Dear friends, Below are important media alerts that deserve a wide readership! In case you missed it, media alerts: Westlands water deal is all wet 4/30/16 San Francisco Chronicle editorial Full article: When the public is railing about the unfairness of Big Bank bailouts and corporate welfare, why is the Obama administration pursuing a deal that...Read More
For Immediate Release April 30, 2016 Contact: Brian P. Smith, Restore the Delta (415) 320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Linda Sheehan, Earth Law Center (510) 219-7730, lsheehan@earthlaw.org Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights (415) 841-2998, shannon@movementrights.org Antioch, CA – Today, the Bay Area Rights of Nature Alliance, Restore the Delta, and Move to Amend held a “Rights of Nature Tribunal”...Read More
For Immediate Release: April 29, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053 Carolee Krieger, California Water Impact Network, 805-969-0824 Conner Everts, Southern CA Watershed Alliance & EWC, 310-804-6615 Tim Sloane, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, 415-561-5080 U.S. Taxpayers Paying Lion’s Share for Delta Tunnels Not Federal Water Contractors Letter from U.S. BuRec confirms...Read More
Happy Earth Day! Here’s our first page preview of our draft 5 page coloring book “Finding Primo: The Delta Smelt.” We will be giving these out this weekend at Stockton Earth Day, Stockton Ports Delta Awareness Night game, & the Bay Area Rights of Nature Tribunal on April 30th! RSVP for the Tribunal here: http://therightsofnature.org/what-would-the-delta-say/Read More
For Immediate Release: 4/19/2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org UPDATE 4/22: Controversy erupts over Santa Clara Water District’s groundwater charges NOTE 4/20: Corrections made to table below Santa Clara Valley Water District to Add Charge for Delta Tunnels Rates to increase without a public vote San Jose, CA – Attendees at...Read More
Dear Friends, UPDATE 4/19/2016: Language issues cleared. We support both Frazier and Eggman’s bill! The Assembly Committee for Water, Parks and Wildlife will meet at 1:30 tomorrow at room 444 at the Capitol. They will be considering, Assemblymember Eggman’s bill, AB 1713, calling for a public vote for the Delta tunnels. They will also be...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY for April 30, 2016 Contact: Brian P. Smith, Restore the Delta (415) 320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Linda Sheehan, Earth Law Center (510) 219-7730, lsheehan@earthlaw.org Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights (415) 841-2998, shannon@movementrights.org WHO: Bay Area Rights of Nature Alliance, Restore the Delta, Move to Amend WHAT: Bay Area Rights of Nature Tribunal – San Francisco...Read More
In case you missed it… Congressional challenge to Obama water deal in California Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:11 pm | Updated: 9:30 pm, Thu Apr 14, 2016. Associated Press Original article. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Democrats in Congress launched challenges Thursday to a proposed Obama administration settlement with a powerful California water district, including announcing their...Read More
For Immediate Release: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, Restore the Delta, barbara@restorethedelta.org DELTA ISLANDS PURCHASE: Delta Residents Rally in Support of Legal Action Against Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Sacramento – Today, the Planning and Conservation League and Food and Water Watch, as well as three Delta local agencies, Central Delta Water Agency, Contra Costa...Read More
