Good News! Favorable Medicine Lake Decision!
Unanimous 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.
California drought renews push for water storage projects
"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."
The Politics of California’s Water System
“'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..."
Reclamation releases final reports on Shasta Dam Raise
"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."
Raising Shasta Dam too expensive for federal government
"The federal government will not pay the nearly $1.3 billion to raise the height of Shasta Dam up to 18 1/2 feet..."
California’s drought and the battle for Medicine Lake
"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."