[env-trinity] California slammed over ‘blank check’ for Delta tunnel project

[Tom Stokely]

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California slammed over ‘blank check’ for Delta tunnel project

“Lobbing another hurdle at California’s $16 billion plan to tunnel underneath the West Coast’s largest estuary, environmentalists on Thursday sued to freeze public funding for the megaproject championed by Governor Gavin Newsom.  Led by Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity, a familiar coalition of critics of the so-called delta tunnel claim the cash-strapped state is pursuing a “blank check” for a project that isn’t fully cooked.  “It’s outrageous that California officials would commit funds for this massively harmful water tunnel without public engagement or environmental review,” said John Buse, the center’s senior counsel in a statement. … ”  Read more from the Courthouse News Service here: California slammed over ‘blank check’ for Delta tunnel project

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      - California bonds for $16 billion tunnel targeted by suit, from Bloomberg Green
      - Lawsuit to stop DWR’s blank check gambit for a Delta tunnel, from Restore the Delta
      - Lawsuit challenges California’s $16 billion move to fund delta tunnel project, from the Center for Biological Diversity
      - Lawsuit challenges California’s approval of $16 billion to fund Delta Tunnel without CEQA review, from Dan Bacher at the Daily Kos
   
   
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