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By Julia DeGraw and Ronnette Steed May 22, 2013 It’s been a good week for clean water lovers. On Monday, May 20, the Oregon State Legislature gave final passage to a memorial to Renew America’s Water with overwhelming bipartisan support as the Senate voted 29-0 on passage. The House previously passed House Joint Memorial 7 […] By Daniel L. Timmons May 23, 2013 After rejecting revisions to Oregon’s water quality standards last year, a federal court has now approved two related settlements reached among EPA, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ), and an environmental group that effectively amend the existing standards. Under the new rules, Oregon regulators will no longer […] C ross-posted from Restore the Delta | The Restore the Delta Coalition, which Alliance for Democracy supports, has put out an alternative proposal to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to meet California’s water needs without further damaging the Bay-Delta ecosystem. Restore the Delta maintains that the “Responsible Exports Plan” by the Environmental Water Caucus, […] Media Advisory | Restore the Delta will present a panel of experts to brief interested media on the cost and financial burden of the proposed Bay-Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), including Peripheral Tunnels, at 1:30pm on Tuesday, May 28, as the Brown Administration releases its financial impacts. The panel will look at key questions such as […] Nestle CEO Peter Brabeck Keithpp’s Blog April 15, 2013 In a candid interview for the documentary We Feed the World, Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck makes the astonishing claim that water isn’t a human right. He attacks the idea that nature is good, and says it is a great achievement that humans are […] By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times May 7, 2013 KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River’s most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast. Now, one of the […] Good morning Mainers,
We have an opportunity right now in the legislature to kill, or at least significantly hinder, the East-West Corridor proposed by Peter Vigue of Cianbro. Please help by emailing members of the Transportation Committee by this Tuesday, May 7!
Just last week on April 30, over thirty people submitted written […] |