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Category Archives: Groundwater Impacts
Ban Fracking Event in San Francisco, May 30, Noon
CALIFORNIANS AGAINST FRACKING COALITION LAUNCH Help make history with the Center when we join in launching Californians Against Fracking, a statewide coalition working to ban fracking in California. Fracking poses a direct and immediate threat to California’s drinking water, air, … Continue reading
California court ruling gives hope to foes of fracking
By Rory Carroll and Braden Reddall SAN FRANCISCO | Tue Apr 9, 2013 8:18pm EDT (Reuters) – A court ruling that the U.S. government must consider the environmental impact of “fracking” on federal lands leased to oil companies offers opponents … Continue reading
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Pennsylvania Court Deals Blow to Secrecy-Obsessed Fracking Industry: Corporations Not The Same As Persons With Privacy Rights
April 11, 2013 This article was published in partnership withGlobalPossibilities.org [3]. A Pennsylvania judge in the heart of the Keystone State’s fracking belt has issued a forceful and precedent-setting decision holding that there is no corporate right to privacy under that … Continue reading
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CRWFS Releases New Report on Water: From Storage to Retention
November 2012 On November 13, 2012, the California Roundtable on Water and Food Supply released its latest report, From Storage to Retention: Expanding California’s Options for Meeting Its Water Needs. The report builds on earlier work focused on agricultural water … Continue reading
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Update on the National Water Census by USGS
April 4, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released a report to Congress on the progress of the National Water Census, which is being developed at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to help the nation … Continue reading
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Accessing Data on Fracking using GeoTracker GAMA
The State Water Board’s Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program has added data from hydraulically fractured oil and gas production wells (DOGGR) and from US Geological Survey National Water Information System (USGS NWIS) to the publicly-accessible GeoTracker GAMA groundwater information system. … Continue reading
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Streamflow Depletion by Wells
Streamflow Depletion by Wells—Understanding and Managing the Effects of Groundwater Pumping on Streamflow By Paul M. Barlow and Stanley A. Leake Introduction Groundwater is an important source of water for many human needs, including public supply, agriculture, and industry. With … Continue reading
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History – Notice of Appeals Court decison
Hello Anti-Degradation Coalition – Quite some time ago, the Environmental Law Foundation drafted a Petition to the State Water Board on behalf of this Coalition. We asked the Board to adopt formal procedures to implement the state and federal Anti-Degradation … Continue reading
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Notes on Appellate Court Anti-Degradation Ruling
November 6, 2012 OPINION IN AGUA et al v. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Most of you are aware that Coast Action Group, CAG, over the years has invested significant energy pursuing federal and State water law as … Continue reading
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Fracking California
California’s best kept secret since leaky pipes at San Onofre, earthquake faults under Diablo Canyon, the $54 million hidden slush funds at State Parks, or the Governator’s maid, is that the state is already host to at least 628 “fracked” … Continue reading
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