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  • Ami Bera introduces bill to block federal funding for BDCP

    https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/09/10/18761445.php by Dan Bacher Wednesday Sep 10th, 2014 3:42 PM On September 9, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) introduced a bill with Congressmen Jerry McNerney (CA-09) and John Garamendi (CA-03) to block FY 2015 federal funds from being used for California’s controversial Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to build the peripheral tunnels. The Brown administration…

  • No on Prop. 1 Poll: Majority of Voters Don’t Support $15 Billion Debt for Dams, Conservancies, Subsidies for Huge Agribusiness

    http://yubanet.com/california/No-on-Prop-1-Poll-Majority-of-Voters-Don-t-Support-15-Billion-Debt-for-Dams-Conservancies-Subsidies-for-Huge-Agribusiness.php#.VA8UVfmwJcQ Published on Sep 6, 2014 – 10:09:50 AM By: No on Prop. 1 SACRAMENTO, Sept. 5, 2014 – Opponents of Proposition 1, the State Water Bond, today released results of a statewide poll finding that the $15 billion spending package for dams, bike trails in conservancies, and subsidies for huge agribusiness water-takers “has a…

  • CSPA: Water Bond Is Insidious Threat to Delta and Central Valley Rivers

    https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/09/03/18761084.php by Dan Bacher Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2014 7:53 AM CSPA Executive Director Bill Jennings observed, “Proposition 1 is a poster-child of why California is in a water crisis; it enriches water speculators but accomplishes little in addressing the drought, solving California’s long-term water needs, reducing reliance on the Delta or protecting our rivers and…

  • Feds critical of California twin tunnel project

    http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Feds-critical-of-California-twin-tunnel-project-5721694.php By SCOTT SMITH, Associated Press Updated 12:44 pm, Friday, August 29, 2014 FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A pair of giant water diversion tunnels proposed for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta could violate the federal Clean Water Act and increase harm to endangered fish species, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which released its formal…

  • Partial settlement in suit over Stanislaus County groundwater drilling permits

    http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=26592 MODESTO August 27, 2014 9:00pm Groundwater drilling permits are the issue Related suit continues A lawsuit seeking revocation of some 60 water well permits that the lawsuit said were issued without proper environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act has been settled – at least in part. The settlement calls for dismissal of…