- Delta Tunnel EIR Released, Restore the Delta Reax
For Immediate Release: 12/8/23
Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209-479-2053, [email protected]
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel).
The proposal would construct new water intake facilities on the Sacramento River in the North Delta to fill a single tunnel with diverted ...Read More
- Delta Tunnel EIR to be Released, Restore the Delta…
For Immediate Release: 12/8/23Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, [email protected]
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will release a final Environmental Impact Report for Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel).
The proposal would construct new water intake facilities on the Sacramento River in the North Delta to fill a single tunnel with diverted ...Read More
- ICYMI 12/3/23: White Sturgeon, Newsom Disappoints,…
Alliance of Sportfishing and Environmental Groups Petition California and Feds to Protect SF Bay White Sturgeon – San Francisco Baykeeper 11/29/30
Today, San Francisco Baykeeper, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, the Bay Institute, and Restore the Delta petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to list the California white sturgeon as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. Separately, these ...Read More
- ACTION ALERT – Bay-Delta Plan Hearings
Action Alert – Bay-Delta Plan (Staff Report)
Sacramento River Flow HEARINGS: November 17th, December 1st, and December 11th
Restore the Delta and partners have been advocating through petitions filed with the State Water Resources Control Board, and with US EPA, for movement by the State Water Board to finish the Bay-Delta Plan. While we wait for implementation ...Read More
- ACTION ALERT: Tell Gov. Newsom, No to CEQA Changes…
Portions of the Governor’s proposed Trailer Bills that would significantly weaken the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) could be approved as early as next week. Tell the Governor we reject his secretive trailer bill effort, which excludes public input and evades the democratic process. We provide a suggestedphone/email script below but encourage you to use your own words.
TAKE ...Read More
- TAKE ACTION! Oppose Newsom’s Budget Trailer Bills …
Restore the Delta has submitted a letter of opposition against Governor Newsom’s efforts of gutting the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) through his Budget Trailer Bills.
These Budget Trailer Bills jeopardize weakening CEQA, and if passed could have huge impacts on water and other related climate infrastructure. One of the proposed bills could speed up the permit process ...Read More
- Delta Flows: Monitoring for the Bay-Delta Estuary …
Before we continue with the blog below, we want to thank our contributors who have helped us keep this vitally important work for the estuary going. This weekend is the 15th anniversary and start of the 16th year of work by Restore the Delta! If you have been busy this summer and unable to contribute to Our ...Read More
- Drinking Water Week (Part 2): The Undead Policies …
by Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla and Tim Stroshane
These are the undead ideas of California “water policy” today: A Delta Conveyance Project. New Dams and Reservoir Storage. Voluntary Agreements. Such ideas are put forward by the water industry—and few others—as “solutions” to California’s seeming chronic shortage of water.
These ideas have been defeated time and time again (statewide elections, ...Read More
- Drinking Water Week (Part 1): The Return of the Sa…
By Tim Stroshane
It is Drinking Water Week, according to the American Water Works Association and the Delta Stewardship Council. When not paying attention to the ever-present and necessary news about the novel coronavirus pandemic spreading COVID-19 disease, in the middle of March we began hearing about California re-entering drought. (Courthouse News Service and Los Angeles Times.)
So this week ...Read More
- Join us on Thursday June 22, 2023 for Where the Fu…
Save the Date!Join us on Thursday June 22, 2023 for dinner, wine, and the Delta Advocate Award ceremony at Bare Ranch by Michael David Winery in Lodi, CA.
