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  • Feds: Tunnels won’t jeopardize fish

    http://www.recordnet.com/news/20170626/feds-tunnels-wont-jeopardize-fish/1 By Alex Breitler Posted Jun 26, 2017 at 12:14 PM Federal wildlife agencies gave the controversial Delta tunnels a partial approval on Monday, announcing that the $17 billion project to replumb the dying estuary will not jeopardize threatened and endangered fish. Tunnels supporters called the decision a major milestone after more than a decade…

  • Protecting the Mokelumne River benefits landowners as well as the public

    http://www.ledger.news/news/editorials/protecting-the-mokelumne-river-benefits-landowners-as-well-as-the/article_1e6260f6-2ddf-11e7-a5a2-bb2f71889a95.html Katherine K. Evatt President, Foothill Conservancy May 1, 2017 In his recent opinion piece about Assembly Bill 975 and Wild and Scenic Rivers in general, Phillip Young misrepresented existing and proposed state law, federal law, and the effect of river protection on private property. He also wrongly asserted that current law adequately protects our…

  • Redding recycler fined $400,000 by the state

    http://www.redding.com/story/news/2017/04/26/redding-recyler-fined-400000-state/100951392/ Damon Arthur, Record Searchlight Published 3:17 p.m. PT April 26, 2017 | Updated 12:19 p.m. PT April 27, 2017 A metal recycler in Redding has been fined $400,000 for illegally treating, storing, transporting and disposing of hazardous waste, authorities said Wednesday. The fine was part of a court settlement agreed upon by Northstate Recycling…

  • CSPA and other groups request release of information, public involvement at Oroville

    https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/04/24/1655657/-CSPA-and-other-groups-request-release-of-information-public-involvement-at-Oroville By Dan Bacher Sunday Apr 23, 2017 · 6:12 PM PDT The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) joined Friends of the River (FOR) and three other environmental organizations in submitting a clarification and public process request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on April 19 regarding repairs of the damaged spillway facilities at Oroville Reservoir.…

  • Coalition Asks Feds to Lift Secrecy Shrouding Oroville Spillway Project

    https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/21/coalition-asks-feds-to-lift-secrecy-shrouding-oroville-spillway-project/ By Dan Brekke APRIL 21, 2017 Updated 1:55 p.m. With state water officials withholding key details about plans for the reconstruction of Oroville Dam’s shattered spillway, a coalition of environmental groups has filed an extraordinary request with federal regulators to open up details of the project for public review and input. Five Northern California…