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Batman’s Battle Against Class Warfare

Updated: 2012-07-31 02:32:02

"The Dark Knight Rises" is a stinging, relentless critique of that upside-down and ultimately indefensible worldview—Andrew Klagan, WSJ READ MORE...

Newport Beach Waiting 6 Months For Check from Obama Campaign

Updated: 2012-07-31 02:29:49

Let’s ask those rich people for donations then stick ‘em with the bill! READ MORE...

64% of Americans: Obama’s Policies Hurt

Updated: 2012-07-30 23:25:29

From Obamacare's high taxes to ignoring Congress, the administration has alienated itself from the people READ MORE...

Working Class Hero Favors Romney Over Obama

Updated: 2012-07-30 22:28:58

Mitt gets the support of international human rights activist READ MORE...

Judge: Obama Interfering With Free Exercise of Religion

Updated: 2012-07-30 21:14:53

Carter-appointee says protecting Constitutional rights is more important that ensuring implementation of one of administration's mandates READ MORE...

Delays In Bellingham Curtail Arctic Oil Drilling

Updated: 2012-07-30 20:28:08

By John Ryan Shell Oil is scaling back its plans for drilling in the Arctic Ocean this year. Icy conditions in the far North and construction problems in Bellingham have delayed the company’s efforts. KUOW’s John Ryan reports from Seattle. Royal Dutch Shell CEO Peter Voser announced on Thursday that Shell only expects to drill [...]

Monday’s top of the scroll: Can the proposed Delta water transfer project pay off?

Updated: 2012-07-30 15:11:22

: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Monday’s top of the scroll : Can the proposed Delta water transfer project pay off Posted by : Maven on July 30, 2012 at 7:11 am Happy Monday You’ll find the weekend wrap-up underneath this morning’s Delta stories and commentaries , starting with this from CBS Channel 5 Considering the estimated price tag of 23 billion , Dr . Greg Gartrell , assistant general manager of Contra Costa Water District , has his doubts , as he told Phil Matier on Sunday . 8221 Be Sociable , Share July 30, 2012 Filed Under Delta Issues Comments Leave a Reply Name required Email Address(required Website Notify me of follow-up comments by . email Notify

Twin-tunnel Delta plan concerns Placer water officials

Updated: 2012-07-30 15:07:17

Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Twin-tunnel Delta plan concerns Placer water officials Posted by : Maven on July 30, 2012 at 7:07 am From the Auburn : Journal Placer County Water Agency leaders are expressing concerns about Gov . Jerry Brown and U.S . Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s newly announced Delta Plan , which calls for construction of two tunnels beneath the delta . area The project would send Sierra water supplies directly to the Bay Area and Southern California , they . say In announcing the twin-tunnel plan , Brown said that a healthy Delta ecosystem and reliable water supply are profoundly important to California’s future . In a statement issued

Delta tunnels would mean higher prices

Updated: 2012-07-30 15:02:31

Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Delta tunnels would mean higher prices Posted by : Maven on July 30, 2012 at 7:02 am From the San Francisco : Chronicle If tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta actually get built , more than 2 million people in the Bay Area will see their water bills increase to help pay for . them That’s because three water agencies in the Bay Area receive a significant amount of their supply from the delta , via pumps near Tracy , and construction costs of a new water routing system will fall on those users and others across the state who rely on that . supply Leaders of those three Bay Area agencies the Santa Clara Valley Water

Why is governor picking a water fight? asks the San Francisco Chronicle

Updated: 2012-07-30 15:01:02

Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Why is governor picking a water fight asks the San Francisco Chronicle Posted by : Maven on July 30, 2012 at 7:01 am From the San Francisco Chronicle , this : editorial What the governor’s office billed as a path forward on California’s water future” turned into a step back . In announcing a plan Wednesday for a pair of pipes to move water south around the eastern periphery of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta , Gov . Jerry Brown told the assembled officials and press , We’re going to make stuff happen . We’re going to take into account the opposition . And if we have to fight initiatives and referendums , we’ll fight those

George Skelton: Jerry Brown’s water plan is more than policy

Updated: 2012-07-30 15:00:58

: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts George Skelton : Jerry Brown’s water plan is more than policy Posted by : Maven on July 30, 2012 at 7:00 am From George Skelton at the Los Angeles : Times For Gov . Jerry Brown , his updated California water plan the peripheral pipes is not just bold policy , it’s deeply . personal It’s not merely about his legacy , it’s about his . family’s What his dad the legendary builder Gov . Pat Brown began more than half a century ago , the son now is adamantly committed to . finishing The septuagenarian governor referred to his family’s role in California water development when a reporter asked him last week whether he was biting off too

