Tunnels
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Can the Sacramento Delta survive more 'regulatory flexibility'?
By Doug Obegi Published: February 3, 2016Original article at LA Times. The state and federal Endangered Species Acts were created to prevent the extinction of our native fish and wildlife, and they've been tremendously successful. Yet despite these laws, California is on the verge of killing off some of its native salmon and other fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay, the largest estuary on the West Coast of the Americas.
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Eggman Introduces New Law to Force Statewide Vote on Governor Brown’s Twin Tunnels Project
Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman announced today that she is introducing legislation to block the Governor’s controversial Twin Tunnels project unless it is approved by the voters of California on a statewide ballot.
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DELTA TUNNELS Project Violates Endangered Species Act, Will Hurt Imperiled Salmon, Groups Warn
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Conservation groups warned state and federal regulators today that the Delta Water Tunnels project (the so-called “California Water Fix”) to build massive tunnels to divert water from the Sacramento River to the Central Valley and State Water Projects cannot be permitted under the Endangered Species Act because it would adversely affect protected critical habitat for endangered salmon runs and other imperiled fish species in the Bay-Delta and Sacramento River.
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Californians Tell You Why They Oppose Gov. Brown's Tunnels Plan
Listen to comments from the one of the last "faux" Delta tunnels public hearing in Sacramento. This video was sent to President Obama and Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell, more information here: http://restorethedelta.org/blog/video-our-public-comments-to-president-obama-and-secretary-jewell/
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Californians Tell You Why They Oppose Gov. Brown's Tunnels Plan
Listen to comments from the one of the last "faux" Delta tunnels public hearing in Sacramento. This video was sent to President Obama and Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell, more information here: http://restorethedelta.org/blog/video-our-public-comments-to-president-obama-and-secretary-jewell/
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Think Tunnels are a Good Idea? We’ve Got a (Bay) Bridge for You
Today, Restore the Delta released a side-by-side comparison of two massive public works projects in California that looks at the promised costs, seismic risks, outsourcing, and lack of transparency and oversight.
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Tunnels Opponents Respond to Gov. Brown
Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), the leading opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build massive underground water tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms, salmon and other Pacific fisheries, today responded to Gov. Brown’s continued advocacy of his tunnels.
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