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How Limousine Liberals, Water Oligarchs and even Sean Hannity are Hijacking our Water Supply
http://www.alternet.org/water/144020/how_limousine_liberals,_water_oliga...
Suterra owner is leading CA water privatization effort
by YL Exiled
Thursday Nov 19th, 2009 8:17 PM
A group of water oligarchs in California have engineered a disastrous deregulation and privatization scheme. And they’ve pulled in hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars without any real public outrage.
Dungeness Crabs in Danger: Overfishing may contribute to the decline of the Bay Area's beloved crabs
Glen Martin, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, January 24, 0
Dungeness crabs may not be lovely, but they are by no means unloved. These big, brown crustaceans are as much a symbol of San Francisco as cable cars and the Golden Gate, a gastronomic emblem as enduring for Northern California as lobsters for Maine.
Unhappily, their populations may not be as enduring as their image.
San Francisco Bay's last commercial fishery closes
By Paul Rogers
progers@mercurynews.com
Posted: 09/05/2009 06:54:14 PM PDT
Updated: 09/05/2009 11:10:27 PM PDT
In an ominous environmental sign, state regulators this week closed all herring fishing in San Francisco Bay for the first time ever, shutting down the last commercial fishery in the bay.
Feds to Schwarzenegger: Water woes not caused by environmental rules
"The expected showdown intensifies between the Obama administration -- which, as promised, has been cleaning up the cozy relations between lobbyists and key goverment agencies -- and the Schwarzenneger administration (and state water agencies that are pushing for more exports, the canal and dams)" - Robert Johnson, Jr.
Westside farmer sells water for $77 million
This article is a must read for those who seek the truth about the California Water Wars:
Capitol rally protests delta canal plan
Published online on Tuesday, Jul. 07, 2009
SACRAMENTO — In a counter-punch to recent Valley water rallies, environmentalists and fishermen gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to protest a proposed canal to divert water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
California water plan could help Puget Sound orcas survive
Jul, 5, 2009
A plan to restore salmon runs on California's Sacramento River could help revive killer whale populations 700 miles to the north in Puget Sound, as federal scientists struggle to protect endangered species in a complex ecosystem that stretches along the Pacific coast from California to Alaska.