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CA Hydrologist Wants All Enviro Farm Water Laws ‘Locked-Down’ After COVID-19 Crisis Over

April 8, 2020 6:18 amApril 12, 2020 9:04 am

Sacramento Hydrologist Robert Shibatani is calling for an across-the-board moratorium on federal and state environmental laws so California’s Central Valley farm communities can recover from the economic losses imposed during the coronavirus crisis. Central Valley hydrologist Robert Shibatani didn’t...

Major Temecula Planned Community Halted by Court Over Mountain Lion Concerns

April 8, 2020 2:26 amApril 7, 2020 7:30 pm

In a major ruling that may affect future developments near mountain lion habitats, the Riverside County Superior Court ruled against the developers of the Altair planned community over failing to account for the impact the development would have on the...

California Moves to Set Water Pumping Limits Without Federal Input

April 3, 2020 2:18 amApril 3, 2020 5:23 pm

Last year federal investigations found that water could be diverted to farmland On Tuesday, California broke with policy and issued a new operating permit for its water project in the Central Valley without federal input. A break from federal...

Redondo Beach Waterfront AES Gas Power Plant to Close by 2023

March 31, 2020 2:24 amMarch 30, 2020 9:47 pm

On Monday, AES Corp. finalized the sale of its 51 acre gas power plant in Redondo Beach to real estate developer Leo Pustilnikov for an undisclosed amount of money. The deal would open up the 51 acres, located next to...

California Oil Industry Facing Disaster Due to Coronavirus, Oil War Threats

March 26, 2020 2:15 amMarch 25, 2020 9:43 pm

Oil rich areas in California such as Kern County and Los Angeles County, along with in-state oil and gasoline companies such as Chevron, are facing a more and more likely industry collapse in the next several weeks due to both...

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Agency Sued By Environmental Groups

March 21, 2020 7:48 am

One of the largest pollution controls districts in California received a lawsuit on Wednesday, charging the district with favoritism toward oil companies among other alleged wrongdoings. The national environmental advocacy group Clean Water Action joined with 5 local environmental groups...

CA Rep. Josh Harder supports another Democrat waterless water storage bill

March 21, 2020 2:20 amMarch 20, 2020 4:31 pm

HR 2473 is not targeted to benefit farmers but to provide public goods to constituencies of the Democrat Party: environmentalists, Indian tribes, scientists, fishing interests, rural immigrant enclaves with no water systems On March 11, 2020, Congressman Josh Harder...