April 11, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Restore the Delta
Action Alert: Two Important Pieces of Legislation With an Update
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=0014VpJP4e0eJRFlEk1s-8wYUafOEhWwKeubOWBlsP_H8Jx-mbePGs0z2UCxkl8ph_HIfDdPAf1ts0yONbWR6nlzaO-B8vufnoe4-kxfzpBIiCUJKJ_IX_M8A%3D%3D

Aquafornia.com
NRDC Switchboard: NRC Report Endorses Limiting Diversions in Dry Years...
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dobegi/nrc_report_endorses_limiting_d.html

Recordnet.com
Alex Breitler: Agency to Absorb Delta Council
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120411/A_NEWS/204110316

Link to Little Hoover Commission
http://www.lhc.ca.gov/reorg/reorg/GRP%201%202012/grp1_2012.html

EPAAbuse.com
Senators Fight to Stop EPA Takeover of All Water
http://epaabuse.com/6304/news/senators-fight-to-stop-epa-takeover-of-all-water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=senators-fight-to-stop-epa-takeover-of-all-water

California Delta Guardians
Woohoo! The State of California is Going Fishing!
http://caldelta.org/wp/blog/2012/04/11/woohoo-the-state-of-california-is-going-fishing/

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Metropolitan Water District Approves Two-Year Budget with 5% Increases Each Year
http://aquafornia.com/archives/65177

Aquafornia.com
MWD's Side
http://aquafornia.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Two-Year-Budget-Adopted-FINAL.pdf

Aquafornia.com
San Diego County Water Authority's Take
http://www.sdcwa.org/mwd-approves-higher-necessary-rate-increases-2013-2014

Aquafornia.com
Imperial Irrigation District Files to Have Judge Dismissed
http://aquafornia.com/archives/65117

Independent Voter Network
California Water Wars Spotlight:  Colorado River
http://ivn.us/2012/04/10/california-water-wars-spotlight-colorado-river/

ACWA.com
e-News for April 11, 2012
http://www.acwa.com/newsletter/acwa-enews/acwa-e-news-april-11-2012

Water Education Foundation
e-Newsletter
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=n4t4lee6&v=0014VpJP4e0eJTz4xzgDM6CTeMr0TcWuLiy0Ip-SEyfG0RZpHxNgBqwdTdUDX4X0x1Vu4LZmcKH157pf0q3wPhjUD-VH36CadqktY-_3qkDLK57RlBNu-8E65-4LcoWcDFMDs_NLLnm3tIkixgSCs-sPd1kMHc8l_nP8WH1P-aCBoDbPflnu4Jyrug8aUaZmRX8lCp_C9ef_x-u99uOcKqR3-uz8uGbxCACmGNkSJxD7GHM0KtM0ecjWafp_ljdIbOlXnvZ_mFJmxKvtrRs-2MmcNNgQrw2PH_bh3G0plcYpUEPbzNa0XixmA%3D%3D

Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee
That Special Summer Day a Half-Century Ago When President Kennedy Blew Up Our Valley
http://fresnobeehive.com/opinion/2012/04/50_years_ago_president_kennedy.html

Aquafornia.com
Sierra Wave
Environmental Groups and Tribe Attack DWP Practices
http://www.sierrawave.net/11316/environmental-groups-and/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Ag Alert
Final Draft Eases Impact of Septic Tank Regulations
http://www.agalert.com/story/?id=4068

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/04/news-articles-and-links-from-april-11.html

Aquafornia.com
WSJ Market Watch: Congresswoman Maxine Waters Engages Public on the Importance of Water
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/congresswoman-maxine-waters-engages-public-on-the-importance-of-water-at-wrds-division-one-groundwater-101-forum-2012-04-10

Aquafornia.com
MontereyHerald.com
Monterey County Auditor Helps Water Agency Deal with Desal Debt
http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_20367858/county-auditor-helps-water-agency-deal-desal-debt

Water News
Aquafornia.com
The Blog of David Guy: Lessons From the Arab World Stabilizing our Precious Water Supplies
http://www.waterfoodandtheenvironment.com/2012/04/09/lessons-from-the-arab-world-stabilizing-our-precious-water-supplies/

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
Ag Alert
Agencies' Dispute Threatens Water Supplies
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/congresswoman-maxine-waters-engages-public-on-the-importance-of-water-at-wrds-division-one-groundwater-101-forum-2012-04-10

Aquafornia.com
San Jose Mercury News
East Contra Costa Far,ers Say Unusual Winter May Push Back the Start of the Summer Fruit http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20367288/east-contra-costa-farmers-say-unusual-winter-may?source=rss

