Dan Bacher

1 week ago | indybay.org | Dan Bacher

On a warm and balmy Sacramento evening, a coalition of environmental justice advocates, climate leaders, health care professionals and representatives of frontline communities rallied at the State Capitol in Sacramento on May 27 to show their support for the Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act.

1 week ago | elkgrovedailynews.com | Dan Bacher

The 22nd annual Salmon Run on the Klamath River, from May 22-25, 2025, was one for the history books. Under the theme “Undammed,” the run honored the first return of salmon following the largest dam removal project in U.S. history. Four PacifiCorp dams were removed on the Klamath in 2024, allowing Chinook salmon, coho salmon and steelhead to ascend into the upper river above the former dam sites for the first time in over 100 years.

1 week ago | elkgrovedailynews.com | Dan Bacher

Washington, D.C. — On April 22, Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) announced the reintroduction of the California Clean Coast Act, a bill that would permanently ban future offshore oil and gas leasing in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California. This act was the first bill Congressman Carbajal introduced as a Member of Congress, according to an announcement from his office.

2 weeks ago | elkgrovedailynews.com | Dan Bacher

As Central Valley salmon and Delta fish populations plummet to record low levels, the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC) and a coalition of statewide organizations dedicated to the “equitable stewardship of California’s water resources” sent letters to legislative leaders urging them to reject Governor Newsom’s proposed budget trailer bill.

2 weeks ago | indybay.org | Dan Bacher

Richmond, CA - Imagine a corporation so notorious that there is an international day dedicated to exposing its violation of human rights, environmental devastation and complicity with genocide. That company is the oil giant Chevron. As part of the international Anti-Chevron Day, climate justice advocates and community members across the Bay Area on May 21 organized simultaneous banner drops across freeway overpasses in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Richmond.