Politics & Government
Big Oil Shatters Annual Lobbying Spending Records to Attack Climate Justice Policy In CA in 2024
Big Oil crushed its two-year legislative session record as well, spending $65.8 million during the 2023-2024 legislative session.
Environmental News
Rep. Josh Harder Reintroduces Bill to Stop Delta Tunnel
The Stop the Delta Tunnel Act would prohibit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) from issuing a federal permit necessary for the project
Environmental News
New 2024 CA Oil Drilling Permits Drop to 73, But Oil Regulators Drop Ball on Bonding
The total number of new and reworked oil drilling permits issued since Jan. 2019 comes to 17,330.
Politics & Government
Senator Padilla Demands Answers After Army Corps Orders Central Valley Dams Open to Flood Levels
“Local officials warned the Corps that releasing water at the levels the Corps planned to would have flooded both the Kaweah and Tule rivers, posing a flood risk to communities and farms down river and wasting water that could have been used for irrigation over the summer,” according to Padilla.
Politics & Government
Newsom Issues Executive Order Maximizing Water Diversions and Waiving Critical Protections
Is Newsom Mimicking Trump?
Politics & Government
It's Official - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Introduces Bill to Carve Trump's Figure on Mt. Rushmore
“This bill aims to honor President Trump, the 45th and 47th President of the United States, for his transformative impact on America and the historical significance of his leadership.”
Environmental News
Senator Padilla Questions Hegseth on Trump's Purported Military Action to Turn On California Water
On Monday, Trump implied that his executive orders were already being hastily and aggressively carried out as he posted on Truth Socia.
Politics & Government
CWIN: Trump's Executive Order on Delta Smelt Ignores the Law, Science and Water Equity
“It’s ironic that Governor Newsom and President Trump are mortal political enemies, but they see eye-to-eye on California’s unjust water policies,” said Carolee Krieger, C-WIN’s executive director.
Politics & Government
Big Oil spent $450 million to influence Trump and Republicans in 2024 election cycle
Alex Witt, Climate Power senior advisor for oil and gas, said in a statement “That investment is already paying off.”
Environmental News
Sierra Club California Blasts Trump's Threat to Withhold Wildfire Aid from California
"I don’t think we should give California anything until they let the water run down,” Trump said.
Environmental News
Trump Expected to Visit LA - After Threatening to Cut Off Aid Unless Delta Exports Increase
Trump’s push for increased fossil fuel production in a country that is already the biggest crude oil producer on the planet will only drive more climate disasters like LA’s ongoing wildfires.
Environmental News
Trump Issues Executive Order to Divert More Delta Water to Big Agribusiness, Southern California
This memo amounts to an outright attack on recreational and commercial fishing communities, California Tribes, conservationists, Delta communities, family farmers and businesses fighting for the restoration of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.