jarosenfield

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Director of Science @sfbaykeeper, defending fish, wildlife, and💧of San Francisco Bay. 
#fish #wildlife #conservation #water #CaWater #extinction #climate #GreenhouseGaslighting #SFBay #SFEstuary
Thank you to Reps Jared Huffman, Josh Harder, and John Garamendi for standing firm, and to Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick for demonstrating that protecting America's waters is not a partisan issue.

Next up: Senate.

Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, SF Bay is counting on you! https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-05-01/california-longfin-smelt-endangered-species-repeal

U.S. House votes to take California fish off endangered species list

House Republicans vote to repeal a decision that placed a California fish, longfin smelt, on the endangered species list. Democrats and environmentalists condemned the action.

Los Angeles Times

@sfbaykeeper @CALMatters
Newsom’s voluntary agreements (VAs) were recently analyzed as part of the EIS for long-term operations of the Central Valley Project & State Water Project. According to the feds, the VAs would accelerate decline of numerous #EndangeredSpecies, including #salmon & #sturgeon. Far from providing reasonable protection to fish, fisheries, and water quality, Governor Newsom’s plan would make a bad situation worse.

Heat map of impacts, here:
https://baykeeper.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USBR-2024-Final-EIS-Heatmap-submitted-to-SWRCB.pdf

#extinction

Newsom touts his proposal as the starting point of a long-term effort to double Central Valley Chinook #Salmon populations from historical levels.

Don't believe him: "There is no way the water & habitat assets they’ve put on the table, will achieve the doubling goal — no way, not possible," as Baykeeper science director @jarosenfield put it https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/12/california-new-delta-water-plan-salmon/ via @CALMatters #newsom #cawater #chinook #water

'No way, not possible': California has a plan for new water rules. Will it save salmon from extinction?

Growers, cities support Gov. Newsom‘s Delta proposal, saying it strikes a balance for water uses. But environmentalists say it will harm salmon.

CalMatters

A new plan for California's water would increase the chances that salmon, smelt & steelhead would go #extinct: "Not only do the proposed operations make things no better (for fish in the San Francisco Bay-Delta), they actually make things worse," as our science director @jarosenfield told @CALMatters
https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/10/california-delta-plan-trump-newsom-salmon/

#cawater #californiawater #cadelta #endangeredspecies #salmon #chinooksalmon #deltasmelt #steelhead

Is a new plan for delivering Delta water worse than Trump’s rules? Environmentalists say yes.

Growers support a proposal for operating California’s massive systems that send river water south. But it could harm endangered fish.

CalMatters

The fact that this is not today’s top election story, that it’s not “game over” for Trump, & will soon be forgotten says everything about how U.S. media have normalized evil.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/live-blog/harris-trump-presidential-election-live-updates-rcna176306/rcrd60829?canonicalCard=true

Election 2024: Kamala Harris talks about potential legal challenges; Trump rallies in North Carolina

The latest news and live updates on the 2024 election as Kamala Harris interviews with NBC News, Donald Trump rallies in North Carolina, Tim Walz and Barack Obama head to Wisconsin, and JD Vance hits Arizona.

NBC News

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Visit IWillVote.com to make your plan to be a voter!

#NorthCarolina #Election2024 #Agriculture

Officials have decided to curtail additional water flows for endangered fish in the #Delta this fall--a recipe for #extinction of the formerly abundant Delta smelt.

As Baykeeper science director @jarosenfield & Friends of the River's Gary Bobker wrote:

"California habitually fails to enforce environmental laws designed to protect our aquatic ecosystems. Following the state’s lead, federal agencies skimp on environmental safeguards and waive the meager protections they do offer any time protecting the public’s fish, wildlife, waterways, and water quality, gets in the way of diverting more water to meet California’s seemingly unquenchable demand." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-10-02/california-water-flow-requirement-debate

#cawater #extinctionisforever #deltasmelt #fish #fishes #californiafish #endangeredspecies #wildlife @ianjames @RestoreTheDelta

Debate erupts over California's decision to reduce delta water flows

California water managers decided to curtail extra water flows intended to support endangered delta smelt. The change has sparked debate over protections for fish.

Los Angeles Times

Governor #Desantis:
Should we commence with the socialist bailout of Florida following #Milton, let the free market handle it, or send thoughts and prayers?
—Sincerely,
The Rest of the USA

@AxiosNews @axios-local-tampa-bay-AxiosNews
@desantiswarroom

FCC chair slams Trump’s call to revoke CBS and ABC broadcast licenses

Trump's "threats against free speech are serious," Jessica Rosenworcel says.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/fcc-chair-slams-trumps-call-to-revoke-cbs-and-abc-broadcast-licenses/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Trump wants CBS license revoked; FCC chair explains that isn’t going to happen

Trump’s “threats against free speech are serious,” Jessica Rosenworcel says.

Ars Technica