Environmental justice Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

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

October 9, 2024 228

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

Courthouse News Service

News

September 13, 2024 1269

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 60

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

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

Cal Matters

News

February 23, 2024

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

GUEST COMMENTARY: Governor Newsom Should Sign Legislation to Ensure Equitable Distribution of Water Quality Funding UPDATED

Sean Bothwell

Commentary

October 6, 2023 359

Note: The Governor vetoed this bill on October 8, 2023. His veto message is here. Commentary by Sean Bothwell, Executive...

C-WIN: Ten Years After: Tracking the Promises, Accomplishments and Shortfalls of California’s Human Right to Water Law

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Press Release/Other

September 29, 2023 60

From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): In 2012, California passed the Human Right to Water Law (HRTW), the first state statute...

CAL MATTERS: California water agency under investigation for discriminating against tribes, people of color

Cal Matters

News

August 10, 2023 396

A discrimination complaint filed by Native American tribes and environmental justice groups alleges that California has failed to protect water...

THIS JUST IN … EPA Accepts Civil Rights Complaint Against California State Water Board

Restore the Delta

Press Release/Other

August 9, 2023 1576

From Restore the Delta: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a decision accepting for investigation a civil rights complaint...

CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Waiving California environmental rules for Delta water equates to a civil rights issue

Cal Matters

Commentary

March 17, 2023 6

Despite reversing course last week, the February decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom and state water officials to bypass environmental rules...

RISING VOICES: New nonprofit Minnow combats the inextricable link between land, water, and justice

The Water Hub

News

December 22, 2022 13

In this issue of the Water Hub’s Rising Voices column, we check in with Director of Strategic Storytelling at Minnow,...

THIS JUST IN … Civil Rights Complaint Seeks US EPA Oversight of CA State Water Board: Bay-Delta ecological crisis harms California Tribes and Delta EJ communities

Restore the Delta

Press Release/Other

December 16, 2022 19

Press release from Restore the Delta: Today, the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Little Manila Rising, Restore...

RISING VOICES: Building Water Trust: Nuestra Casa Tackles Water Justice in the Bay Area

The Water Hub

News

September 22, 2022 122

In our regular Maven’s Notebook Q&A, the Water Hub checks in with advocates in California to talk about water issues...

THIS JUST IN … Press release: Tribes and Environmental Justice Groups Link Bay-Delta Collapse to Water Rights from California’s Racist Past

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Press Release/Other

May 24, 2022 1399

Press release from the coalition of Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Save California Salmon, Little Manila...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Let’s Celebrate Clean Water For All on World Water Day

Sean Bothwell

Commentary

March 22, 2022 196

Guest commentary by Sean Bothwell, Executive Director of the California Coastkeeper Alliance Today, we celebrate World Water Day on the...

RISING VOICES: Water, power and the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

The Water Hub

News

February 8, 2022 292

Each month, the Water Hub is checking in with advocates and organizers in California to talk about the water issues...