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...
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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...
5 Questions About the New Proposed Delta Voluntary Agreement
While the State’s newest proposal for voluntary agreements in the Bay-Delta leaves a lot of unanswered questions, the initial analysis reveals a deeply...
Why Is DWR Helping Trump Weaken Bay-Delta Protections?
Why is the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) collaborating with the Trump Administration to weaken protections for salmon and other endangered...
MWD Suggests Southern California Has Too Much Water?!
When was the last time that you heard a water district in California complaining that in the future, they will have too much water supply? Remarkably, that’s...