On September 20, Governor Jerry Brown signed Pavley’s “greenlight to fracking” bill with poison pill amendments that make CEQA review of fracking permits optional and prevent imposing a moratorium on fracking for 15 months. He signed the oil industry-friendly bill after receiving at least $2.49 million over several years from oil and natural gas interests. Besides the expansion of fracking, Brown’s horrible environmental policies include: • Fast-tracking the $54.1 billion Bay Delta Conservation Plan to divert massive quantities of water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to corporate agribusiness, developers and oil companies. • Pursuing water policies that resulted in the second lowest population levels of Delta smelt and American shad on record in the DFW’s fall midwater trawl survey, as well as the third lowest striped bass, the eighth lowest longfin smelt, and the fifth lowest threadfin shad indices. * Trying to weaken or even eliminate CEQA, one of Californias greatest environmental laws, to fast-track big developments for giant corporations. • “Backing Theme Park” Wetlands: The Department of Fish and Wildlife under the Brown administration is letting the Annenberg Foundation bulldoze a section of the Ballona Wetlands to build an interpretive center and help with the “restoration” of the land around the center. • Continuing Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggers corrupt Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative, a privately funded process characterized by its numerous conflicts of interests, terminally flawed science, violation of the Yurok Tribes traditional fishing and gathering rights, and failure to actually protect the ocean. For his many crimes against fish and the environment, Governor Jerry Brown receives the Cold, Dead Fish award for the second year in a row. Congratulations, Governor Brown, for going out of your way to pollute and destroy California’s river, lake and ocean waters!
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:20:42 +0000
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