July 3, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Aquafornia.com
Weekend Recap
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69254/

Alex Breitler's Blog
Recordnet.com
River Costs Rise
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120703/A_NEWS/207030309

Alex Breitler's Blog
Recordnet.com
An Appeal to Gov. Brown
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/07/03/an-appeal-to-gov-brown/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Manteca Bulletin
State: Manteca is Part  of Delta
http://www.mantecabulletin.com/section/1/article/46815/

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
PRNewswire.com
Conservation and Wildlife Advocates Throw Support Behind CA Flood Board's Plan
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/conservation-and-wildlife-advocates-throw-support-behind-ca-flood-boards-plan-161101795.html

Aquafornia.com
American Rivers: A Big Win for Flood Policy Reforms
http://www.americanrivers.org/newsroom/blog/efretz-20120702-a-big-win-for-flood-policy-reforms.html

Aquafornia.com
Senate Committee votes to Shift California Water Bond to 2014
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69328/

Aquafornia.com
San Diego County Water Authority
Court Clears the Way for Water Authority's Lawsuit to  be Heard
http://www.sdcwa.org/court-clears-way-water-authoritys-lawsuit-be-heard

Aquafornia.com
YouTube.com
LADWP Our Commitment to Controlling Dust on Owens Lake
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69277/

Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee
Dry Season Hasn't Crippled Water Supply
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/07/02/2896750/dry-season-hasnt-crippled-water.html

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/07/news-articles-and-links-from-july-3.html

Water News
Hydro World
Natural Resources Committee to Examine Federal Regulations' Effect on Hydro-power Costs
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/9848571796/articles/hrhrw/regulationandpolicy/general/2012/06/natural-resources.html?cmpid=EnlHydroJuly32012

Hydro World
Hydro 2.0 Could Upgrade Reclamation projects, Create Revenue
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/4614546567/articles/hrhrw/News-2/2012/06/hydro-2_0_act_could.html?cmpid=EnlHydroJuly32012

Aquafornia.com
Forty Years After the Clean Water Act, America's Water is as Dirty as Ever
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69304/

Aquafornia.com
National Geographic: Wanted: Vision and Leadership to Ensure a Sustainable Water Future for America
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/02/wanted-vision-and-leadership-to-ensure-a-sustainable-water-future-for-america/

Aquafornia.com
LATimes.com
Silver Lake Neighborhood Will be Affected by DWP Pipeline Project
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/01/local/la-me-silver-lake-fight-20120623

Agriculture News
Earthzine.com
Orion Magazine
Revolutionary Plots
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6918
(Long read but shows ways in which we can reconnect our food to its local source, among a couple other subject.)

Aquafornia.com
Reuters
California Growers Join Greens to Query Frack Safety
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/29/us-fracking-california-idINBRE85S0WJ20120629

Aquafornia.com
Western Farm Press
Water Board Hearing: Will Agriculture Have to Pay?
http://westernfarmpress.com/irrigation/water-board-hearing-will-agriculture-have-pay?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WesternFarmPress+%28Western+Farm+Press%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Fisheries News
Hydro World
Salmon Returning in Record Numbers to Columbia River Basin
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/5549444157/articles/hrhrw/environmental/2012/06/salmon-returning_in.html?cmpid=EnlHydroJuly32012

Wildlife News
Aquafornia.com
Cal Rice Blog
Angry California Rice Birds
http://calricenews.blogspot.com/2012/07/angry-california-rice-birds.html

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Press Democrat
Turning Back Time Near Healdsburg
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120702/ARTICLES/207021002?tc=ar

Global Research
Death of the Birds and the Bees Across America
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=31699

Aquafornia.com
Ecology Law Currents: Hydraulic Fracturing and Groundwater Contamination
http://elq.typepad.com/currents/2012/07/currents39-04-degenhardt-2012-0702.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EcologyLawCurrents+%28Ecology+Law+Currents%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Economic News
Aguanomics.com
My $1.99 Consultancy
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/07/my-199-consultancy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

California Political News
CalWatchDog.com
Products 'Made in America' at odds with Calif.
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/02/products-made-in-america-at-odds-with-ca/

National Center for Policy research
What Happened to Stockton?
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22096&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

Political News
The Humble Libertarian
Testosterone Pit
Chief Justice Roberts Gutted Congressional Power and May Still Have Invalidated Obamacare
http://www.testosteronepit.com/home/2012/7/1/chief-justice-roberts-gutted-congressional-power-and-may-sti.html
(This could get interesting!)

PJ Media
Roberts v. Roberts
http://pjmedia.com/blog/roberts-v-roberts/?singlepage=true

PJ Media
Hill Conservatives
To 50 Governors: Stunt Obamacare, Opt Out of Exchanges
http://pjmedia.com/blog/hill-conservatives-to-50-governors-stunt-obamacare-opt-out-of-exchanges/?singlepage=true
(Except the great state of California, don't we 'lead' the way into Obama's 'Promised Land'??)

FoxNews.com
GOP Governors Stand Ground Against Obamacare Despite Ruling
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/03/gop-governors-stand-ground-against-obamacare-despite-ruling/

American Thinker
Six Weeks That Saved America
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/07/six_weeks_that_saved_america_comments.html#disqus_thread
(Excellent comments, almost better than the article.)

Cato Institute
John Roberts Rarely Has Such a Smart Judge Written Such a Bad Opinion
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/john-roberts-rarely-has-such-smart-judge-written-such-bad-opinion

Science News
Co.Exist World
Genetic Engineers Explain Why Genetically Modified Food is Dangerous
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680125/genetic-engineers-explain-why-genetically-modified-food-is-dangerous

High Speed Rail News
Fox and Hounds
Re-vote the High Speed Rail: An Initiative to Put the Boondoggle Back on the Ballot
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/revote-the-high-speed-rail-an-initiative-to-put-the-boondoggle-back-on-the-ballot/

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
The Humble Libertarian
The Silver Circle Underground
There's Nothing Tinfoil About Agenda 21
http://silverunderground.com/2012/07/tinfoiltuesday-theres-nothing-tinfoil-about-agenda-21/
(Good read.)

National Center for Policy Research
The Great Streetcar Conspiracy
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22094&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Sierra Wave
DWP Boss Chastises Mammoth's Water District and LA Times
http://www.sierrawave.net/12880/dwp-boss-chastises/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

News with Views
Edward Snook FDA Targets Family Man in Attempt to Stop MMS
http://www.newswithviews.com/Snook/edward104.htm

Event Calendar
Restore the Delta
Annual General Membership Meeting
July 11, 2012
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=00190LnairEytifY2FxAvjD2w8TQZrFdTlRbScSfvd1NbZbV6oidt9W-vONrg5IqibBRPwQy-f-8XHhJs5t9kmyYTvfr3wP_A7clQ6tYt9F5esS3HDC960Rww%3D%3D

Obituaries
FoxNews.com
Legendary television Actor Andy Griffith Dead at 86
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/03/legendary-television-actor-andy-griffith-dead-at-86-report-says/
(RIP Andy.)

Scholars and Rogues
RIP Andy Griffith He Was More than Mayberryhttp://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2012/07/03/rip-andy-griffith-more-than-mayberry/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scrogues+%28Scholars+and+Rogues%29