Environmental justice Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

PRESS RELEASE: Tribal-Environmental Coalition calls for justice and equity in Bay-Delta Water Quality Plan

January 14, 2025

Press release from the Delta Tribal-Environmental Coalition: Administrative comments filed last Friday by the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC) urge...

PRESS RELEASE: Environmental groups call attention to fundamental flaws with Delta Conveyance Project hearings

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project Water rights and water law

October 11, 2024

Today, the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), represented by the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School,...

CAL MATTERS: ‘Dirty Delta’: California’s largest estuary is in crisis. Is the state discriminating against people who fish there?

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

October 9, 2024

By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Siskiyou County residents urge injunction amid claims of racially motivated water restrictions

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

September 13, 2024

Siskiyou County claims its water restrictions — which aren’t uniformly enforced — are meant to thwart illegal cannabis grows. By...

YOUR INPUT WANTED: Delta Stewardship Council’s Draft Tribal and Environmental Justice Issue Paper

Delta Stewardship Council

ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 6, 2024

From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council has released the public review draft of its Tribal and Environmental...

RESTORE THE DELTA: Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition challenges legality of Delta Conveyance Project in new petition

Restore the Delta

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project Water rights and water law

September 4, 2024

SWRCB urged to uphold law and protect Tribal water rights in the Delta Press release from the Delta Tribal Environmental...

UC BERKELEY: Plans for water equity in a warming world

UC Berkeley

Water rights and water law

March 21, 2024

By Janet Byron, UC California As 2021 drew to a close, residents and community leaders in Kettleman City were getting...

CAL MATTERS: California’s polluted communities could miss out on billions under state’s flawed system

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

February 23, 2024

The state’s environmental tool skews which communities are designated as disadvantaged, researchers say. Some immigrant neighborhoods could be left out,...