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

July 2, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Looks like everyone has gone to their respective corners for the day!

California Water News
ACWA.com
Senate Committee Votes to Move Water Bond
http://www.acwa.com/news/state-legislation/senate-committee-votes-move-water-bond

Water News
Inkstain Blog
Checking the Conventional Wisdom on the Clean Water Act
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2012/07/checking-the-conventional-wisdom-on-the-clean-water-act/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

Agriculture News
CapitalPress.com
Fish and Game-related Bills Concern Farm Groups
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-fish-and-game-w-photo-infobox-070312

Ag Professional
Official New Name is DuPont Pioneer
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/Official-new-name-is-DuPont-Pioneer-160579795.html

Fisheries News
Dan Bacher
Conflicts of Interest, terminally Flawed Science Taint MLPA Initiative
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/07/02/conflicts-of-interest-terminally-flawed-science-taint-mlpa-initiative/

Environmental News
California Watch
Small Sea-Level Changes Could pose Big Problems for Calif. Coast
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/small-sea-level-changes-could-pose-big-problems-calif-coast-16883

California Political News
Fox and Hounds
Gov. Brown and His Friends Try to Rig the Election
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/gov-brown-friends-try-rig-election/

Fox and Hounds
Molly Munger Will Win this Case Against 'King' Jerry in the Court of Public Opinion
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/molly-munger-will-win-case-against-king-jerry-court-public-opinion/

CalWatchDog.com
Jerry Brown: An Enlightened Despot?
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/02/jerry-brown-an-enlightened-despot/

Political News
The Humble Libertarian
Solan.com
Glenn Greewald: Dianne Feinstein Targets Press Freedom
http://www.salon.com/writer/glenn_greenwald/

Unexamined Premises
John Roberts and the Cloward-Piven Strategy
http://pjmedia.com/michaelwalsh/2012/07/02/john-roberts-and-the-cloward-piven-strategy/?singlepage=true

Canada Free Press
Are You the Forgotten Man?
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/47796#When:22:14:38Z

Economic Policy Journal
Rand Paul Wants Reading Time for Senate Bills
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/07/rand-paul-wants-reading-time-for-senate.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29

Science News
Whiskey and Gunpowder
The Race Between Science and Politics
http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/the-race-between-science-and-politics/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+whiskeygunpowder+%28Whiskey+%26+Gunpowder%29

High Speed Rail News
Fox and Hounds
Five Reasons the California High-Speed Rail Proect Shouldn't Get More Money
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/5-reasons-california-high-speed-rail-project-shouldnt-get-more-money/

California Progress Report
Will Tea Party Democrats Destroy California HSR?
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/will-tea-party-democrats-destroy-california-hsr
(I certainly hope so!)

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
National Center for Policy Analysis
Free Markets Equal Sustainable Development
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22089&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

The Foundry
UC Berkeley Ready for Soviet Invasion
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/02/uc-berkeley-ready-for-soviet-invasion/
(This is a tad scary!)

American Policy Center
When Loving Your Country Marks You as a Domestic Terrorist
http://americanpolicy.org/2012/07/02/when-loving-your-country-marks-you-as-a-domestic-terrorist/

Litigation News
Find Law
Outfitter Properties, LLC v. Wildlife Conservation Board
http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw?dest=ca/caapp4th/slip/2012/c065100.html&DCMP=NWL-pro_envtl

Events Calendar
Delta Stewardship Council
Meeting Notice
July 12, 2012
Ramada Inn, West Sacramento
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Meeting%20Notice%20July%2012,%202012.pdf

July 1, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Alex Breitler's Blog
Cheers- Delta Water Hits Taps After 162 Years
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120628%2FA_NEWS%2F206280324%2F-1%2Frss02&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordnetNewsHeadlines+%28Recordnet+News+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Delta Waterways Clean Up Costly, Time-Consuming for Agencies
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/01/4602522/delta-waterways-cleanup-costly.html

Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee
Price for San Joaquin River Restoration $900M
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/06/30/2894653/price-for-san-joaquin-river-restoration.html

Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times
Your Turn: Robert Pyke
Trying to Piece Together the Peripheral Canal Puzzle
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20976791/your-turn-trying-piece-together-peripheral-canal-puzzle

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Approved
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69230/

Aquafornia.com
Pleasanton Weekly
San Francisco Looking Out to Modesto to Boost its Water Supply
http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=9550

