FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, December 5, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Call for Senator Dianne Feinstein to Keep Her Word on Drought Legislation H.R. 5781 will jeopardize future urban water supplies Reservoirs could be over pump for present agricultural water needs Stockton, CA- Restore the...Read More
Congressman Jared Huffman speaks brilliantly on the Delta fisheries and northern California water supplies. Watch the hearing here: http://bit.ly/1FRsaPLRead More
Northern California Delegation Statement on Flawed, Discriminatory House Republican Water Bill Members: “The drought does not stop at the edge of congressional districts.” WASHINGTON-Today, Northern California Representatives Jared Huffman (D-02), George Miller (D-11) Mike Thompson (D-05), Doris Matsui (D-06), Jerry McNerney (D-09), John Garamendi (D-03), and Ami Bera (D-07) released the following statement regarding the...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, December 3, 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: Rep. David Valadao’s H.R. 5781 Throws Out Protections for Fisheries, Farms & Humans; Turns Up the Pumps for Westlands Growers Central Valley Congressional Representatives seek to smother Endangered Species Protections, and...Read More
For Immediate Release: Monday, December 1, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Bechtel-Funded Water Storage Study: Half-Baked Promotes Destructive Delta Tunnels and Links New Dams to Tunnels Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain...Read More
News Alerts • Sac Bee Editorial: Feinstein freezes out north state in water bill talks • LA Times Editorial Why are U.S. lawmakers making California water deals in secret? • Mother Jones: Is Dianne Feinstein Crafting a Secret Water Deal to Help Big Pistachio? Read here: Environmental Water Caucus Comment Letter Opposing Senator Dianne Feinstein’s...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, November 18, 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: Secret Sen. Feinstein Bill to Throw Out Protections for Fisheries, Farms & Humans; Bill Could Help Tunnels Approval Stockton, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 14, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta State’s Report: Gov. Brown’s Tunnels Could Cost $62 Billion Expect 34% Construction Cost Overrun, Fails to Answer Whether Tunnels are a Good Investment Construction Estimate has gone from $4 billion to $32 billion Sacramento, CA...Read More
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 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 Gov. Brown Should Abandon Doomed BDCP Delta Tunnels: EPA, Agencies’ Criticisms are Unresolvable, Need 7 More Permits; Call for End to BDCP Secrecy Westlands Settlement: Multimillion Giveaway to Industrial Farms Sacramento, CA- Restore the...Read More
Media Advisory for Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta What’s Next in California Water Politics? Prop. 1 is behind us: What do we still need to do? Delta Tunnels Looming: What’s coming in BDCP Fight? Westlands Settlement: Multibillion Giveaway to Industrial Farm Factories Sacramento,...Read More