Inkstain blog: Delta hostages

Updated: 2012-07-30 14:59:32

: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Inkstain blog : Delta hostages Posted by : Maven on July 30, 2012 at 6:59 am From the Inkstain : blog One of the smartest comments on last week’s Cal-Fed announcement about the California Bay-Delta system came in a blog comment from UC Davis’s Jay : Lund The Delta has always been about hostage taking traditionally with local interests using Delta salinity as a hostage on the big water export projects , and water export users using Delta salinity as a hostage to gain the support of local Delta landowners who depend on Sacramento River flows to dilute salts in the lower San Joaquin River south Delta . This situation has trashed

Partnership saves flocks of rare birds

Updated: 2012-07-30 14:50:23

Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Wildlife Endangered Species Category Click here to view all posts Partnership saves flocks of rare birds Posted by : Maven on July 30, 2012 at 6:50 am From the Sacramento : Bee Shortly before harvest last spring , thousands of rare birds suddenly flocked to a Tulare County wheat field and nested setting the stage for a vast killing field with baby . birds But the dairy farmer who was growing the wheat as feed for his cows delayed long enough to save thousands of tricolored blackbirds , averting a wildlife disaster . He was one of four dairy farmers in the San Joaquin Valley who held off harvests this year to protect more than 20 percent of the tricolored blackbird’s global

Hoopa Tribe granted funds for fish passage project

Updated: 2012-07-30 14:48:00

Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Northern California Category Click here to view all posts Hoopa Tribe granted funds for fish passage project Posted by : Maven on July 30, 2012 at 6:48 am From the : Times-Standard The Hoopa Valley Tribe is slated to receive a 110,000 national grant for a project that’ll remove a barrier on Hostler Creek that currently inhibits fish . passage American Rivers an organization that works to protect and restore the nation’s rivers and streams and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Restoration Center have partnered this year to provide financial and technical assistance to six projects throughout the nation , according to a press release . Continue reading from the

Rising seas threaten California’s coastal past

Updated: 2012-07-30 14:43:38

Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Climate change water supply Category Click here to view all posts Rising seas threaten California’s coastal past Posted by : Maven on July 30, 2012 at 6:43 am From KQED’s Climate : Watch On a sunny day earlier this summer at Point Reyes National Seashore , I scrambled behind Mike Newland as he clambered across gullies and bushwhacked through thigh-high lupine . Once we got to the spot he was aiming for , on the edge of a sandy beach-side cliff , he stopped and started to pick through shells and . stones You can see , we’ve got sort of a handful of little guys here , popping out of the ground , he noted . Some of these that we’re going to see , they weren’t here a year ago , when I

… but you can Slog through the Bog to help the Tuolomne River

Updated: 2012-07-30 14:30:47

From the Modesto Bee: “Supporters of Tuolumne River restoration will get down and dirty at the Mud Blast, a run set for Oct. 20. Participants will make their way over mud pits, hay bales and other obstacles on more than 3.1 miles of trails at Dos Rios Ranch. This 1,603-acre expanse where the Tuolumne meets the San Joaquin River was acquired this year for protection as riverside habitat. The event will raise money for River Partners, a Chico-based group that has a Modesto branch office and is part of the Dos Rios effort. … “ Continue reading from the Modesto Bee by clicking here.

Clean water advocates wrap up coastal survey

Updated: 2012-07-30 14:28:23

From the U-T San Diego: “Clean water advocates on Friday completed a weeklong, 70-mile trip on paddle boards and kayaks down the San Diego County coastline to launch what they hope will be a national effort to map waterway health using smartphone technology and other tools. Last week’s “Trestles to TJ” tour started near the border of San Diego and Orange counties, and it finished near the mouth of the Tijuana River in South County. Participants plan to make the yearly pilgrimage in support of clean water. … “ Continue reading from U-T San Diego by clicking here.

For desolate, shrinking Salton Sea, another dream

Updated: 2012-07-30 14:26:08

, , Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Salton Sea Category Click here to view all posts For desolate , shrinking Salton Sea , another dream Posted by : Maven on July 30, 2012 at 6:26 am From the New York : Times Signs of once grandiose dreams dot the shoreline of the Salton Sea , dried up like the dead fish that bob ashore from time to time . This lake , the largest in California , was once supposed to be the Riviera of the West , a playground for stars like Frank Sinatra , Jerry Lewis and Desi . Arnaz But the Salton Sea , created by accident 40 miles south of Palm Springs , has been shrinking for decades now , while the saline content continues to rise it is roughly 50 percent saltier than the Pacific Ocean .

