Environmental News
Big Oil spent over $26 million to lobby California officials in first 9 months of 2025!
Chevron and WSPA again dominate lobbying spending in California.
Dan Bacher
Environmental News
Delta Tunnel Update: Governor claims two victories, CalChamber files dangerous initiative
Newsom on October 23 announced what he described as “two recent key victories” in his unrelenting political campaign to advance the 43-mile long Delta Tunnel
Environmental News
Expert testimony reveals Delta Tunnel project violates California’s climate and affordability goals
Restore the Delta noted that two new developments this week expose “major flaws in the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) rush to advance the controversial Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tun
Environmental News
Bill protecting Shasta and Scott River salmon is signed, first video taken of salmon above Keno Dam
However, there is some very welcome news regarding the Klamath River, where the removal of four dams was completed one year ago.
Environmental News
Over 40 groups call out Newsom for backsliding on climate promises, banner dropped in New York City
The letter notes that since President Trump’s election, Governor Newsom has appeared to back away from “aggressively taking on Big Oil and the need for a rapid transition off fossil fuels,”
Environmental News
California Water Board Postpones Bay-Delta Water Quality Hearings After Newsom's Legislative Defeat
Sacramento River in the North Delta. Photo by Dan Bacher.
Environmental News
Advocates say signing of California trailer bills is 'devastating blow' to climate and public health
Newsom described the bill package as “sweeping bipartisan reforms to California's world-leading climate policy that promise to save Californians billions of dollars on energy costs.”
Environmental News
Broad Coalition Defeats Governor's Trailer Bills to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel
If built, the Delta Tunnel would hasten the extinction of Sacramento River spring and winter-run Chinook salmon,
Environmental News
Delta Tunnel Update: Advocates confront Governor's Office over push for tunnel CEQA exemptions
No Delta smelt have been found in the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fall Midwater Trawl Survey for seven years.
Politics & Government
Over 100 Sacramento Jews protest Senator Alex Padilla as part of actions against genocide in Gaza
They demanded that Senator Padilla and Senator Adam Schiff take "immediate action" to let food and aid into Gaza
Politics & Government
Consumer Watchdog Urges CA Gov, CEC To Not Betray Stated Values On Price Gouging Penalty
Consumer Watchdog today wrote a letter to Governor Newsom and the Vice Chair of the California Energy Commission (CEC) Siva Gunda to remind them of their previous statements about the need for a public process to determine a gasoline price gouging penalty.
Politics & Government
Climate Advocates Urge Governor, Legislative Leaders to Stop Selling Out to Big Oil
Newsom and legislative leaders are trying to ramrod environmentally destructive bills through the Legislature