Delta Tunnel EIR Released, Restore the Delta Reax – Restore the Delta 12/8/23 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).Newsom administration advances Delta Tunnel project despite environmental opposition – Los Angeles Times 12/9/23Newsom’s tunnel proposal, as outlined in the state’s final...Read More
For Immediate Release: 12/8/23 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org 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...Read More
For Immediate Release: 12/8/23Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org 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...Read More
Alliance of Sportfishing and Environmental Groups Petition California and Feds to Protect SF Bay White Sturgeon – San Francisco Baykeeper 11/29/30Today, 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
For Immediate Release: 11/29/23 North America’s largest and oldest fish are declining fast, as more threats loom. 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 groups petitioned Secretary of...Read More
‘Deep disappointment’: Global climate envoy Newsom is alienating environmentalists at home – The Sacramento Bee 11/29/23 Gov. Gavin Newsom has been positioning himself as a global climate leader this year, evangelizing California environmentalism in China and at the United Nations. But at home, he is increasingly at loggerheads with leading environmentalists. Environmental groups and tribes say...Read More
Dear Friends, This year, I would like to depart from our usual update, and share a very personal story with all of you about what drives my work at Restore the Delta and how my personal story has led to our developing a dynamic young staff working for a sustainable and just future for the...Read More
Column: This water project is expensive, wasteful and ecologically damaging. Why is it being fast-tracked? – Los Angeles Times 11/21/23Newsom and other Sites advocates have tried to justify the project with flagrantly misleading statistics. As Newsom said when announcing his certification, the reservoir would hold “up to 1.5 million acre-feet of water, enough for 3 million households’...Read More
Where’s our water? A look at California’s storage problem– BakersfieldNow 11/15/23In 2014, California voters passed a proposition using $7.5 billion dollars in state funds to expand water storage capacity. Nearly 10 years later, people say not much has come from the vote. The main focus on their minds is the failure to expand Shasta Dam.…So what’s the problem...Read More
New poll finds that California voters disapprove of Newsom’s performance as governor– LA Times 11/7/23A new Los Angeles Times/UC Berkeley poll found Newsom’s approval rating sinking to the lowest point of his nearly five years in office, with 44% of respondents having a favorable view of his job performance and 49% disapproving. There may be several explanations; like barnacles...Read More
