For Immediate Release: Monday, April 20, 2015 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Tunnels-Only BDCP: Gov. Abandons Pretext of Saving Fisheries Ignores “Co-Equal Goals” Requirement; End-Runs EPA Water Use: The Top 1% Water-Takers vs. 38 Million Residents Sacramento, CA– Restore the Delta (RTD) and other opponents of Gov....Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 13, 2015 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta TUNNELS OPPONENTS: BDCP IS NOW JUST A “WATER GRAB” RTD Responds to “Tunnels Only” Project Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), a coalition of anti-tunnels organizations and individuals, today responded to the...Read More
DROUGHT: Calif. governor urges against finger-pointing as water woes worsen Anne C. Mulkern, E&E reporter Published: Thursday, April 9, 2015 California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) yesterday urged people not to assign fault as the state’s drought worsens. “The key challenge here, aside from getting the water, is to be able to collaborate together and not...Read More
In case you missed it… From: On the public record Blog Tuesday, April 7, 2015 My thoughts on Governor Brown’s reasons for not including agriculture in mandatory water restrictions. Governor Brown lists three reasons in the ABC interview below. The lack of delivery from the water projects and water rights curtailments of...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta’s response to the Dept. of Water Resources’ statements regarding abandoning the BDCP Habitat Conservation Plan Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build water...Read More
In case you missed it: several important news stories during Easter weekend about the new California drought measures and the change in the Delta tunnels plan listed below. Restore the Delta: news of interest: $25-billion Sacramento-San Joaquin delta tunnel project reexamined — Gov. Jerry Brown's administration is overhauling its proposal for a controversial tunnel project in...Read More
For Immediate Release: Friday, April 3, 2015 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta New Analysis Finds Harm in Gov. Brown’s Drought Order: Suspends CEQA, Abandons Public Rulemaking Drought Barriers for up to 10 Years, Decimate Fisheries, But No Restrictions on Mega-Farms Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD),...Read More
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Drought Barriers to Push Delta Closer to Collapse: Threaten Salmon, No Restrictions on Mega-Farms Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build water export Tunnels that would...Read More
By Robert Wright Special to The Bee 03/24/2015 5:00 PM 03/25/2015 12:00 AM Original article here at Sacramento Bee. In December 2013, state and federal agencies released 40,000 pages of consultant-prepared analysis and advocacy for the Delta tunnels as part of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. The water tunnels are the most controversial public works...Read More
