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Environmental news with a special focus on the California Delta and the proposed tunnel project. Special reporting by Dan Bacher
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Toxic, explosive tank car train derailments: When will tragedy visit Elk Grove?
Can an Ohio-like derailment occur here? By Michael Monasky | Guest contributor | Two Union Pacific freight trains shuttled black toxic liquid cars through Old Town Elk Grove on Saturday, February 18, 2023. At about noon, 23 toxic tank cars passed; at about 12:30 pm, another 37 toxic black tank cars
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Newsom suspends environmental laws to store more Delta water
By Alastair Bland, CalMatters | In summary Facing criticism that stormwater flowed out to sea, the governor asked the water board to waive rules designed to protect salmon and other endangered fish. Environmentalists call it “a breakdown of law and order” while growers laud it as a way to ensure more
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Big Oil spent over $34.2 million lobbying California officials in the 2021-22 session
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Amidst record prices at gas pumps, Exxon Mobil registers historic profits of $56 billion
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Organic garbage inspections are being conducted in Elk Grove by Republic Services
Garbage cans being inspected randomly During his administrative report during the Wednesday, January 25 Elk Grove City Council meeting, City Manager Jason Berhmann reported garbage inspections in Elk Grove are underway. Behrmann said the city’s contracted garbage collector, Republic Services, was randomly inspecting residents’ organic garbage containers. Those who
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Organic garbage inspections are being conducted in Elk Grove by Republic Services
During his administrative report at the Wednesday, January 25 Elk Grove City Council meeting, City Manager Jason Berhmann reported garbage inspections are being conducted in the City of Elk Grove.
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Interior Secretary Haaland’s Memo Reverses Trump Policy Defunding CVPIA Environmental Restoration
On Dec. 15, Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland sent a memorandum to Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz and Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo that reverses a Trump administration action to defund environmental mitigation and restoration in the Central Valley. The memo
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Can California’s power grid handle a 15-fold increase in electric cars?
By Nadia Lopez | CalMatters.org | Despite expecting 12.5 million electric cars by 2035, California officials insist that the grid can provide enough electricity. But that’s based on multiple assumptions — including building solar and wind at almost five times the pace of the past decade — that may not be
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Bill Jennings, legendary California fishery and water quality advocate, dies at age 79
Bill Jennings, the former DeltaKeeper and Executive Director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and a relentless advocate for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and California’s fish populations, passed away on Tuesday, December 27. I worked closely with Bill over the past three decades and quoted him in numerous
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After spending $20 million, Big Oil says it has enough signatures for initiative to reverse setbacks law
After oil corporations pumped $20 million into the effort, the California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA) announced on Dec. 12 that it has collected enough signatures to qualify a petition to undo Senate Bill (SB) 1137, a bill banning new oil drilling within 3,200 feet of sensitive sites like homes,
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Oil and gas industry has spent over $30 million in 2021-22 session lobbying CA legislators
Flush with billions of dollars in record windfall profits, the oil and gas companies in California have been spending big money lately in an attempt to influence the California Legislature and voters and continue the systemic regulatory capture that has fouled California government for decades. The oil and gas industry