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Project To Raise California’s Shasta Dam Could Move Forward Under Trump

"Enlarging the dam would deliver more Sacramento River water to Central Valley farmers but a tribe could lose sacred sites and endangered salmon could lose habitat in wet years."

Source: CalMatters, 05/14/2025
May 30, 2025

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"Treated Like Dirt: Uncovering The Toxic Soil Lurking In L.A.’s Burn Zones"

"The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January incinerated more than 16,000 structures and unleashed tons of toxic material into the air, water and soil. Many Pacific Palisades and Altadena homeowners who lost everything hoped the government debris-removal process would at least offer a fresh start for the land where their houses once stood."

Source: LA Times, 05/05/2025

House GOPers Vote To Remove California Fish From Endangered Species List

"House Republicans passed a measure Thursday that would repeal the government’s decision to place California’s longfin smelt, a finger-sized fish, on the endangered species list."

Source: LA Times, 05/02/2025

Rare Glimpse Inside Mountain Tunnel That Carries Water To Southern California

"In the 1930s, workers using explosives and machinery excavated a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto to bring Colorado River water to Southern California. The Metropolitan Water District recently offered visitors a look inside the tunnel, an engineering feat that is a key piece of the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct."

Source: LA Times, 04/29/2025

"‘Secret Deal’ in California Would Weaken Regulations for Oil Refineries"

"On August 6, 2012, a corroded, eight-inch pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California, cracked open, sending a white cloud hundreds of feet into the air. The cloud quickly engulfed the 19 refinery firefighters, managers and other workers who had been trying to fix what had been a small leak in the pipe."

Source: Public Health Watch, 04/28/2025

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