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‘Eyes in the Sky’ Help Police California Water Use

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The California Department of Water Resources constructed a rock barrier in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta at the beginning of the summer to prevent salt water from pushing too far inland. Riddle said the Water Board cannot identify every illegal diversion among 17,000 water rights in the larger delta watershed.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Environmental Groups Said California Water Diversion Project Would Increase Water Temperatures and Harm Threatened Delta Smelt. The proposed project involves construction of three new water intakes to divert water from the Sacramento River. Pruitt , No. 17-1157 (D.C. filed June 15, 2017). The plaintiffs claimed that the U.S.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. Connecticut ; Requested “Tutorial” on Climate Change.

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