The Cost of the Delta Tunnel Threatens SoCal’s Water Future
Amidst everything going on in the world these days, it’s easy to miss that the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Met) is in the process of...
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Raising Shasta Dam Is an Even Worse Idea Than We Knew
The Trump Administration’s efforts to enlarge Shasta Dam was always a bad idea. In addition to being illegal under California law, it’s been clear for years...
DWR Is Suing Everyone for a Blank Check for a Delta Tunnel
In the middle of a pandemic, an economic recession, and everything else that 2020 is throwing at us, in early August the California Department of Water Resource...
Federal Court Enjoins Trump Admin’s Delta Pumping in May
Yesterday, the federal Court for the Eastern District of California issued a ruling granting in part the motions for preliminary injunction filed against the...
State's New Permit Fails to Protect Salmon and the Bay-Delta
With governments around the world racing to address our current crisis, it seems profoundly strange to write about anything but the challenge of meeting this...
State Water Contractors Stand with Trump Administration
Yesterday, attorneys for the State Water Contractors filed a motion to intervene in litigation challenging the Trump Administration’s recent biological...