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For the seventh September in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has caught zero Delta smelt during its Fall Midwater Trawl Survey of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The last September when Delta smelt, an indicator species that demonstrates the relative health of the San Francisco
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An independent expenditure committee supporting California State Senate District 8 candidate Dave Jones has distributed a mailer asking questions raised by voters and constituents. The question is, what are donors’ motivations? The mailer shows a man belly-laughing, sarcastically saying, “TRUST ME… BIG OIL isn’t expecting anything in return from
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RSS PUBLISHED TO * Dan Bacher TAGS * Environment * Interior * reclamation * Water * WestlandsWaterDistrict * HoopaValleyTribe * CentralValleyProject * CVPIA Share this article Year-Long Settlement Negotiations with Federal Government Fail —Tribe Returns to Court On October 31, the Hoopa Valley Tribe renewed a 2020 lawsuit it had filed against the Trump Administration for financial misconduct, environmental
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Los Angeles, CA—Chevron, infamous for causing environmental devastation from the Amazon to California, posted refining profits of $2.5 billion dollars in the third quarter of 2022. That almost doubles their haul from the same quarter the year before. Half of that amount came solely from US refining operations,
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Los Angeles, CA— PBF Energy, California’s third biggest oil refiner, made a whopping $2.26 billion off refining gasoline, tripling its profit in the third quarter after excluding special items, according to a press statement from Consumer Watchdog. “PBF reported making 78 cents per gallon refining crude oil into
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Sacramento, CA — On October 24, over eighty climate and environmental justice groups sent a letter calling on the California Governor and the California Air Resources Board Chair, Liane Randolph, to reject the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) for fossil fuel infrastructure like oil refineries, gas-fired power plants, and
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An independent group has taken aim at Republican Sacramento County Board of Supervisor District 5 candidate Pat Hume highlighting proclamations he has made as an Elk Grove City Councilmember. The piece is headlined with “It’s 2022. Will Sacramento County be Tricked into Electing a Climate Denier to the Board
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Although candidates have no control over how money is spent on their behalf, their opponents are certain to highlight it to voters. Such is the case for Elk Grove voters who are seeing several ads supporting State Senate District 8 Candidate Angelique Ashby and Assembly District 10 candidate Stephanie Nguyen.
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Los Angeles, CA — oil companies and right-wing think tanks claim that government regulations and the rise oil prices on the market are responsible for the $2.40 more per gallon that Californians are paying for gasoline than the rest of the nation, a just published report exposes the overt price
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Long Beach, CA – As offshore drilling continues off Southern California in a state portrayed as the “nation’s green leader” by the state’s politicians and media, an oil slick was discovered off the coast of Alamitas Beach in Long Beach near the four THUMS islands on Saturday, October 15.
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Financial disclosures filed today with the California Secretary of State show that the same independent expenditure committee spending $1.2 million on behalf of a State Senate District 8 candidate will also spend over $799,000 for an Assembly District 10 candidate. The “Coalition to Restore California’s Middle Class,
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According to financial disclosures recorded yesterday with the California Secretary of State, an independent expenditure committee is committing $1.2 for TV advertising in the closely watched District 8 California State senate race. The advertisements are recorded supporting Angelique Ashby, who is running against Dave Jones. The commitment was made