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关于三角洲的创造性观点

关于三角洲的创造性观点
By Caty Wagner

海湾三角洲重新想象

科学家,艺术家和环境倡导者实际上召集了11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference上周介绍并分享了旧金山湾湾系统中环境决策的最佳科学。参与者通过小组讨论,演示文稿,海报和艺术品探讨了一系列主题,包括鲑鱼管理,水生植被,水文学和气候变化。

该活动的特色是各种独特而引人入胜的艺术品 - 包括该地区微生物的图纸和由姜饼建造的鲑鱼栖息地。A watercolor seriesdepicting the Delta tunnel in the past, present and future, painted by our very own water organizer, Caty Wagner, was a highlight.

该系列描绘的是世纪以世纪的形式描绘的,如果要建立拟议的三角洲运输单隧道项目,那么人类引起的环境降解和气候变化如何已经改变,并且可能会继续变化。

瓦格纳(Wagner)于1821年将三角洲地区描绘成郁郁葱葱的景观,晴朗的天空,灰狼,加利福尼亚灰熊和沙丘式起重机。在欧洲定居者迁徙之前的时代,三角洲的水域是内华达山脉的雪堆,没有农药,硝酸盐和其他道路和农场的径流。

The watercolor depicting the Delta today, in 2021, shows a sky that is smoggier, hills that are dryer from the hottest years on record, fewer birds and animals, and water that is rife with toxic algae due to reduced water flows from dams and exports.

2121水彩画会想象一下,如果要通过该地区建造三角洲运输单隧道项目,三角洲地区可能会从现在开始一个世纪。水流将大大降低,导致鲑鱼灭绝,更滞水的水和更严重的有害藻华。气候变化增加了野火的频率和严重程度,并显着降低了用于进食三角洲水域的可用融雪。

开云体育连串过关加利福尼亚塞拉俱乐部正在努力防止2021年对海湾三角洲的愿景。隧道不会产生新的水,会降低现有的水质,并会极大地影响该地区捕鱼和野生动植物所依赖的栖息地。我们正在与水区代表交谈,并正在教育公众。加入usin the fight.

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Legislation Addresses California’s Idle-Deserted Well Problem
By Lauren Cullum

压裂场

The California Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee will vote on Tuesday, April 13th, on SB 47—立法由参议员莫妮克·利蒙(MoniqueLimón)撰写,旨在增加加利福尼亚州废弃油井的资金。

California has a massive idle-deserted oil well problem. As the fossil fuel industry declines, oil operators are increasingly abandoning their responsibility to decommission and remediate oil wells, and passing along this cost to state taxpayers.

Almost 70,000 wells in California are at risk of being deserted because they are either idle or economically marginal. More than 5,500 wells are already deserted or have no viable operator.

In 2018, a California Council on Science & Technology (“CCST”) report estimated it would cost about $5.8 billion to remediate all idle, economically marginal, and deserted wells.

这些荒芜的井是公共卫生和环境的风险。荒芜的井会泄漏,降解空气质量,污染含水层和饮用水,并危害周围社区的健康。为了保护加利福尼亚人和环境的健康和安全,必须堵塞和放弃这些荒芜的井。

从明年开始,加利福尼亚地质能源管理部(“ Calgem”)预算用于补救荒芜的井的预算将从每年300万美元下降到100万美元。这笔资金来自石油行业,这对于加利福尼亚州完全不足以应对全州估计的5,540井井。仅在Echo Park中堵塞并放弃了两个荒芜的井,卡尔吉人就花费了超过100万美元。

SB 47将通过授权Calgem每年花费高达1000万美元来堵塞和放弃空无一人的油井,来帮助解决加利福尼亚荒芜的油井危机。允许卡尔格(Calgem)使用石油行业的更多资金来堵塞荒芜的井,将确保这些成本不会传递给纳税人。

Sierra Club Califonia and our allies will be calling in on Tuesday to urge our California leaders to vote YES on SB 47, and we encourage our members to do the same.

Call-in information can be found on the Committee’s网站


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