News Feed: Fracking dust alert not shocking in Wyoming - Casper Star-Tribune Online

Updated: 2012-07-30 13:04:42

Shell plans to invest over $500 million on China shale, tight gas play in 2012

Updated: 2012-07-30 12:27:00

Singapore (Platts)–30 Jul 2012/237 am EDT/637 GMT Shell plans to invest over $500 million this year drilling in shale gas and tight gas acreage in China, its chief financial officer Simon Henry said in an analyst call during its second quarter results announcement Thursday. “There are several plays in our portfolio with PetroChina. We have [...]

Shell wants to invest more in China downstream gas

Updated: 2012-07-30 12:23:06

July 30, 2012, 6:39 a.m. EDT By Wayne Ma –Shell hopes to invest in China gas, both upstream and downstream –Shell, Qatar, CNPC Taizhou refinery approval process is advancing –Foreign companies may work with private China firms in second shale round BEIJING–Royal Dutch Shell PLC RDS.B +0.82% hopes to boost investment not only upstream but [...]

News Feed: Hancock County's 1st hydraulic fracturing begins - State Journal

Updated: 2012-07-30 05:01:41

News Feed: Author of U.S. Fracking Study had Gas Industry Ties - IndustryWeek

Updated: 2012-07-30 03:38:38

Sunday’s top of the scroll: Delta folks hot over water tunnel plan

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:52:32

: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Sunday’s top of the scroll : Delta folks hot over water tunnel plan Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:52 am From the San Francisco : Chronicle Strolling down a dirt levee road , farmer Mike Robinson passed his fields of alfalfa and yellow safflower . A worker pumped river water toward a tomato crop , and two men and a boy laughed as they sped by on personal . watercraft It was an idyllic summer scene in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta , but one that did not veil Robinson’s anger over the latest chapter in the state’s never-ending , north-south water . war The Southern California interests want our water . Now they’ve

Governor Jerry Brown plows ahead on massive projects

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:49:06

Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Governor Jerry Brown plows ahead on massive projects Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:49 am From the Contra Costa : Times Just what is Jerry Brown thinking At a time when 49 of the country’s 50 governors would probably be playing it safe after all , he is trying to convince voters that it’s in their interest to raise their own taxes Brown is boldly backing two mammoth public-works projects , calling his critics fearful men” and declinists , 8221 and using the S-word while the TV cameras are rolling . He’s zagging when most governors would be . zigging Think Gov . Pat Brown on . steroids While Brown speaks often of his

Brown says $14 Billion plan will boost California water

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:47:30

Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Brown says 14 Billion plan will boost California water Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:47 am From Bloomberg’s Business : Week Governor Jerry Brown unveiled plans for a 14 billion tunnel system to divert abundant Northern California water to thirsty Southern California cities and farms that grow half of the U.S . s fresh . produce Twin 33-foot tubes , each the diameter of a Los Angeles- class attack submarine , would stretch 40 miles 64 kilometers from the Sacramento river , south of the state capital , to existing pumps and aqueducts that supply cities such as Los Angeles and San Diego , and irrigate 3 million acres of

California’s ranchers hit by Midwest drought

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:45:23

Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Agriculture Category Click here to view all posts California’s ranchers hit by Midwest drought Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:45 am From the San Francisco : Chronicle California ranchers may be hit harder by the drought in the nation’s heartland than farmers in the corn . belt Most corn farmers have subsidized crop insurance , a program so generous that farmers who lose their entire crop could wind up making more money than if there were no drought at . all Cattle ranchers across the country , however , are seeing the price of corn , hay and other feed skyrocket as a result of diminished yield , forcing many of them to slaughter their animals now rather than later . Corn

Water technology can shield state from drought, says commentary

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:39:26

, Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the General Water Issues Category Click here to view all posts Water technology can shield state from drought , says commentary Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:39 am From the Sacramento Bee , this commentary by Bob Fisher and Lester Snow of the California Water Foundation The Public Policy Institute of California released a report last month highlighting the link between water and California’s economy , and calling for smarter investment and better management of our water system . The California Water Foundation strongly agrees and is focused on developing new technologies and approaches to increasing water supply reliability and moving California beyond the traditional

Monitoring would help California make most of limited water, says commentary

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:33:37

, Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the General Water Issues Category Click here to view all posts Monitoring would help California make most of limited water , says commentary Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:33 am From the Modesto Bee , this commentary by Roger C . Bales , professor at UC : Merced We are in the midst of a growing world water crisis that is causing conflict and social unrest across the . globe Right now , 1.1 billion people about a seventh of the world’s population lack access to needed amounts of safe drinking water , according to the World Health Organization . Climate change is worsening the situation , and we are beginning to see increased evidence of this water supply crisis here in the

