For Immediate Release: 1/4/17 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Stockton, CA – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell issued a Secretarial Order directing the Department of the Interior and its bureaus to “take timely actions to help address the effects of drought and climate change on California’s water supply and imperiled wildlife.”...Read More
ICYMI 1/4/17 – Recent News on the Delta Tunnels and California Water Economist Sees Shift in Delta Tunnels EIR from Farms to Cities In his first Valley Economy blog post for 2017, Jeffrey Michael, Executive Director of the Center for Business and Policy Research at the University of the Pacific, gives his initial...Read More
In case you missed it… San Francisco Chronicle State releases report on disputed twin tunnels water plan By Peter Fimrite December 22, 2016 Read at SF Chronicle Excerpts: The analysis, a snooze-inducing tome roughly equivalent in size to 66 Bibles, judges a project that remains at least a year away from final approval. Nevertheless, it generated a...Read More
For Immediate Release: Thursday, 12/22/16 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org EIR for Delta Tunnels Released Today Restore the Delta Response Stockton, CA – Today, the Delta Tunnels Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) was released online. As we mentioned yesterday, this document is not a green light for the...Read More
Here is an op-ed by our Executive Director that states what we need to do before we even consider the PPIC “Single Tunnel” Alternative. “Let’s remember, policy wonks at PPIC do not represent the interests of four million Delta area residents, and they certainly don’t represent the hundreds of thousands of people in the Delta’s...Read More
Saving the Delta requires sacrifice by all, not just residents of this region. I hope someone drilled that idea into the State Water Resources Control Board. The board, whose Sisyphean job is to ensure California’s water is used fairly, brought its road show to Stockton last Friday for a public hearing on its dubious Water...Read More
Read our op-ed in KCET on PPIC’s single tunnel alternative. “If, indeed, support for the Big Twin Tunnels project is fading, let’s kill that proposal once and for all. Californians who voted in 1982 against the Peripheral Canal assumed we had made that decision long ago.” – Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director of Restore the DeltaRead More
For Immediate Release: 12/16/2016 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org President Obama Signs Water Resources Development Act Midnight rider caused Boxer/Feinstein split over West Coast salmon Stockton, CA – Today, President Obama signed the Water Resources Development Act. This law will fund dozens of new, and necessary, water infrastructure projects around the...Read More
If you missed the live broadcast of our case against the Delta Tunnels permit request, you can watch or listen to our team below via YouTube. Opening statement – Watch here. Tim Stroshane: Tunnels Modeling, Flow Alterations, Water Quality, and A New Water Right – Watch here. Senator Mike Machado (Ret.): Salinity and Economic Impacts...Read More
In case you missed it! Mother Jones California Is About to Funnel Water to Farms—While Screwing the Ecosystems Around Them By JOSH HARKINSON December 9, 2016 Link at website A controversial bill that would override environmental rules to supply farmers with more water from California’s ecologically sensitive Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta sailed through the House...Read More
