Category: Activist Corner

Dear Friends: The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) applauds the utilities staff and decision makers of Branson, Missouri–as well as the local residents who spoke up–for taking action to protect the community and public employees from the serious risks posed by the practice of water fluoridation.  On November 14th, the Branson Board of Alderman voted unanimously to repeal their municipal ordinance […]

What is source water protection? It’s putting the best solutions for keeping our water clean and healthy into practice. Bottom line: if your goal is clean water, it’s better by far to prevent pollution from happening in the first place than it is to clean it up after the fact. We’re leading the charge. Join us to […]

The PressDemocrat has a penchant for publishing editorials that are anti-CEQA. The not well researched penchant delivers to the public not well founded discourse on the of CEQA – purpose, use, beneficiaries and outcomes. In this case, the author of this op ed has skin in the game. Mr. Elmendorf is a developer as well […]

This is the pollutant made famous by the film, “Erin Brockovich”, PG&E’s contamination of drinking water in the California town of Hinkley. Submit comments for the Hexavalent Chromium MCL and Draft Environmental Impact Report by August 18, 2023 Learn more to submit comments. On August 2nd, the State Water Board held a hearing under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) on […]

This is very interesting and spot on.  Makes me recall the many comments the community provided when the water use projections vs availability were provided a couple of years ago, and the county ignored our input. In case you haven’t seen this … it came up today in a Water Committee meeting … (thanks to […]

I’m curious…have you visited the California Water Library (CWL) yet this year? If not, you may not know how much we have grown the collection and you probably haven’t seen its new look!  CWL is one of Maven’s Notebook’s most ambitious projects!  This open-access, online library provides the State’s most comprehensive curation of published information about our most […]

Hello Forest and River lovers. The Governor, Ag interests, Forest Industry interests, Industry, etc – want CEQA reformed. The legislature has tasked the Little Hoover Commission review and assessment on how CEQA can, and should, be “fixed”. Without CEQA – you have no access, credibility, or ability to participate in the decision making process – […]

Hello Forest and River lovers. The Governor, Ag interests, Forest Industry interests, Industry, etc – want CEQA reformed. The legislature has tasked the Little Hoover Commission review and assessment on how CEQA can, and should, be “fixed”. Without CEQA – you have no access, credibility, or ability to participate in the decision making process – […]

Dear friends,We’re writing today with the giant news you’ve been waiting for: THE 21 JULIANA YOUTH HAVE PREVAILED AGAIN, AND WILL FINALLY HAVE THEIR EVIDENCE HEARD AT TRIAL! Our collective endurance and perseverance has paid off. Today, almost eight years since Juliana v. U.S. was first filed in 2015, Judge Ann Aiken of the U.S. District Court ruled that the Juliana case will proceed and the 21 […]

The Scoping Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 18, 2023, starting at 10:00 a.m. PDT and is remote participation only. Participants wishing to provide oral comment at the scoping meeting must submit a Virtual Speaker Card using the online registration form by noon on Friday, May 12, 2023. Further instructions to view and participate in the scoping meeting remotely are included in the Notice. In […]

As some of you may already know, the 2023 King (Chinook) Salmon season has been officially closed by fisheries management. Therefore, we cannot bring you local, wild king salmon this summer and have decided not to operate Calvi Bros. Seafood this season. We are in full support of this season closure and hope it will […]

Friends, the next hearing in the federal lawsuit against the EPA for allowing fluoridation toxic risk will be this coming Tuesday, April 11 at 2:30 p.m. Pacific time (5:30 p.m. Eastern), in Federal Court in San Francisco, Judge Edward M. Chen presiding. The hearing will be available for public viewing in real time on Zoom: […]

 To Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and County Staff:  The Atascadero /Green Valley Watershed Council is comprised of a group of people who live, own property or work in the watershed of the Atascadero Creek and Green Valley Creek who work to help each other in taking responsibility for our impact on the watershed through […]

To All, PCL would like to extend an invitation to our partner organizations within the SRG to attend PCL’s annual California Environmental Assembly: Extreme Measures for Extreme Times zoom webinars at no cost. Please feel free to share this invite with your fellow staff, board, volunteers, or other key stakeholders of your organization. The link […]

To All, To find out more information about the ins and outs, the trials and tribulations of getting water into law, and just plain good information about water in California, select the link to the California Water Library. Larry

To All, It is imperative more now than ever for residents of Sonoma County to be aware of exactly how our groundwater resources are being used. Understanding how much water is being pumped will enable actual protections for our residential users that are increasingly experiencing dry wells. In addition, knowledge of groundwater pumping from wells […]

North Coast Water Board Leaders,  Please see below for new findings on how use of aerial fire retardants pollute streams and lakes and the federal employee lawsuit to end their use. Retardants hitting streams and lakes happens regularly in the Klamath Mountains because it is impossible to control where retardants land in these steep and […]

‘Lights Are Flashing Red’ “We should care deeply about the unraveling of natural systems because these same resources sustain human life,” said the World Wildlife Fund’s global chief scientist. Jake Johnson October 13, 2022 A sweeping report published Thursday by one of the world’s largest conservation groups finds that Earth’s vertebrate animal populations experienced an […]

This is often a very good symposium and worth the day. Check the topic and speaker list to find out if it is relevant to your interests. Feel free to forward this to anyone you think may be interested. Rue

A massive red tide and thousands of dead fish washing up across shorelines have cast light on a threat to the Bay that’s usually invisible: nutrient pollution.  While nutrients sound like a good thing, excessive phosphorus and nitrogen – combined with warm sunny weather and stagnant water flows – provide ideal conditions for many types […]

The annual NGO Collaborative conference (in person and zoom/remote) is coming up and agenda planning is underway. Here’s the link to register:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual-ngo-groundwater-collaborative-convening-tickets-404278185937. The “Intended Outcomes” are:  Gain new skills and resources to aid in sustainable groundwater management engagement moving forward; Share experiences & outcomes with advocates from across the state; Strategize how best to engage […]

f you are interested in reading Dr. Hale’s article in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, Durable Plastic Goods: A Source of Microplastics and Chemical Additives in the Built and Natural Environments, contact Dr. Hale at Hale@vims.edu for a complimentary copy. This article examines the ways durable plastics (e.g. indoor home furnishings, electrical devices, and textiles) are contributing to the […]

Dear Friends, The next status hearing for our federal TSCA lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to end the use of fluoridation chemicals was originally scheduled for this upcoming Tuesday, September 20th, but has again been rescheduled by the Court. While I suspect that you are as frustrated as all of us here […]

Well Standards DWR Bulletin 74 sets the minimum standards for water, monitoring, cathodic protection, and geothermal heat exchange wells, with the purpose of protecting California’s groundwater quality. Local jurisdictions have the authority to adopt standards which meet or exceed the Bulletin 74 standards. Well standards are administered and enforced at the local level. The process, […]

Dear workshop participants, We are now almost 2 months from the start of the 2nd National Workshop on Marine eDNA! It is shaping up to be a great meeting, and we wanted to encourage you all to register and finalize your travel arrangements if you haven’t done so already. Providing some information below to help you plan your trip. Agenda: […]

New research links the amount of carbon dioxide taken in by land ecosystems, such as forests, to the availability of water, which is in short supply during droughts.  Our climate is rapidly warming with rising temperatures affecting the physical environments that support entire ecosystems. Humans [2] and animal species [3] both face daunting challenges for […]