Climate, Legislation, Public Health & Toxics, Water

PCL Joins Lawsuit to Challenge Delta Tunnels Proposal

PCL has joined a coalition of conservation groups in a suit to block the California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) approval of the controversial Delta...

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Water, Uncategorized

Water & Power: A California Heist – tonight, March 14th at 9pm on the National Geographic Channel

Airs: 9pm Pacific Time on National Geographic (6pm Pacific on Direct TV) Water & Power: A California Heist is an acclaimed new documentary film from...

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PCL in the Press

Environmental groups call for governor to abandon Bay Delta Conservation Plan

1/13/14 by the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. SANTA CLARITA – A coalition of environmentalists called Monday for Gov. Jerry Brown to abandon his support...

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Capital Insiders

Governor Brown Plans To Endorse Billion Dollar Delta Boondoggle

On Wednesday, Governor Jerry Brown is expected to announce the preferred project alternative for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). Materials that were...

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High Speed Rail, Capital Insiders, Water

Governor Brown Proposes Weakening Environmental Review on California’s Largest Infrastructure Projects

The development of high speed rail and major water infrastructure projects for the Bay Delta are clearly top priorities for Governor Brown. Brown sees such...

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Water

BDCP Starts Necessary Analyses of Delta Alternatives

Four years ago, PCL went to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Bay Delta Conservation Plan manager and told her the Administration needed to start the BDCP process by...

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Water

In One Fell Swoop, Fed Bill Aims to Undermine CA’s Senior Water Laws, the Endangered Species Act and BDCP

Last Thursday, the contentious federal bill, H.R. 1837 was heard by the House Water and Power subcommittee. As Natural Resources Defense Council’s Doug Obegi...

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Water

Finally in Laymen’s Terms: Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better

Last Friday, in one of the clearest news stories ever, the Contra Costa Times reported why a huge Delta Conveyance tunnel does not make sense in the article...

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Water

Brown Administration to Look at Smaller Tunnel

On Tuesday, the Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife committee convened an informational hearing regarding the status of Delta plans; specifically the Bay Delta...

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Water

Will the Brown Administration Get BDCP Right?

Yesterday the Nation Research Council, a federal independent science board, released a report that slammed the previous Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BCDP). The...

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