Nature Watch
CommonDreams.org
EPA Paves Pathway for 'Agent Orange' GM Corn
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/10-0

Levee News

Tourism News

Fisheries News
California Water Impact Network
North Coast Environmentalist Center Kin to the Earth, Tom Stokley
http://www.c-win.org/content/northcoast-environmental-center-kin-earth-tom-stokely-friend-trinity-river.html

Environmental News
American Thinker
Cheap Natural Gas Heralds an Energy Revolution
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/cheap_natural_gas_heralds_an_energy_revolution.html

Political News
Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee
Feinstein to Hear From West and East Sides of Valley Ag
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/04/10/2795421/feinstein-to-hear-from-west-and.html
(chuckling here....)

Canada Free Press
EPA's Water Guidance Overreach Cometh...
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45923#When:20:37:50Z

Alternet.com
Dan Bacher: Brown Reappoints Jim Kellogg to Fish and Game Commission
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/04/10/brown-reappoints-jim-kellogg-to-fish-and-game-commissio/

Nature Watch
Daily Breeze: California Legislature Rushes Bills at Last Minute
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_20358022/california-legislature-rushes-bills-at-last-minute-cutting?source=rss

California Watch
San Francisco School Sparks Online Free-Speech Battle
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/san-francisco-school-sparks-online-free-speech-battle-15721

Canada Free Press
Bad Amendments of the 20th Century
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45903#When:11:55:08Z

Science News

National Academies Press
Sharing Water: Making Decisions About Sustainable Water Management
http://notes.nap.edu/2012/04/11/sharing-water-making-decisions-about-sustainable-water-management/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nap%2Fnotes+%28Notes+from+NAP%29
(I do note the publications directly affecting the Delta are the ones that cost money!)

Canada Free Press
NASA Rocked by Climate Rebellion
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45906#When:13:25:39Z
(Very good read.)

Environmental Research Web
Thawing Permafrost 50 million Years Ago Let to global Warm Events...
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/yournews/49249

Environmental Research Web
NASA Scientist: Climate Change is a Moral Issue on Par with Slavery
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/49250
(Really??)

National Center for Policy Analysis
Carbon Dioxide Ended Last Ice Age
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=21802&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

Science Blog
Hybrid Copper-Gold Nanoparticles Convert CO2
http://scienceblog.com/53216/hybrid-copper-gold-nanoparticles-convert-co2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

High Speed Rail News
Sacramento Business Journal
High Speed Rail Spending Investigated
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/morning-roundup/2012/04/high-speed-rail-spending-investigated.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

California Progress Report
Robert Cruickshank: High Speed Rail Helps, Not Hurts, the State Budget
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/high-speed-rail-helps-not-hurts-state-budget
(I wonder how this guy actually earns his income...Nothing but the final collapse of California will occur if high taxes are implemented, not get the economy rolling to an extent that would relatively justify HSR, in any form.  Geez.)

California Watch
High Speed Rail Officials to OK New Business Plan
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/high-speed-rail-officials-ok-new-business-plan-15737

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
News With Views
Kathleen Marquardt -- Agenda 21, the End of Western Civilization, Part 4
http://www.newswithviews.com/Marquardt/kathleen106.htm
(Good article...Ms. Marquardt references links and issues I sent out over the past two years or so.  Finally, the rest of the population is catching up...but remember, you got 'there' first.  Forewarned is forearmed, so to speak!)

Examiner.com
Effort to Abolish Local Sheriffs a Stealth Federal Power grab?
http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/effort-to-abolish-local-sheriffs-a-stealth-federal-power-grab
(Agenda 21 is now getting serious, folks.  I utterly despise this stuff, it's the stuff what's taking all of us out....)

CalWatchDog.com
Katy Grimes: Enviros Force Lucasfilm Out of Marin
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/04/11/enviros-force-lucasfilm-out-of-marin/

Co.Exist.com
Why Experts Can't Solve Big Problems
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679589/why-experts-cant-solve-big-problems

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events
Sacramento Events
Downtown Grid
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d3b27ea918724133dede2dd71&id=e1b554bec9&e=f194905f37

Just For Fun
River News Herald
h/t Bill Wells, California Delta Chamber
Water Pirates
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=91ccf48fdc&view=att&th=136a044405181c70&attid=0.1&disp=thd&zw

NASA
NASA Views Our Perpetually Moving Oceans
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-099&rn=news.xml&rst=3333&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29