Governor has the wrong plans, the right attitude, says the Record Searchlight

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:28:21

, , Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Governor has the wrong plans , the right attitude , says the Record Searchlight Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:28 am From the Record : Searchlight Here’s the thing about Jerry . Brown He’s wrong about the urgency of building the preposterously expensive California high-speed rail project . Even some long-time proponents of the concept such as Sen . Joe Simitian , a Bay Area Democrat persuasively argue that the current plan is a simply a route to a financial . calamity He’s dead wrong , at least from the perspective of our perch up north , about the Bay Delta Conservation Plan or peripheral tunnels . 8221 The plan to

Delta National Park blog: The BDCP and the path of least resistance II

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:26:24

: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Delta National Park blog : The BDCP and the path of least resistance II Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:26 am From the Delta National Park : blog By publicly preferring the tunnel bypass option the Governor has chosen the path of least political resistance . I argued several years ago that this was a likely political decision and it is definitely bad news for the health of the Delta as an estuary . It is perhaps bad news for endangered fish , . too But one cannot help but wonder whether the key environmental impact decisions will be put off until after the tunnels get built . I guess I am having a difficult time squaring

Maps spark concern over corporate water grab

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:11:53

Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the General Water Issues Category Click here to view all posts Maps spark concern over corporate water grab Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:11 am From Reuters News hat tip to the Water Sisweb As competition for clean water grows , some of the world’s biggest companies have joined forces to create unprecedented maps of the precious resource that flows beneath our . feet The Aqueduct Alliance , which allows users to create maps by combining hydrological data with geographically specific details , gives companies and investors unprecedented detail of water availability in some of the world’s largest river . basins The promoters say the data should help companies use water more

Ten years after fish kill, stalling threatens salmon, says commentary

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:10:22

, , Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Northern California Category Click here to view all posts Ten years after fish kill , stalling threatens salmon , says commentary Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:10 am From the Record Searchlight , this commentary by Hayley Hutt,member of the Hoopa Valley Tribal : Council Two major events that could decide the fate of Klamath salmon recently occurred . First , the Department of Interior decided to analyze putting extra water into the Trinity River to avert a possible fish kill . Second , the California State Water Resources Control Board decided to let Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp , the owner of the Klamath dams , delay a Clean Water Act permit process for the seventh .

Feather River Clean Up nets trash for environmental cleanliness

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:08:01

Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Northern California Category Click here to view all posts Feather River Clean Up nets trash for environmental cleanliness Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:08 am From the Chico : Enterprise-Record A couch between the trees next to the Feather River seems like a pleasant way to watch leaping salmon , but the one retrieved during the Feather River Clean Up on Saturday morning didn’t look pleasant at . all We finally got it out of there , 8221 said Mary Muchowski , education and outreach coordinator with the Butte Environmental . Council The weathered and soiled couch now rests upside down in a trash container after about 155 volunteers cleaned along the Feather River , from the

Tuolomne County: Save water to save money

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:04:50

: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Conservation Category Click here to view all posts Tuolomne County : Save water to save money Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:04 am From MyMotherLode.com , this commentary by Master Gardener Albert : Sanchez Plants , animals and human beings need water to survive . One of the primary sources of water in Tuolumne County is Lyon’s Reservoir , fed by water from Pinecrest Lake , which is operated by Pacific Gas Electric PG E for renewable , electrical power generation . Pinecrest receives its water from melted snow that drains a 27-square-mile watershed above the . lake Two additional watersheds-Herring Creek and South Fork Stanislaus River above Lyons-total 40 square miles

Modesto groundwater not ruined by chemicals, study says

Updated: 2012-07-29 15:01:50

, Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Groundwater Category Click here to view all posts Modesto groundwater not ruined by chemicals , study says Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 7:01 am From the Modesto : Bee Dirt from an old chemical plant that has been stockpiled in west Modesto for more than 50 years apparently is not contaminating the groundwater as feared , a just- released study . shows Barium and other metals and minerals found in groundwater there do not exceed water quality standards , according to a monitoring report done by a private company for the California Department of . Transportation The soil stockpiles have been near Kansas Avenue and Highway 99 since 1961, when the freeway was constructed .

Las Vegas: Is ‘90 by 20’ water conservation campaign asking too much?

