Wild and Scenic Film Festival
ShastaEcology2018-03-28T10:46:10-07:00Thanks to everyone for supporting MSBEC at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival!
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08, 2015
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08, 2015
Free Film Showing: “Tapped”
ShastaEcology2021-01-13T14:38:29-08:00Mt. Shasta Water Nights Presents: Tapped Does privatization of water best serve the Mt. Shasta Community? This was an educational and informative film - the showing has passed, but we hear it is available for viewing on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube and Netflix. Synopsis The film examines the role of the bottled water industry and [...]
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08, 2015
Good News! Favorable Medicine Lake Decision!
ShastaEcology2015-12-07T16:31:09-08:00Unanimous ruling from the 9th Circuit Court continues our Native and environmental coalition lawsuit, to stop destructive geothermal fracking of the pristine Medicine Lake Highlands - a major aquifer supplying water for millions of Californians.
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08, 2015
California drought renews push for water storage projects
ShastaEcology2015-08-08T13:59:01-07:00"The drought that’s been desiccating California for the past four years has added new urgency to a decades-old debate about the best way to secure reliable water supplies for a growing population: new dams or efficiency measures."
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07, 2015
The Politics of California’s Water System
ShastaEcology2018-07-23T14:44:12-07:00“'Much the way Congress and federal regulators gave Wall Street a huge legal pass and billions in bailout money for crashing the US and global economies last decade, so does the State Water Resources Control Board coddle state and federal water projects..."
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07, 2015
Reclamation releases final reports on Shasta Dam Raise
ShastaEcology2015-08-08T13:53:27-07:00"The future of a proposal to raise California's Shasta Dam by as much as 18.5 feet is once again in question, following the release of two reports by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation earlier this week."
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07, 2015
Raising Shasta Dam too expensive for federal government
ShastaEcology2016-04-11T12:48:49-07:00"The federal government will not pay the nearly $1.3 billion to raise the height of Shasta Dam up to 18 1/2 feet..."
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07, 2015
California’s drought and the battle for Medicine Lake
ShastaEcology2015-10-13T15:10:19-07:00"Plans are afoot to build power plants and frack near one of California's biggest reserves of fresh water... too little is understood about the water systems beneath the volcano."
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07, 2015
Drought bill aims to build dams to alleviate water shortages
ShastaEcology2015-08-08T14:14:05-07:00"Despite the drought, agriculture in California is in better shape than you might think."
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06, 2015
California’s drought: the canary in the coalmine?
ShastaEcology2015-08-08T14:03:44-07:00There is no place on earth that can be safe, secure or healthy in a world that is running out of water.