News & Commentary

2022 Bristol Bay wild salmon run breaks all-time record while beleaguered Canadian owner of widely opposed Bristol Bay gold and copper mining scheme continues to fight EPA’s proposal for veto long sought by region’s residents.

Legislators can protect California from these dangerous pesticides by passing AB 2146, a bill authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan.

Honolulu’s City Council passes a benchmarking and transparency ordinance to help building owners cut costs by tracking their energy and water use, enabling them to save money and resources while reducing emissions.

More than a dozen City Hall leaders violate California's water reporting requirements.

A broad-based coalition of groups representing millions of supporters are running full-page ads urging the public to support EPA action to protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine. 

Funding deadline looms for agreement between Alaska Native village corporation and two land conservation organizations to protect 44,000 acres of salmon habitat in Upper Bristol Bay, blocking access corridor needed for widely condemned mine.

Wall Street Journal attack on EPA’s proposed protections for Bristol Bay is high on rhetoric, wrong on the facts, and ignores comprehensive scientific record showing unacceptable adverse effects from widely condemned gold and copper mine proposed for Bristol Bay headwaters.

In a big win for communities and climate, three oil and gas offshore lease sales have been cancelled.

The inequity of this system has not diminished since the time it emerged—but rather, is glaringly apparent in times of drought.

Ads and press event call on EPA to veto the Pebble Mine and issue Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska.

Fly-in meetings and paid media urge the EPA to veto Pebble Mine and permanently protect Bristol Bay. 

If you wouldn’t trust oil tobacco companies to tell you what’s safe for your health, why would you trust these water agencies to say what’s good for fish and wildlife in the Bay-Delta watershed?