Updated: 2012-07-29 14:56:26

: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Las Vegas Nevada Category Click here to view all posts Las Vegas : Is 90 by 20’ water conservation campaign asking too much Posted by : Maven on July 29, 2012 at 6:56 am From the Las Vegas : Sun Kami Dempsey wants the phrase 90 by 20” to be in the back of Southern Nevada residents’ minds whenever water is . used She wants them to think about it when they water their lawns , brush their teeth and refill glasses from the tap . She wants them to know water can disappear but that they can help prevent the evaporation of water resources by remembering 90 gallons per capita per day by 2020.” Continue reading from the Las Vegas Sun by clicking . here MORE : Read the press release for

Saturday’s top of the scroll: Plans for $14 billion Peripheral tunnel project draws support, fire

Updated: 2012-07-28 15:14:44

: , Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Saturday’s top of the scroll : Plans for 14 billion Peripheral tunnel project draws support , fire Posted by : Maven on July 28, 2012 at 7:14 am From The Business : Journal Farmers and environmental groups remain at odds over plans for the state’s 14 billion Path Forward on California Water” tunnel project following a press conference today in which Gov . Edmund G . Brown Jr . and U.S . Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar discussed the project formerly known as the Peripheral . Canal Environmental groups see the plan as destructive to the environment downstream . Sports fishermen believe it will hurt fish and fishing

Senator Wolk: Delta can’t be restored on a wink and a promise

Updated: 2012-07-28 15:04:56

: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Senator Wolk : Delta can’t be restored on a wink and a promise Posted by : Maven on July 28, 2012 at 7:04 am From the Sacramento Bee , this commentary by Senator : Wolk This week , Gov . Jerry Brown and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar committed to the construction of a massive two-tunnel project in the Delta , without any certain plan to protect and restore the dying Delta ecosystem . They ask us to trust” that sometime over the next 15 years an extraordinarily complex and scientifically valid plan will emerge , along with the billions of dollars to pay for . it The revised Bay Delta Conservation Plan released last week remains as

Beau Goldie, Jill Duerig and Walt Wadlow: Jerry Brown’s Delta water supply tunnel is needed

Updated: 2012-07-28 15:03:03

, : Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Beau Goldie , Jill Duerig and Walt Wadlow : Jerry Brown’s Delta water supply tunnel is needed Posted by : Maven on July 28, 2012 at 7:03 am From the Silicon Valley Mercury News , this commentary by Beau Goldie , CEO of the Santa Clara Valley Water District Jill Duerig , general manager of the Zone 7 Water Agency and Walt Wadlow , general manager of the Alameda County Water : District With two thirds of the Bay Area’s water supply dependent on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed , the region has a major stake in the Bay Delta Conservation Plan BDCP Bay Area residents , and all Californians , should rejoice that the BDCP

San Francisco Chronicle editorial: Why is the governor picking a water fight?

Updated: 2012-07-28 14:59:39

: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts San Francisco Chronicle editorial : Why is the governor picking a water fight Posted by : Maven on July 28, 2012 at 6:59 am From the San Francisco Chronicle , this : editorial What the governor’s office billed as a path forward on California’s water future” turned into a step back . In announcing a plan Wednesday for a pair of pipes to move water south around the eastern periphery of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta , Gov . Jerry Brown told the assembled officials and press , We’re going to make stuff happen . We’re going to take into account the opposition . And if we have to fight initiatives and referendums , we’ll fight

Mercury News editorial: Delta plan can lead to disaster

Updated: 2012-07-28 14:57:59

: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Mercury News editorial : Delta plan can lead to disaster Posted by : Maven on July 28, 2012 at 6:57 am From the Silicon Valley Mercury : News Gov . Jerry Brown’s tunnel vision on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta points to a 23 billion disaster . A tipoff : The governor and Legislature refuse to require a cost-benefit analysis of the project , which feeds suspicion that it wouldn’t pencil . out There is no conclusive scientific evidence that the Bay Delta Conservation Plan will improve the health of the Delta , the largest estuary west of the Mississippi . And any plan that further damages the compromised ecosystem will have

Chico Enterprise-Record editorial: There’s nothing to like about the delta tunnel proposal, and plenty to fear

Updated: 2012-07-28 14:55:27

: , Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Chico Enterprise-Record editorial : There’s nothing to like about the delta tunnel proposal , and plenty to fear Posted by : Maven on July 28, 2012 at 6:55 am From the Chico : Enterprise-Record When the idea of creating a canal or tunnel to divert water under or around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta resurfaced a year or two back , we held off forming an opinion on . it It had the potential to solve the delta’s problems if done right . But it had the potential to do damage there and throughout Northern California if done wrong . And as the months rolled on , the likelihood it would be done wrong grew and . grew Any doubts were