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Unlikely Partnerships Spring From California Water Crisis NPR All Things Considered By Kirk Siegler Listen or read transcript of radio news story here. Excerpt from story: “We’ve created in California an unsustainable water system where those who have political power and money really can put pressure on the government to deliver the water that they...
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Yesterday, Restore the Delta submitted joint comments on Assemblymember Anthony Rendon’s water bond (AB1331). Click here to read our joint comment letter on AB1331.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 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 In case you missed it… Sacramento Bee Editorial: Dianne Feinstein’s water bill is an overreach By the Editorial Board Published: Thursday, Apr. 17, 2014 – 12:00 am Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s drought bill, introduced in...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 15, 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’s Tunnel Implementation Plan Lacks Answers: Who will pay? Users Claim to Pay, But No Commitment Yet Made on Finances or Operations 60 Days Left but Governor Brown’s peripheral tunnels project still lacks...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 14, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… KPCC Southern California Public Radio and The Center for Responsive Politics The politics of drought: California water interest prime the pump in Washington Kitty Felde and Viveca Novak April...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 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: Gov. Brown’s Tunnels Force Byron Relocation; Sen. Feinstein’s Pumping Bill “Reckless” Listen to audio from our teleconference: STOCKTON, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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