For Immediate Release: January 15, 2026 Contact:Ashley Castaneda, ashley@restorethedelta.org Stockton, Calif. – As artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure rapidly expands, a new white paper released today by Restore the Delta finds significant risks to water supplies, energy systems, ecosystems, and local communities as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta emerges as a major hub for AI-driven data centers. The report, The Environmental...Read More
For Immediate Release: January 13, 2026 Contact:Ashley Castaneda, ashley@restorethedelta.org Stockton, Calif. – Restore the Delta condemns the Trump Administration’s actions to rollback sections of the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act, calling these changes a direct assault on protections for vulnerable communities, decreasing oversight and regulation of pollutant discharges into our air and waterways. The proposed rules fundamentally weaken...Read More
Dear Friends, On December 12, 2025, the Water Board released the latest update to the Bay-Delta Plan, a critical rulemaking for ensuring: water quality, river flows and ecosystem protections for the state’s largest and most endangered estuary and watershed. Disappointingly, the update included the inequitable and deceptive Voluntary Agreements, without adequate protections for ecosystems or the tribes and communities that depend...Read More
In case you missed it, for the first time since December 2000, not a single square mile of California is classified as dry. After an exceptionally wet holiday season fueled by powerful winter storms and atmospheric rivers, the latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows 0% of the state experiencing drought or abnormal dryness, a remarkable milestone for...Read More
For Immediate Release: January 8, 2026 Contact:Ashley Castaneda, ashley@restorethedelta.org Sacramento, Calif. – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom presented his proposed budget for the State of California which includes $68.8 million to support “repairs to existing or new water conveyance projects.” Of note, the proposed budget also includes $232 million for flood control projects which includes the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region...Read More
In 2026, our advocacy doesn’t slow down and we’re ready to continue our work to save and restore the Delta. But before describing the myriad of opportunities for advocacy by Californians so far this year, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you and express our deepest gratitude to our supporters. We are grateful...Read More
Dear Friends, Call Assemblymember Wilson today to stop her efforts to undermine public participation in the update to the San Francisco Bay-San Joaquin Delta Plan (“Bay-Delta Plan”)! AB 497, amended today by Asm. Lori D. Wilson, supported by Solano County Water Agency, seeks to limit the State Water Resources Control Board (“Water Board”) review and consideration of comments about the most recent update to the...Read More
In a major win for our coalition of Delta-area groups and communities pushing back against the Delta tunnel project, a California appellate court ruled that the Department of Water Resources (DWR) lacks the legal authority to issue billions of dollars in bonds to construct the project. This decision strikes down DWR’s hopes of financing the...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2025 Contact:Ashley Castaneda, ashley@restorethedelta.org Sacramento, Calif. — Today, the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), consisting of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Little Manila Rising, and Restore the Delta, formally requested that the State Water Resources Control Board grant a 60-day extension of the public comment...Read More
Congressional Democrats from California are pushing back against a Trump administration planto pump more water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, warning it could decimatealready struggling fish populations and disrupt water supplies for millions of residents. As The Los Angeles Times reports, seven lawmakers led by Rep. John Garamendi said theplan prioritizes politics over science...Read More