Aquafornia.com
Union Democrat
Tuolomne River Water Sale Nears
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/News/Local-News/Tuolumne-River-water-sale-nears

Aquafornia.com
Modesto Bee
Modesto Irrigation District Sale Could Face Legal Snarls
http://www.modbee.com/2012/06/30/2265313/mid-sale-could-face-legal-snarls.html

Aquafornia.com
Central Valley Business Times
Public Review Starts on CVFPP
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=21289

Aquafornia.com
KCET
What the Cadiz Water Plan is and Why it Needs to be Stopped
http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/opposition-mounts-to-cadiz-water-plan.html

Aquafornia.com
Yubanet.com
Lower Yuba River Opinion Concerns NID Board
http://yubanet.com/regional/Lower-Yuba-River-Opinion-Concerns-NID-Board.php#.T-2ns5HWjkc

Aquafornia.com
San Francisco Examiner
'Secret Shadow' of Green City
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2012/06/secret-shadow-green-city

Aquafornia.com
Redding Record Searchlight
Shasta Dam's Water Releases Normal for Summer
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/jun/27/dam-releases-normal-for-summer-officials-say-87/

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Viewpoints: Central Valley Flood Plan Takes Broad Approach to Protection
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/28/4594572/central-valley-flood-plan-takes.html

Aquafornia.com
Chico Enterprise Record
Water Conservation Has Cal Water Looking for Rate Hike
http://www.chicoer.com/breakingnews/ci_20945438/water-conservation-has-cal-water-looking-rate-hike

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
Press Democrat
Grape growers Flood Ukiah Court for Frost Protection Lawsuit
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120628/ARTICLES/120629477/1042/opinion?Title=Grape-growers-flood-Ukiah-court-for-frost-protection-lawsuit&tc=ar

Aquafornia.com
Western Farm Press
Groundwater Issues Stir Up California Agriculture
http://westernfarmpress.com/irrigation/groundwater-issues-stir-california-agriculture?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WesternFarmPress+%28Western+Farm+Press%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Sonoma County Gazette
Recycled Wastewater Runoff Why You Should Care
http://www.sonomacountygazette.com/cms/pages/sonoma-county-news-article-403.html
(Atrazine and GMO foods feminizes the males of our species.  By the fourth full generation of consuming GMO-based foods, mammals are no longer able to procreate.)

Infrastructure News
Aquafornia.com
International Water Power and Dam Construction
http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=46&storyCode=2062605
(Boy, Lund sure is a busy little beaver.  Well let's give proper credit where it's due, to the Masters students.)

Economic News
FoxNews.com
Wall Street Journal
Wisconsin American Flag Seller Files for Bankruptcy
http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2012/06/27/american-flag-seller-files-for-bankruptcy/

California Political News
Aquafornia.com
Congressman Garamendi Introduces Bipartisan Agricultural Flood Plain Management Act
http://garamendi.house.gov/2012/06/garamendi-introduces-bipartisan-agricultural-floodplain-management-act.shtml

Aquafornia.com
Press Enterprise
State Water Bond Flop
http://www.pe.com/opinion/editorials-headlines/20120627-state-water-bond-flop.ece

Aquafornia.com
Mariposa Gazette
Bill Raising Lake into Wild and Scenic Stretch Advances
http://www.mariposagazette.com/news/2012-06-28/Front_Page/Bill_raising_lake_into_Wild_and_Scenic_stretch_adv.html

Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
Brown Slashed Budget While Adding 75b Peripheral Canal Positions
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/28/18716548.php
(There sure are some swanky wheels rolling to meetings by some of the regular cast of clowns, er characters.  Hmmm...depending upon which side of the issue you're on, South of Delta-related jobs seem to be paying very well these days. Public AND private!)

Aquafornia.com
California Budget Would Indefinitely Extend Ban on Dredge Mining
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69186/

Political News
Aquafornia.com
House Committee on Natural Resources
Hastings Holds Hearing on Federal Regulations and Costs Impacting Hydro-power Development
http://naturalresources.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=301176

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
LATimes.com
DWP Lawsuits Over Water Rights May Put Squeeze on Mammoth Lakes
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/29/local/la-me-mammoth-water-20120629

Aquafornia.com
Senator Padilla
To DWP: Rather Than Act in a Hostile Manner Towards Mammoth Lakes...
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69179/

Events Calendar
Aquafornia.com
Calendar
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69154/