FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTS: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Leela Yadav, leela@sunstonestrategies.org Sacramento, Calif. – Today, the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), represented by the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, together with the California Indian Environmental Alliance, San Francisco Baykeeper, and Golden State Salmon Association, submitted a...Read More
A poignant article published today by CalMatters highlights the severe ecological crisis facing the San Francisco Bay and Delta rivers. Urban runoff, algal blooms, and historical contamination from gold mining and industrial waste are deteriorating the watershed, making fishing– an essential source of food and cultural connection for many– increasingly unreliable. The article also reveals...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2024MEDIA CONTACTS: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Stockton, Calif. – Governor Newsom released a Water Resilience One Year update today, claiming ‘progress’ on the Delta Tunnel as a way to ‘enhance water supplies.’Statement from Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director of Restore the Delta:“Governor Newsom claims the Delta Tunnel is about water resilience, but the truth is this project will drain...Read More
For Immediate Release:October 1, 2024 Contacts: Scott Artis, Golden State Salmon Association, 925-550-9208, scott@goldenstatesalmon.orgGary Bobker, Friends of the River, 415-272-6616, gbobker@friendsoftheriver.orgAshley Overhouse, Defenders of Wildlife, 408-472-4522, aoverhouse@defenders.orgMark Westlund, San Francisco Baykeeper, 510-671-5653, mark@baykeeper.orgBarbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Sacramento, CA — In California, today marks the start of the new “water year,” the date water managers use to mark the end...Read More
Tune in and learn about how the Delta smelt got tied up with Big Ag, California Water Wars, and national political divide. How have these widespread narratives affected the species as a whole and environmental justice communities in the region? What happens when scientific data goes into the wrong hands?The Delta smelt, a small fish...Read More
A California Port Gambles on Dirty Hydrogen – Heatmap, 9/16/24 Restore the Delta was quoted in a Heatmap article about the fossil-fueled hydrogen project that was recently approved by the Port of Stockton without an EIR. “ ‘At a time when incentives are lining up for cleaner production methods,’ Davis Harper, the carbon and energy program manager...Read More
For Immediate Release: September 4, 2024 Contact:Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org, 818-633-0865 SWRCB Urged to Uphold Law and Protect Tribal Water Rights in Delta Sacramento, CA – Yesterday, the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, on behalf of the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), (Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, Shingle Springs Band...Read More
New podcast, Delta Flows, Launches Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Find on YouTube, Spotify, and more! We’re excited to introduce Delta Flows, a new podcast from Restore the Delta that explores the future of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, one of America’s most vital ecosystems. The Delta, the freshwater heart of the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary, supports 700 native species,...Read More
Folks, we have an emergency update regarding SB1390. It is now on the Assembly floor and we need people to call Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry to tell her that it needs to be pulled and reworked because it is BAD for the Delta people, Delta wildlife, and the Delta as a whole! Capitol Office: (916) 319-2004Davis Office: (530) 757-1034Napa Office: (707) 224-0440 Please continue...Read More
Dear Restore the Delta Friends, We have worked quietly this year to handle legislative issues and have been able to accomplish what was needed behind the scenes. However, SB 1390 is a very bad bill that needs a rework. Here is why: The August 22nd amendments to SB 1390 will weaken the protections to the Delta communities...Read More
