MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Monday, April 7, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta, Experts: Governor Brown's Tunnels Would Force Relocation of Byron residents; Permanently Degrade Groundwater; Senator Feinstein’s Pumping Bill “Reckless” Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build...Read More
INTRODUCING THE TOP 1% WATER TAKERS: Water subsidies, cotton subsidies, and the corporate agribusiness elite 1% Starrh & Starrh Cotton Growers: $10 million in Taxpayer Subsidies Behind the Tears We all pay for cotton and almonds planted in the desert, Legal water purchases and crop subsidies form a broken system Corporate agribusiness tycoons take taxpayer-subsidized...Read More
Delta smelt: 9th Circuit decision protects people as much as fish By Trip Van Noppen and Barbara Barrigan-Parilla Special to the Mercury News Californians who care about a sustainable water future got a big court victory in March that upholds protections for a much-maligned little animal: the delta smelt. The ruling handed down by the...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 28, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponents: Senator Feinstein, U.S. Reps. Thrust Political Pressure into Drought Response Stop Political Interference with Federal Scientists, Offer Better Solutions to Water Challenge Stockton, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov....Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Thursday, March 27, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta Water Policy Expert to Tell Delta Protection Commission: Gov. Brown’s Tunnels Would “Force Byron residents to Move,” “Permanently Degrade Groundwater” Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta to Call for Drought Relief for Delta Farmers & Businesses: Slam Congressional Committee for Harmful Rhetoric Fresno, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build Peripheral...Read More
Media Advisory for Monday, March 17, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponent to Address Sacramento Environmental Council: How the Tunnels Would Harm Sacramento & Delta Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponents Respond to Secretary Jewell: Don’t Support Water Export Tunnels, BDCP Won’t Restore Health of Delta, Provide Reliable Water No Political Interference with Federal Scientists, Offer Better Solutions to Water Challenge SACRAMENTO...Read More
Media Advisory for Monday, March 10, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponents to Address Occupy Forum: How the Tunnels Would Harm SF Bay Delta Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), and Food and Water Watch, opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral...Read More
On Tuesday, March 4, we released a new map depicting the overlap between the largest agricultural users of Bay-Delta water exports, land impaired by selenium concentrations that make farming unsustainable, and oil and gas basins that could be fracked. “This map will show a remarkable overlay of where our water is going, how the public...Read More
