[env-trinity] Daily Kos/Dan Bacher- Peripheral Tunnels Opponents to Release New Map

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/28/1281144/-Peripheral-Tunnels-Opponents-to-Release-New-Map#

FRI FEB 28, 2014 AT 10:03 AM PST
Peripheral Tunnels Opponents to Release New Map
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Map will include largest agricultural water users, selenium-damaged land, oil deposits for fracking
Restore the Delta (RTD) and Food and Water Watch, opponents of Governor Brown’s Bay Delta Conservation to build the Peripheral Tunnels, announced today they will hold a teleconference on Tuesday, March 4, to release a new map depicting the overlap between the largest agricultural users of Bay-Delta water exports, land impaired by selenium concentrations that make farming unsustainable, and oil and gas basins that could be fracked.
“This map will show a remarkable overlay of where our water is going, how the public subsidizes unsustainable crops on drainage-impaired lands, selenium concentrations that pose a threat to the public, and underlying oil deposits that could be fracked with water from the governor’s tunnels,” said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of RTD. "Unsustainable farming has damaged these lands. And the taxpayers have been subsidizing it. Fracking is another water intensive industry in the San Joaquin Valley that will further contaminate groundwater supplies."
"The governor's plan describes water for fracking via the proposed peripheral tunnels as a beneficial use. Beneficial for whom? The peripheral tunnels would benefit unsustainable corporate agribusiness in one region and potentially the energy industry – at the expense of everyday Californians," concluded Barrigan-Parrilla.
The teleconference will take place as California reels from an unprecedented drought. We can't spare one single drop of water on fracking when family farmers, cities and fish don't have enough water for their needs.
Governor Jerry Brown is fast-tracking the Bay Delta Conservation Plan to build the build the peripheral tunnels in order to export Delta water to corporate agribusiness interests, oil companies and Southern California water agencies. The construction of the tunnels will hasten the extinction of Central Valley salmon, steelhead, Delta and longfin smelt, green sturgeon and other fish species, as well as imperiling salmon and steelhead populations on the Klamath and Trinity rivers.
WHAT:  Restore the Delta Map Release: Largest Water Users, Selenium-Damaged Land & Oil Fracking
WHEN:  2:00 pm, Tuesday, March 4, 2014
WHO:  Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Ex. Dir., Restore the Delta, Adam Scow, California Campaigns Director, Food & Water Watch
Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve at hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara at restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta
Restore the Delta is a 15,000-member grassroots organization committed to making the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta fishable, swimmable, drinkable, and farmable to benefit all of California. Restore the Delta works to improve water quality so that fisheries and farming can thrive together again in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
www.restorethedelta.org
ORIGINALLY POSTED TO DAN BACHER ON FRI FEB 28, 2014 AT 10:03 AM PST.
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	* California	* Drought	* Environment	* Food & Water Watch	* Hydraulic Fracturing	* Jerry Brown	* Klamath river	* Restore the Delta	* San Joaquin Valley	* Water
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