San Francisco Chronicle: California funds new dams to protect against future drought Sacramento Bee: California’s largest reservoir project in decades gets an $800 million boost. But is it feasible? Wall Street Journal: California Set to Award $3 Billion in Water-Storage Projects New York Times: The $3 Billion Plan to Turn Hoover Dam Into a Giant Battery Patch.com: Pacheco Reservoir Expansion […]
Continue ReadingENS Federal Report – July 20, 2018 View Report on ENS Website Share Tweet Link Forward House Approves USEPA Spending Bill on almost Party Line Vote In an unusual vote, the House of Representatives generally voted along party lines to approve the second “minibus” spending bill H.R. 6147. H.R. 6147 packages budgets for the U.S. Environmental […]
Continue ReadingOroville Mercury-Register: Oroville Dam committee has ‘historic’ meeting Daily Democrat: Deadline for funding of California water projects Fresno Bee: Valley is on track to break heat record; energy and air quality alerts issued ABC 7 News: State expected to release bond money for major Bay Area water projects KQED: The Great Era of California Dam Building May Be Over. Here’s […]
Continue ReadingSignal Tribune: Saving for a rainy day Mercury News: $1 billion coming to Bay Area for two new dams Turlock Journal: Water fight attracts federal interest Wall Street Journal: Interior Secretary Meets With Group Seeking to Drain San Francisco Reservoir News Deeply: California Farms’ Water Use Still Unclear, Despite New Reporting Rules Modesto Bee: OPINION: California water policy should rely on […]
Continue ReadingSierra Sun Times: CA. DWR Announces State Plan to Improve Delta Conditions Further Refined to Reduce Impacts: Public Invited to Comment on Changes KRCR News: Lawmakers meet with DWR officials over dam safety Merced Sun-Star: Algae Bloom at ‘Warning’ Level in San Luis Reservoir ECT: Amendments Seek to Protect California Water Rights and Ensure Tunnels Comply with Environmental Laws […]
Continue ReadingEureka Times-Standard: Eel River salmon, steelhead habitat to be restored after being blocked by railroad for 104 years Red, Green, and Blue: Delta Tunnels: John Laird opposes Calvert rider banning judicial review of water projects News Deeply: Here’s How the Largest Dam Removal Project in the U.S. Would Work Fox & Hounds: Deconstructing the Opposition […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Delta tunnels get ‘real’ as backers seek $1.6B loan from Trump administration Maven’s Notebook: Reps. McNerney and Garamendi offer amendments to protect California water rights and ensure tunnels comply with environmental laws Modesto Bee: OPINION: What Gavin Newsom said – and didn’t say – during his visit Monday in Modesto ABC7 News: Officials hope Oroville Dam spillways […]
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Continue ReadingNewsDeeply: 10 Signs of California Water Progress PBS: Why 96 million plastic ‘shade balls’ dumped into the LA Reservoir may not save water CALmatters: What $8.9 billion water bond would buy ABC 7 News: Del Valle reservoir, park in Livermore to get $5M overhaul Santa Cruz Sentinel: Newell Creek Dam improvements to be department’s costliest project since 1960s BakersfieldNow: Valadao endorses […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times: California Is Preparing for Extreme Weather. It’s Time to Plant Some Trees. The Signal: CA Dept of Water Resources issues warning of dangerous algae in Pyramid Lake Chico Enterprise-Record: Oroville Dam: A tour of two spillways, phase two Chico Enterprise-Record: Editorial: A breakthrough, maybe, for public input on Oroville Dam Morgan Hill Times: Plans for $1 billion […]
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