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July 29, 2022

Just Released: Single Tunnel (Delta Conveyance Project) Draft Environmental Impact Report

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Public comment period through October 27. Governor Newsom cancelled the Delta Tunnel project (then called California WaterFix) in early 2019 and promised a fresh look at the project. Now, two-and-a-half years later, the Department of Water Resources has just released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the current version of the Delta Tunnel, which […]

June 25, 2020

As state slashes budget, director for proposed Delta tunnel earns twice as much as the governor

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By: Scott Thomas Anderson • Sacramento News & Review • June 24, 2020, Some water contractors, expected to reimburse the state for tunnel project, now object in light of the recession While the COVID-19 pandemic has blown a $54 billion hole in California’s budget—threatening education and safety programs and forcing 234,000 state employees to take […]

May 15, 2020

Delta tunnel advisory committee compelled to work through the pandemic

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By: Scott Thomas Anderson May 12, 2020 • Sacramento News & Review   Were COVID-19-related concerns intentionally downplayed to the Delta Protection Committee?  Members of a committee designed to ensure Delta communities and tribal groups have their say in a proposed, life-changing tunnel project have been told to work through the coronavirus pandemic—or be left out of the […]

April 14, 2020

Clarksburg residents – if you oppose the tunnel, sign our letter to the Department of Water Resources

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IF YOU WANT TO SIGN (you can read the letter below)Because we need actual signatures, please download the signature page here, print it,  fill it out, scan or photograph it and return it.Return by email to: deltaactioncommittee@gmail.comOr return by text to: (530) 570-9641 DEADLINE: 12:00 noon on Thursday, April 16, 2020. Tell everyone you know […]

February 7, 2020

The tunnel project is back. Time to gear up!

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Attend the CEQA scoping meetings in Walnut Grove and Clarksburg – get your comments and concerns into the legal record. The Department of Water Resources released the Notice of Preparation on January 15, 2020 kicking off the environmental review process. Make no mistake – one tunnel is just as damaging to North Delta Communities and the Delta […]

January 16, 2020

Single Delta Tunnel Planning Begins with “Notice of Preparation”; Reaction from Restore the Delta

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From Restore the Delta • January 15, 2020 • STOCKTON, CA – Planning for a single tunnel through the San Francisco Bay-Delta, formally began today as the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released its Delta Conveyance Notice of Preparation. The document begins the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the “Delta Conveyance […]

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July 10, 2019

Sacramento County hits pro-tunnel state agency with restraining order

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From the Sacramento News and Review.   By Scott Thomas Anderson, scott@newsreview.com. Published 07.05.19 The standoff between Sacramento County and the California Department of Water Resources over the Delta’s future took a twist in June, moving from quiet canals and pear orchards along the river to a courtroom in the central city. That’s where county officials […]

May 8, 2019

Ding Dong… The 2 Tunnel Project is Dead!

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From Osha Meserve: The twin tunnels are officially dead!  https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article229949089.html On May 2, 2019, DWR withdrew its project approval for WaterFix and rescinded the notice of determination it had filed to comply with CEQA. DWR also notified the SWRCB that the Petitioners (DWR and the Bureau of Reclamation) have withdrawn their Joint Petition for Change in […]

March 14, 2019

Clarksburg Flood Risk Reduction Meeting

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Tuesday, March 19 • 4-6 PM • Clarksburg Community Church Please join the Clarksburg Small Community Flood Risk Reduction study team on Tuesday, March 19th 4 pm to 6 pm at the Clarksburg Community Church to review and determine the best alternative to protect Clarksburg from flooding.  Here is some background: Yolo County has applied for a […]

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  • Delta Protection Commission public meetings
  • Delta Protection Commission: WaterFix inconsistent with Delta Reform Act and Delta Plan
  • Fire down below: New environmental concern raised as Southern California Republican tries to block judicial review of tunnels
  • Waterfix Hearings – North Delta CARES Testimony
  • North Delta CARES asks MWD to rescind vote funding the Tunnels, citing the danger of tunneling through gas wells
  • Good News: State Water Board is finally listening to the scientists
  • Design Changes in Delta Tunnels Draft Supplemental EIR Will Not Save the Delta Ecosystem
  • Restore the Delta: Where do we go from here? We keep going.
  • Frazier: Met’s dishonesty threatens to destroy Delta
  • A Kingdom from Dust
  • Bidding in secret: Officials quietly solicit contracts on ‘twin tunnels’ project despite lawsuits, lack of permits
  • Delta Conservation Framework Public Draft – date changes
  • Dave Stirling’s comment letter to the Delta Stewardship Council on the amendment to incorporate the tunnels into the Delta Plan
  • North Delta CARES comment letter to the Delta Stewardship Council on the amendment to incorporate the tunnels to the Delta Plan
  • Thursday, June 22: Delta Stewardship Council to vote on Delta Plan amendment that would grease skids for the tunnels. Be there!
  • Stop The Tunnels: One of the Most Important Actions for 2017
  • Delta Stewardship Council is flooded – with opposition
  • Lawmaker finds support for blocking Brown’s tunnels
  • Stop the Tunnels Town Hall Meeting in Discovery Bay
  • Dams, Dead Fish, Tunnels and Indians
  • Wishful Thinking Won’t End California’s Drought
  • 64 Delta Defenders speak before the State Water Resources Control Board on July 27
  • Help stop the Tunnels permits: We need people to write to the Water Board & we need people to read their statements at the hearing on 7/27/16.
  • Rendering of Clarksburg intake
  • The Delta-Tulare Water Plan
  • Delta Smelt and other fish species plummet to record low levels
  • North Delta CARES comments on the CA Water Fix
  • Feds Fund Delta Tunnels Under False Pretenses
  • Army Corps Tunnels comments due Monday, November 9
  • Celebrating a Massive Victory by Delta Activists! Our movement is growing, and we won’t “shut up”

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