![]() To its credit, DWR recognizes it has an environmental justice problem on its hands with the Tunnel project. It was clear from the webinar that DWR intended to limit the scope of environmental justice (EJ) analysis of the Delta Conveyance Project (the ‘Tunnel’) as narrowly as it possibly can, and that this Spring’s environmental justice report and upcoming EJ chapter in the Tunnel environmental impact report (EIR) next year will strive for as much decoration of the Tunnel and as little substance as possible about its impacts on Delta EJ communities. ![]() More than 100 people attended mid-program, and there were still about 75 by the start of the Q&A portion of the agenda ninety minutes in. The event was sponsored by the DWR and was the last of four such webinars this summer. It was a welcome statement of a fact that Restore the Delta documented five years ago. If the California Department of Water Resources says it, it must be official: “Most of the Delta qualifies as an environmental justice community,” said DWR environmental program manager Carrie Buckman at a recent Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Justice webinar. ![]() ![]() Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on Pinterestīy Tim Stroshane, policy analyst for Restore the Delta ![]()
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