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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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CSPA Action Alert
State and Federal Water Contractors Launch Great Water Grab JOIN US FOR A RALLY TO SAVE THE DELTA AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RIVERS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013 at NOON WEST STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL, SACRAMENTO (CAPITOL MALL AND 10TH between L & N Streets) The plan to route Sacramento River water beneath the Delta for…
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FERC Rim Dam Trifecta
Operators of hydroelectric projects licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission have filed Draft License Applications for hydroelectric projects on two major Central Valley rim dams. A FERC notice requiring recommendations, terms and conditions for a third such project is imminent. Each of the projects is centered on a major storage reservoir whose streamflow releases…
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CSPA, CWIN Submit Comments of Westside San Joaquin River Waste Discharge Requirements for Agricultural Discharges
On 2 December 2013, CSPA submitted extensive comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding the proposed waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for pollutant discharges from the Westside San Joaquin River Irrigated Lands Coalition. The WDRs will replace the present “agricultural waivers” and are intended to regulate pollutant discharges from some 500,000 acres of…
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CSPA, Coalition Sue State over Agricultural Pollution
On 27 November 2013, CSPA joined with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, PCFFA, Otter Project, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water and an elderly woman on a fixed income who cannot drink water from her tap because it is contaminated with agricultural waste and filed a lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board in Sacramento Superior Court. …