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Big Gas and Big Oil spent a record $27 million lobbying in California in 2023!
The total oil and gas money spent on lobbying just for the first three quarters of 2023 was $21,973,138
Business & Real Estate
CA Resources Corporation Ploy To Buy Aera Energy Is Way To Avoid Plugging Idle Wells, Capture Carbon
An oil well can be financially self-sustaining by producing 2 barrels per day.
Environmental News
Senate Committee kills bill to end offshore oil drilling in CA as Big Oil sets new lobbying spending record
The two bills were killed at a time that lobbying spending by the oil industry has shattered records.
Environmental News
U.S. EPA Region 9: Bay-Delta Plan must include numeric flow criteria, adopt tribal beneficial uses
SACRAMENTO – The US EPA Region 9 has filed an administrative comment letter with the State Water Resources Control Board stating that the updated plan must include numeric water flow criteria and adopt Tribal Beneficial Uses. The comment responds to the Board’s Draft Staff Report for the Phase II Update
Current News
Governor Newsom unveils 2024 California budget as $16 billion Delta Tunnel project moves forward
SACRAMENTO – At a widely-covered media last week, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his $291 billion proposed 2024-25 budget for the State of California as the state faces an expected $37.8 billion budget deficit. The budget draws $10 billion from the state’s budget reserves to address the deficit while Newsom
Environmental News
Bill to End Offshore Oil Drilling in CA Waters Passes First Major Legislative Hurdle
Current News
It’s Final: No Delta Smelt Collected in CDFW Fall Midwater Trawl Survey for 6th Year
It’s final — For the sixth year in a row, no Delta Smelt have been collected in the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fall Midwater Trawl (FMWT) Survey in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta from September through December 2023. Once the most abundant species in the entire estuary,
Environmental News
Conservation groups file lawsuit against the environmentally destructive Sites Reservoir
WOODLAND, Calif.— Five conservation groups filed a lawsuit on Dec. 20 against the controversial Sites Reservoir, the largest reservoir project approved in California in decades. This reservoir would harm the Sacramento River ecosystem and threaten already imperiled salmon and other fish species, the lawsuit contends. Represented by the Law Offices
Current News
‘Happy Holidays’ – Department of Water Resources approves fish-killing Delta Tunnel fiasco
Just in time for the Christmas Holidays and the Winter Solstice, the Gavin Newsom administration on December 21 officially approved the embattled Delta Tunnel project and published the project’s Notice of Determination (NOD), drawing outrage from conservation and environmental justice organizations. “The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today approved
Business & Real Estate
Big Oil Misleads With False Claims That Decreased CA Crude Oil Production Leads To Higher Gas Prices
Consumer Watchdog pointed to experts and evidence that show “decreased local oil production has no impact on California gas prices.”
Current News
Environmental groups slam final Delta Tunnel EIR as California fish populations collapse
SACRAMENTO – As California’s salmon and other fish populations struggle to survive in the worst ecological crisis in the state’s history, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released a final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel). DWR also