Excerpt: It should be noted that with climate change droughts will be longer, and floods will be more extreme. Tunnels will not protect people or the state’s water supply. While we celebrate Brown building overseas alliances to do the hard work of mitigating climate change and reducing emissions in light of the Trump administration’s failure...Read More
Media alert: The Fight to Stop the Delta Tunnels Heats Up this Summer In case you missed it, read: Why years of waiting may be over on Delta tunnels "Love it or hate it, the Delta tunnels project is reaching a decision point." The Sacramento Bee 6/13/17 Restore the Delta, Delta advocates, and...Read More
For Immediate Release: June 5, 2017 Contact: John McManus, Golden Gate Salmon Association, 650-218-8650 Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053 Press Release: Trump Nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Interior Has Serious Legal, Ethical, & Conflicts-of-Interest Issues WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of California fishing, conservation, and environmental groups sent a letter today outlining their concerns over the...Read More
This article is very troubling in the Associated Press. If the state does not provide oversight for Delta tunnels’ construction and operations, the Delta will be essentially colonized by outside water districts. Will water districts influence Delta land sales? Or levee maintenance in reclamation districts? How will outside water districts manage drinking water quality...Read More
The hardest part of our job is encouraging you, our members, to respond to government processes that induce weariness in even the hardiest public policy geeks in California. But that is what the Brown Administration, Metropolitan Water District, Kern County Water Agency, and Westlands are counting on: that if approvals for the Delta tunnels are...Read More
Editorial: Trump pick would drain Delta water supply (San Jose Mercury News – May 30, 2017) Call U.S. Senator Kamala Harris and Senator Dianne Feinstein to reject his confirmation in June when it comes up for a vote! Excerpt: It’s widely known that Westlands covets more of the precious Delta water that provides nearly half of...Read More
For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 25, 2017 Contact: Nora Kovaleski, 408-806-6470, nora@kovaleskipr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org Delta Stewardship Council Stalls Vote on Delta Plan Amendments Sacramento, CA – Despite public outcry, the Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) continues moving forward with amendments to the Delta Plan. The DSC decided, in response...Read More
A year ago roughly, Roger Patterson from the Metropolitan Water District said that he would invite Dr. Jeff Michael, from the University of the Pacific to make a presentation to the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors on the real costs of the Delta tunnels. The invitation never happened. So we hosted a...Read More
