FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 14, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… KPCC Southern California Public Radio and The Center for Responsive Politics The politics of drought: California water interest prime the pump in Washington Kitty Felde and Viveca Novak April...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 7, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta, Experts: Gov. Brown’s Tunnels Force Byron Relocation; Sen. Feinstein’s Pumping Bill “Reckless” Listen to audio from our teleconference: STOCKTON, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Monday, April 7, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta, Experts: Governor Brown's Tunnels Would Force Relocation of Byron residents; Permanently Degrade Groundwater; Senator Feinstein’s Pumping Bill “Reckless” Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build...Read More
INTRODUCING THE TOP 1% WATER TAKERS: Water subsidies, cotton subsidies, and the corporate agribusiness elite 1% Starrh & Starrh Cotton Growers: $10 million in Taxpayer Subsidies Behind the Tears We all pay for cotton and almonds planted in the desert, Legal water purchases and crop subsidies form a broken system Corporate agribusiness tycoons take taxpayer-subsidized...Read More
Delta smelt: 9th Circuit decision protects people as much as fish By Trip Van Noppen and Barbara Barrigan-Parilla Special to the Mercury News Californians who care about a sustainable water future got a big court victory in March that upholds protections for a much-maligned little animal: the delta smelt. The ruling handed down by the...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 28, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponents: Senator Feinstein, U.S. Reps. Thrust Political Pressure into Drought Response Stop Political Interference with Federal Scientists, Offer Better Solutions to Water Challenge Stockton, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov....Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Thursday, March 27, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta Water Policy Expert to Tell Delta Protection Commission: Gov. Brown’s Tunnels Would “Force Byron residents to Move,” “Permanently Degrade Groundwater” Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta to Call for Drought Relief for Delta Farmers & Businesses: Slam Congressional Committee for Harmful Rhetoric Fresno, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build Peripheral...Read More
Media Advisory for Monday, March 17, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponent to Address Sacramento Environmental Council: How the Tunnels Would Harm Sacramento & Delta Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponents Respond to Secretary Jewell: Don’t Support Water Export Tunnels, BDCP Won’t Restore Health of Delta, Provide Reliable Water No Political Interference with Federal Scientists, Offer Better Solutions to Water Challenge SACRAMENTO...Read More