We are so excited to celebrate in person this year. Not only is it a time of celebration of our work, but more importantly, it is time for us ...Read More
- Restore the Delta presents “Where the Future Flows…
This symposium will be led by panelists who are roughly 30 and under. This event will cover various Environmental Justice related topics, such as climate change mitigation as opportunity, Harmful Algal Blooms, EJ communities, public access, cultural and historical resources, and water quality and how they fit in Delta planning. It is vital that we build ...Read More
- Join us on 10/21 for a virtual Dine and Learn even…
Join Restore the Delta’s first virtual session in our Dine & Learn series on October 21, 2021 at 6:00 PM. Research is showing that, in order to avoid disruptive climate change, we need to capture carbon dioxide from large sources and from the atmosphere and store it thousands of feet underground. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists, Briana ...Read More
- Delta Tunnel EIR Released, Restore the Delta ReaxFor Immediate Release: 12/8/23 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209-479-2053, [email protected] SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel). The proposal would construct new water intake facilities on the Sacramento River in the North Delta to fill a single tunnel with diverted ...Read More
- Delta Tunnel EIR to be Released, Restore the Delta…For Immediate Release: 12/8/23Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, [email protected] SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will release a final Environmental Impact Report for Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel). The proposal would construct new water intake facilities on the Sacramento River in the North Delta to fill a single tunnel with diverted ...Read More
- ICYMI 12/3/23: White Sturgeon, Newsom Disappoints,…Alliance of Sportfishing and Environmental Groups Petition California and Feds to Protect SF Bay White Sturgeon – San Francisco Baykeeper 11/29/30 Today, San Francisco Baykeeper, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, the Bay Institute, and Restore the Delta petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to list the California white sturgeon as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. Separately, these ...Read More
- ACTION ALERT – Bay-Delta Plan HearingsAction Alert – Bay-Delta Plan (Staff Report) Sacramento River Flow HEARINGS: November 17th, December 1st, and December 11th Restore the Delta and partners have been advocating through petitions filed with the State Water Resources Control Board, and with US EPA, for movement by the State Water Board to finish the Bay-Delta Plan. While we wait for implementation ...Read More
- ACTION ALERT: Tell Gov. Newsom, No to CEQA Changes…Portions of the Governor’s proposed Trailer Bills that would significantly weaken the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) could be approved as early as next week. Tell the Governor we reject his secretive trailer bill effort, which excludes public input and evades the democratic process. We provide a suggestedphone/email script below but encourage you to use your own words. TAKE ...Read More
- TAKE ACTION! Oppose Newsom’s Budget Trailer Bills …Restore the Delta has submitted a letter of opposition against Governor Newsom’s efforts of gutting the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) through his Budget Trailer Bills. These Budget Trailer Bills jeopardize weakening CEQA, and if passed could have huge impacts on water and other related climate infrastructure. One of the proposed bills could speed up the permit process ...Read More
- Delta Flows: Monitoring for the Bay-Delta Estuary …Before we continue with the blog below, we want to thank our contributors who have helped us keep this vitally important work for the estuary going. This weekend is the 15th anniversary and start of the 16th year of work by Restore the Delta! If you have been busy this summer and unable to contribute to Our ...Read More
- Drinking Water Week (Part 2): The Undead Policies …by Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla and Tim Stroshane These are the undead ideas of California “water policy” today: A Delta Conveyance Project. New Dams and Reservoir Storage. Voluntary Agreements. Such ideas are put forward by the water industry—and few others—as “solutions” to California’s seeming chronic shortage of water. These ideas have been defeated time and time again (statewide elections, ...Read More
- Drinking Water Week (Part 1): The Return of the Sa…By Tim Stroshane It is Drinking Water Week, according to the American Water Works Association and the Delta Stewardship Council. When not paying attention to the ever-present and necessary news about the novel coronavirus pandemic spreading COVID-19 disease, in the middle of March we began hearing about California re-entering drought. (Courthouse News Service and Los Angeles Times.) So this week ...Read More
- Join us on Thursday June 22, 2023 for Where the Fu…Save the Date!Join us on Thursday June 22, 2023 for dinner, wine, and the Delta Advocate Award ceremony at Bare Ranch by Michael David Winery in Lodi, CA. We are so excited to celebrate in person this year. Not only is it a time of celebration of our work, but more importantly, it is time for us ...Read More
- Restore the Delta presents “Where the Future Flows…This symposium will be led by panelists who are roughly 30 and under. This event will cover various Environmental Justice related topics, such as climate change mitigation as opportunity, Harmful Algal Blooms, EJ communities, public access, cultural and historical resources, and water quality and how they fit in Delta planning. It is vital that we build ...Read More
- Join us on 10/21 for a virtual Dine and Learn even…Join Restore the Delta’s first virtual session in our Dine & Learn series on October 21, 2021 at 6:00 PM. Research is showing that, in order to avoid disruptive climate change, we need to capture carbon dioxide from large sources and from the atmosphere and store it thousands of feet underground. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists, Briana ...Read More
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