRDC, and others weigh in on HR 23, the The Gaining Responsibility on Water (GROW) Act of 2017
Post excerpt from https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/07/12/california-water-alliance-nrdc-and-others-weigh-in-on-hr-23-the-the-gaining-responsibility-on-water-grow-act-of-2017/ July 12, 2017 Maven More more organizations issuing statements HR 23, the Gaining Responsibility on Water (GROW) Act of 2017 which the House is expected to take up sometime this week. For all posts regarding H.R. 23 posted on Maven’s Notebook, click here. … From the American Sportfishing Association, Golden Gate…
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Federal Fishery Agencies Approve Permit To Construct Delta Tunnels
http://fishsniffer.com/index.php/2017/07/11/federal-fishery-agencies-approve-permit-to-construct-delta-tunnels/ Jul 11, 2017 by Dan Bacher As I predicted on election night, the President Donald Trump and Governor Jerry Brown administrations have apparently made a deal to fast-track Brown’s legacy project, the Delta Tunnels, considered by opponents to be the most environmentally destructive public works project in California history. The Trump administration on June…
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California big tunnels win early approval. Questions remain
Read full article at https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/feds-to-give-update-on-californias-big-water-tunnels/2017/06/26/0b61fd7c-5a26-11e7-aa69-3964a7d55207_story.html?utm_term=.91b035cfa98e By Ellen Knickmeyer and Scott Smith | AP June 26 SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Jerry Brown won crucial early approval from federal wildlife officials Monday for his $16 billion proposal to re-engineer California’s north-south water system, advancing his plan to build two giant tunnels to carry Northern California water to the south…