For Immediate Release: Monday, January 13, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta California Can’t Tunnel its Way Out of Drought Conditions Highlighting Need for Sustainable Solution Tunnels of no use in dry years; California should use $70 billion for sustainable water solutions, not build tunnels that...Read More
Media Advisory for Monday, January 13, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Can California Tunnel its Way Out of Drought? Experts to Examine Drought’s Impacts What should California do to respond to drought conditions? Should California use $70 billion for sustainable water solutions or use it...Read More
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Peripheral Tunnels Opponents Call for Additional Time to Respond to Massive $67 Billion BDCP Plan STOCKTON, CA – Restore the Delta, opponents of Gov. Brown’s Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 In case you missed it… For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 6, 2014 Contact: Bill Jennings, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance 209-464-5067; cell 938-9053; email, deltakeep@me.com; website, www.calsport.org Delta Fish Hammered Yet Again: Fall Midwater Trawl Results Reveal Continued Biological Collapse The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has...Read More
Media Alert, December 29, 2013 The Pacifica Evening News State Weighs Cost and Benefit of Bay Delta Plan Click here to listen or download. New figures say the true cost of building the twin tunnels to ship water to Central Valley farmers and Southern California cities would be more than double the current 25 billion...Read More
Media Alert, December 29, 2013 The Pacifica Evening News State Weighs Cost and Benefit of Bay Delta Plan Click here to listen or download. New figures say the true cost of building the twin tunnels to ship water to Central Valley farmers and Southern California cities would be more than double the current 25 billion...Read More
Article of Interest for December 26, 2013 San Jose Mercury News Delta tunnels plan’s true price tag: As much as $67 billion By Paul Rodgers For more than a year, Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration has been describing his plan to build two massive water tunnels through the Delta as a $25 billion project. That would...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 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… The Los Angeles Times Shaky rationale behind Brown tunnel plan Promoters of a $25-billion plumbing project say a major quake could topple levees. Experts find holes in that argument....Read More
Sac Bee Cartoon 12/15/13 Field Day (click to enlarge) SF Chronicle Cartoon 12/15/13 (click to enlarge) Restore the Delta: News of Interest 12/16/13 Listen to: Twin Tunnels Protest KGO-810am 5pm SF, CA 12-13-2013 Brown’s top water official to retire Sacramento...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 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… Jeff Michael’s Valley Economy Blog Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Comparing the Financial Hole in the Delta Water Tunnels Plan to High-Speed Rail A comment I made comparing the tunnels to high speed rail...Read More
