A little good news to end a busy week. We are thrilled to share that on July 7, 2022 the San Joaquin County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce joined the call by California Tribes and Delta environmental justice groups for the State Water Board to finally update the Bay-Delta Plan. More than a decade overdue. Here’s...Read More

Dear Friends,The first seven months of 2022 have been action packed at Restore the Delta. In fact, we feel as if we have completed two years of work in half a year, and there is plenty more coming our way.Drought conditions and Delta water management mistakes continue to take a toll on the Delta, but...Read More

For Release: 7/6/22 Contact: Gary Mulcahy, Winnemen Wintu Tribe, 916-214-8493 gary@ranchriver.comSydney Speizman, Stanford Environmental Law Clinic, 443-745-8613, speizman@stanford.edu SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today, California Tribes and environmental justice groups filed a formal response to the State Water Resources Control Board. At issue is the coalition’s request that the Water Board update the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin...Read More

For Immediate Release: 6/30/22 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-205, barbara@restorethedelta.orgStockton, CA  – Today the United States Supreme Court today released its ruling in West Virginia v. United States Environmental Protection Agency. The 6-3 decision found that Congress, did not grant the EPA the authority to adopt on its own a regulatory scheme (using the Clean Air Act) to cap carbon...Read More

For Immediate Release: 6/14/22 Contact:Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Stockton, CA – A coalition of social, economic, and environmental justice groups have sent a letter to the State Water Resources Control Board in support of a recent petition filed by Stanford Law on behalf of California Tribes and environmental justice groups.The petition asks the State Water Board to update the...Read More

Delta water crisis linked to California’s racist past, tribes and activists say – Los Angeles Times, 5/26/22The tribes and environmental groups submitted a petition to the State Water Resources Control Board demanding the state change its approach and adopt science-based standards that ensure adequate flows in the Delta to improve water quality and sustain imperiled fish,...Read More

Contact:Brian Smith brian@bpspr.comSACRAMENTO – Today, a coalition of California Tribes and Delta-based environmental justice organizations (standing in front of the HQ of the California State Water Resources Control Board) announced the filing of a “Petition for Rulemaking Review.”The coalition, represented by the Environmental Law Clinic of Stanford Law, took this formal action today to demand...Read More

California summer: Why drought makes us scared, edgy, angry – Mercury News 5/9/22The American Psychological Association describes climate anxiety, or eco-anxiety, as fear of environmental doom. In the Bay Area, it has become easy to believe in doomsday scenarios on days when wildfire smoke chokes the air with particulate matter and turns the sky an apocalyptic...Read More

Restore the Delta wants to share with our supporters this recent communication with the Department of Water Resources about the voluntary agreements. Date: 5/5/22Dear Director Nemeth, Thank you for your email regarding the upcoming voluntary agreement governance meetings. At this time, Restore the Delta is respectfully declining your invitation. I would like to share a few...Read More

How America’s Farmers Got Cut Out of the Supply Chain  – New York Times 4/20/22 “My warehouses are already bulging at the seams,” Mr. Phippen says. “It scares the crap out of me, because in five months I’m going to get a new crop in the door. There’s no timeout in farming.”…Throughout California, more than 1.1...Read More