Stuart
Leavenworth of the SacBee asks whether there should be a public vote on
the Tunnels, and describes some of Jerry Meral's tactics (and note
Leavenworth encourages LTEs on the subject; about 180 people now get
Clips; it would be nice if the Bee got about 180 LTEs) -
the
LA Times does a pretty bland editorial about water issues and BDCP
without really saying much (but it's a good opportunity for Clipsters to
make more profound comments) -
once again Maven comes to the rescue by giving us an organized look at Chapters 8 & 9 of the latest BDCP release -
the concept of land retirement of marginal lands in the SJ Valley is making some progress -
this
River News-Herald story about the Delta Protection Commission vote to
oppose BDCP does a good job of setting forth the points of views of a
variety of parties -
the Southern California Water Committee crows about the alleged $5 billion in "net" benefits of BDCP -
Dan Bacher writes about the May 30 press conference by 5 Congressional types opposed to the Tunnels -
Sacto
Channel 3 features the Hemley family and the above press conference in
this TV coverage of the war brewing over the Tunnels -
and here's Garamendi's press release for the press conference -
and Barbara B-P is featured in this SF KCBS radio coverage -
and Jeff Michael is featured on this SF radio program talking about the Tunnels (he's at about minute 17:50, with the host briefly talking a little water at 12 min.) -
and
one of Arnold's appointees to the Water Commission (a construction
executive) shills for the Tunnels (and Cadagan, Pyke and Wade and others
comment) -
according to this story Congressman LaMalfa is opposed to the Peripheral Tunnels -
Manteca Councilman opposes Tunnels for fear local rivers will be tapped to replace the Delta water shipped south -
recall
that at a recent joint state Senate committees hearing on BDCP
perspectives Jason Peltier of Westlands gave his perspective on how much
more Westlands was going to contribute; that's now a :51 second
YouTube special -
here's an update on the battle royal between San Diego Water Authority and the Met -
around Riverside water use is way down -
officials
in Butte County challenging BuRec's FONSI on water transfers to the
southland (it's the cumulative effects that need to be considered) -
a good New York Times story about the tension between farmers and the oil industry over fracking
more fracking stories (2 items) -
and the Examiner (SF??) asks whether maybe the Guv is pushing the Tunnels to help the frackers -
backers of Klamath dam removal and restoration agreement rally ahead of US Senate committee hearing on June 20 -
but there are complexities to the Klamath issue that Clips will never understand -
and not really related to California water, but a good reminder that Devin Nunes has a creatively bizarre mind is this one -
a new study shows high levels of mercury in Delta fish (2 items) -
and here are some new media pieces from the Southern California Watershed Alliance opposing the Peripheral Tunnels -
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