http://mynspr.org/post/claims-and-counter-claims-about-proposed-delta-tunnels-continue#stream/0 By MARC ALBERT JAN 26, 2016 The proposed delta water tunnels are again in the news, as supporters and opponents redouble their efforts on the massive project. The tunnels would bring Sacramento River water directly to irrigation pumps, bypassing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. A slick video released by the governor’s office and proponents recently…

http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2016/01/07/last-word-on-water-hyacinth/ By Alex Breitler Published: January 7, 2016 Enviro Bill Jennings says I missed the mark in my recent stories dishing out blame for the hyacinth problem. In a nutshell: We’re all at fault, he says. While the stories focused in part on the bureaucratic difficulties in spraying the weed, Jennings says we should work…

http://www.recordnet.com/article/20160103/NEWS/160109986/-1/A_BIZ By Alex Breitler Record Staff Writer Posted Jan. 3, 2016 at 4:00 PM Ten years after the first seeds were planted for the proposed twin tunnels, the battle shifts to a new arena in 2016 — a critical year for the controversial project. A small state agency will soon begin the daunting process of…

http://www.aifrb.org/in-memoriam-dan-bowman-odenweller/ BY SARAH.GF DECEMBER 2015 Dan Bowman Odenweller – a Delta defender who promoted the original peripheral canal but later grew skeptical – has passed away peacefully and in accordance with his wishes, surrounded by his family, on the evening of October 6th, 2015. He was 70. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela. U.S. Citizen…

http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=29508 SACRAMENTO November 25, 2015 2:13pm • Groups say that step must come before approving tunnel permits • “The ball is in the State Water Board’s court”’ Completion by the State Water Resources Control Board of the long-delayed update to the water quality plan for the California Delta must come before the board approves a…