Environmental News
Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Three Laws To Hold Oil Drillers Accountable In CA
The signing of the bills was a big victory by the consumer, climate justice, environmental and community groups
Environmental News
Environmental and fish groups disappointed with appellate court ruling on Sites Reservoir
Friday’s court ruling was issued at a time when California salmon, steelhead and other fish populations and the San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem are in their worst crisis ever, according to fish advocates.
Environmental News
CA oil regulators issue 34 new drilling permits in first 6 months of 2024, head oil regulator retires
A total of 16,366 total oil and gas well drilling permits have been approved by the Gavin Newsom administration since Jan 2019.
Environmental News
DWR Analysis Claims 'Benefits' of Delta Tunnel Will Outweigh Costs; Critics Strongly Disagree
CA salmon, Delta fish populations are in worst-ever crisis as pumps keep exporting water to Big Ag
By Dan Bacher | Central Valley salmon and Delta fish populations are in their worst-ever crisis ever as California Governor Newsom forges ahead with the Delta Tunnel and Sites Reservoir projects and the Big Ag voluntary agreements while fish populations get closer and closer to extinction. California salmon fishing was closed
Environmental News
Governor Newsom promotes Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir as key components of updated California Water Plan
Politics & Government
Report Exposes $11 Million Dark Money Ad Campaign by Big Oil in California by Dan Bacher
Chevron gave nearly $6 million to a third-party, Californians for Energy Independence, an “Astroturf” group.
Business & Real Estate
California sees 11% decline in oil reserves, but still 5th most in U.S.
Environmental News
830,000 Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Fry Die from Gas Bubble Disease in Klamath River
By Dan Bacher | The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced Saturday morning that hundreds of thousands of fall-run Chinook salmon fry, released for the first time from its Fall Creek Fish Hatchery in Siskiyou County, are “presumed to have succumbed to gas bubble disease in the Klamath River”
Environmental News
Protests Against Delta Tunnel Change in Water Diversion Must Be Filed by April 29
2024 elections
Big Oil pumped $25.4 million into lobbying California officials in 2023
Elections
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