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On June 8, the California Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee held a 3-hour informational hearing about the proposed Infrastructure proposals gutting CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) and other environmental laws that Governor Gavin Newsom wants to include as a package of trailer bills attached to the state budget that
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On May 25, the California Senate Budget Committee in a 3-0 vote temporarily blocked Gavin Newsom’s legislative plan to gut the landmark California Environmental Quality Act and other laws in order to fast-track the construction of the environmentally destructive Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir and other infrastructure projects. Democratic Senators
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At the site of a future solar farm in the Central Valley, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a legislative package and signed an executive order that would gut the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to expedite the construction of the salmon-killing Delta Tunnel and other infrastructure projects, drawing condemnation from
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As part of his administrative report during the Wednesday, May 10 Elk Grove City Council meeting, Councilmember Darren Suen provided a brief update on the Sacramento Regional Sanitation’s “Harvest Water” project. See the video for Suen’s comments. Regional Sanitation described the project as “a recycled water program that
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By Dan Bacher | In a report sponsored by the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN), water policy expert and former State Water Resources Control Board climate change and water conservation manager Max Gomberg revealed that their continued support and funding of the Delta Tunnel, AKA Delta Conveyance Project, could bankrupt the
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by CalMatters, CalMatters Network May 2, 2023 Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Guest Commentary written by Matt Vespa Matt Vespa is a senior attorney at Earthjustice. A federal appeals court recently dealt a
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After a tour of Friant Dam and a local dairy farm site that has been damaged from recent floods, the Republican-controlled House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a legislative field hearing in Tulare today at 2 p.m. to launch two controversial bills that environmental groups say are designed
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Newsom, Consumer Watchdog hammer out deal Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog and the Governor’s Office just announced that Governor Newsom and California legislative leaders have reached a deal to move forward a new oil refiner accountability law, including a price gouging penalty, before the legislature adjourns on April 1.
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Deep regulatory capture by Big Oil from top to bottom SACRAMENTO, CA— As regulatory capture by Big Oil and Big Gas becomes deeper and deeper in the supposedly “green” state of California, climate activists with the Last Chance Alliance held a protest at noon on March 17 outside the California
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River City Waterways Alliance makes plea to Supervisors During today’s Sacramento County Board of Supervisors regular meeting, advocates for the American and Sacramento rivers waterway proposed an ordinance to mitigate waste flow. The three people speaking at the meeting were the River City Waterways Alliance members. That group has
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San Francisco — State and federal fishery managers, in a presentation given to the salmon industry in Oregon on February 27, estimate there are only 169,800 Sacramento River Basin fall-run salmon in the ocean now. This is likely too few to allow much, if any, fishing in 2023, according to