FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    October 16, 2024MEDIA CONTACTS: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.orgLeela Yadav, leela@sunstonestrategies.org   Delta Advocates Call for Leadership That Respects Local Expertise and Climate Solutions Stockton, Calif. — Restore the Delta, a leading environmental organization representing communities and stakeholders in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, calls on the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) to reinstate General Manager Adel Hagekhalil, citing his respectful and collaborative...Read More

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

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

In this edition of Delta Flows, our Executive Director Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla reflects on what it truly means to build a sustainable and equitable climate economy, including Restore the Delta and partners’contribution in response to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Regarding the Reinitiation of Consultation on Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley and State Water Projects and the...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

Embattled manager of California water agency defends record, says complaints are unfounded – The Los Angeles Times 8/28/24 The recent article in the Los Angeles Times reveals that Metropolitan Water District (MWD) General Manager Adel Hagekhalil has been denied due process following more than two months of administrative leave.Hagekhalil expressed his concerns during a public comment,...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                     August 27, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTS: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Leela Yadav, leela@sunstonestrategies.org Los Angeles, Calif. – Metropolitan Water District (MWD) General Manager Adel Hagekhalil has been denied due process after more than two months of administrative leave. In a special meeting held today by MWD, GM Hagekhalil shared during public comment that he has yet to be contacted...Read More