<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><h4 style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2020/10/30/daily-digest-10-30-ca-slammed-over-blank-check-for-delta-tunnel-project-putting-a-price-on-water-the-nasdaq-veles-ca-water-index-nqh20-in-parched-ca-search-goes-deeper-for-wat/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_4195476466">DAILY DIGEST, 10/30: CA slammed over ‘blank check’ for Delta tunnel project; Putting a price on water: The NASDAQ Veles CA water index (nqh20) In parched CA, search goes deeper for water; Preparing the Klamath basin for dam removal; and more ... ~ MA</a></h4><div><br></div><div id="ydp7c37f41eenhancr_card_4195476466" class="ydp7c37f41eyahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp7c37f41eymail-preserve-class ydp7c37f41eymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://mavensnotebook.com/2020/10/30/daily-digest-10-30-ca-slammed-over-blank-check-for-delta-tunnel-project-putting-a-price-on-water-the-nasdaq-veles-ca-water-index-nqh20-in-parched-ca-search-goes-deeper-for-wat/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2020/10/30/daily-digest-10-30-ca-slammed-over-blank-check-for-delta-tunnel-project-putting-a-price-on-water-the-nasdaq-veles-ca-water-index-nqh20-in-parched-ca-search-goes-deeper-for-wat/" style="text-decoration-line: none !important; 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background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-size: auto; position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 100%; max-width: 400px; border-radius: 0px 0px 2px 2px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233);" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="ydp7c37f41ecard-title" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); max-width: 314px;">DAILY DIGEST, 10/30: CA slammed over ‘blank check’ for Delta tunnel proj...</h2><p class="ydp7c37f41ecard-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">All the day's California water news, all in one place.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><h4 style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;">California slammed over ‘blank check’ for Delta tunnel project</h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;">“<em style="font-style: italic;">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.</em><span class="ydpcec1998dApple-converted-space"> </span>… ” Read more from the Courthouse News Service here:<span class="ydpcec1998dApple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/california-slammed-over-blank-check-for-delta-tunnel-project/" style="color: rgb(30, 115, 190); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">California slammed over ‘blank check’ for Delta tunnel project</a></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">SEE ALSO:</strong></p><ul style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: circle; list-style-position: inside; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;"><li style="list-style-type: none;"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: circle; list-style-position: inside;"><li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-29/california-bonds-for-16-billion-tunnel-targeted-by-lawsuit" style="color: rgb(30, 115, 190); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">California bonds for $16 billion tunnel targeted by suit</a>, from Bloomberg Green</li><li><a href="https://www.restorethedelta.org/2020/10/29/lawsuit-to-stop-dwrs-blank-check-gambit-for-a-delta-tunnel-restore-the-delta-statement%EF%BB%BF/" style="color: rgb(30, 115, 190); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lawsuit to stop DWR’s blank check gambit for a Delta tunnel</a>, from Restore the Delta</li><li><a href="https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-challenges-californias-16-billion-move-to-fund-delta-tunnel-project-2020-10-29/" style="color: rgb(30, 115, 190); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lawsuit challenges California’s $16 billion move to fund delta tunnel project</a>, from the Center for Biological Diversity</li><li><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/29/1990797/-Lawsuit-challenges-California-s-approval-of-16-billion-to-fund-Delta-Tunnel-without-CEQA-review" style="color: rgb(30, 115, 190); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_4266254047">Lawsuit challenges California’s approval of $16 billion to fund Delta Tunnel without CEQA review</a>, from Dan Bacher at the Daily Kos</li><div><br></div><div id="ydp9f2ecf9benhancr_card_4266254047" class="ydp9f2ecf9byahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp9f2ecf9bymail-preserve-class ydp9f2ecf9bymail-preserve-style" style="max-width: 400px; font-family: YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative;" data-url="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/29/1990797/-Lawsuit-challenges-California-s-approval-of-16-billion-to-fund-Delta-Tunnel-without-CEQA-review" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/29/1990797/-Lawsuit-challenges-California-s-approval-of-16-billion-to-fund-Delta-Tunnel-without-CEQA-review" style="text-decoration-line: none !important; 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