For Immediate Release: 11/5/21Contact:Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Sacramento, CA – A coalition of tribal, fishing, conservation, and environmental justice groups sent a letter to Governor Newsom late Thursday thanking him for abandoning the failed Voluntary Agreements process in the San Joaquin River watershed. The groups asked the governor to also end the Sacramento River voluntary...Read More
Did you miss the live webinar on Thursday? No worries! Watch Restore the Delta’s first virtual session in our Dine & Learn series on Carbon Sequestration in the Delta here.Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists, Briana Schmidt and George Peridas have collectively spent decades studying the technologies involved and will be providing an overview of how they...Read More
Update your address books!We know, we know. Another address change? We are now at 515 E Main St, Stockton, CA 95202.This time our address has changed as Via Ventures has moved next door.Since closing our permanent office due to COVID-19 last summer, we use Via as our safe and secure mailing service. They have expanded their...Read More
Join Restore the Delta’s first virtual session in our Dine & Learn series on October 21, 2021 at 6:00 PM. Research is showing that, in order to avoid disruptive climate change, we need to capture carbon dioxide from large sources and from the atmosphere and store it thousands of feet underground. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists, Briana...Read More
When our good faith efforts produce no results and are met with resistance, Restore the Delta will shift and move into a new direction to ensure that the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary is protected and restored for future generations. We have, therefore, resigned from the Stakeholder Engagement Committee, for the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction...Read More
Opinion: Governor must integrate justice into state water policy – San Jose Mercury/East Bay Times 9/18/21 Water allocations failing to give tribal communities and communities of color an equal voice “Northern California tribes fear coming years could see the unnecessary extinction of salmon runs central to our religion and culture. For the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, one of...Read More
– Tim Stroshane, Policy Analyst, Restore the Delta If the California Department of Water Resources says it, it must be official: “Most of the Delta qualifies as an environmental justice community,” said DWR environmental program manager Carrie Buckman at last Thursday evening’s Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Justice webinar. It was a welcome statement of a fact that...Read More
Restore the Delta has been tracking what is happening in Sacramento with the aid of several partner organizations. Language and bills have evolved. Here is what we have learned. Thanks to leadership in both the State Assembly and Senate, they have curtailed the Newsom Administration’s efforts to loosen up CEQA requirements for Delta tunnel construction. We are...Read More
As we stated in our Sunday newsletter, the Newsom Administration is trying to move forward with disingenuous Delta watershed restoration bills that replace water with habitat (instead of doing both). This is part of their full court press to create “voluntary agreements” to fill the Delta tunnel. We need you to call your legislator and Governor Newsom’s office...Read More
Govenor Newsom is trying to slip in pro-tunnel language into the CEQA exemption trailer. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) generally requires state and local government agencies to inform decision makers and the public about the potential environmental impacts of proposed projects, and to reduce those environmental impacts to the extent feasible. Call your legislator and Governor...Read More
