MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
Press on the Center’s Challenge to Monterey Plus and Privatization of Kern Water Bank:
July 26, 2011 – "Storing Water for a Dry Day Leads to Suits," The New York Times
Winter 2011– "Lost In the Valley of Excess: California’s wealthiest growers, poorest workers, and the water between them," Earth Journal
November 11, 2010 – "A Pistachio Farmer, Pom Wonderful, and the FTC," Businessweek
September 5, 2010 – “’Chinatown II’? Water Bank Sued as Wells Go Dry,” Fresno Bee
August 31, 2010 – “Saving it for Later: Groundwater Banking,” Western Water Magazine
August 18, 2010 – “Something’s not right about this California water deal,” The Los Angeles Times
July 12, 2010 – “Suit to Get Kern Water Bank Returned to State,” San Francisco Chronicle
July 2, 2010 – “Environmentalists Sue to Stop Water Banking,” Bakersfield Californian
June 3, 2010 – “Lawsuit Seeks Return of Millions for Failed Delta Protection Plan,”Contra Costa Times
June 3, 2010 – “Lawsuit Challenges California Water Bank Deal,” Associated Press
June 3, 2010 – “Groups File Lawsuit to Block Backroom Water Deal,” San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center
Other Useful News on the State Water Project and Bay-Delta Pumping
September 9, 2010 – “Delta Talks Go Behind Closed Doors,” Contra Costa Times
September 7, 2010 – “Latest Delta Lawsuit Could Pack a Wallop,” Contra Costa Times
August 22, 2010 – “Funny how it all comes back to Kern River water,” Bakersfield Californian
July 31, 2010 – “State Report’s Recipe for a Restored Delta: More Water,” San Francisco Chronicle
July 31, 2010 – “More Wells Go Dry in Rosedale,” Bakersfield Californian
May 15, 2010 – “Dry Wells Prompt Groundwater Lawsuit,” Bakersfield Californian
April 16, 2010 – “Billionaires Sued Over California Water Sales,” Associated Press
Investigative Reports On Kern Water Bank and the Monterey Amendments: Ground-breaking work to expose privatization and misuse of the State Water Project and Kern Water Bank
May 25, 2009 – “Gaming the Water System,” Contra Costa Times
May 23, 2009 – “Water Ownership Murky, Complicated,” Contra Costa Times
May 23, 2009 – “Paper Shuffle Allows for Vast Supply of Easy Money,” Contra Costa Times
May 23, 2009 – “Pumping Water and Cash from the Delta,” Contra Costa Times
May 23, 2009 – “The Resnicks: Farming’s Power Couple,” Contra Costa Times
December 19, 2003 – “Massive Farm Owned by L.A. Man Uses Water Bank Conceived for State Needs,” The Los Angeles Times
2003 – “Water Heist: How Corporations are Cashing In On California’s Water,” Public Citizen
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