Gov. Newsom's planned $20 billion tunnel to divert more water south and bypass the Delta would bring years of noise, pollution and traffic.

The tunnel project still needs several state and federal permits, and faces multiple legal challenges from environmental and community groups, including the Delta Legacy Communities, a nonprofit ...

SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is the West Coast’s largest estuary, an awe-inspiring area of wetlands with 700 miles of waterways and 1,100 miles of levees nestled between the ...

The tunnel has been the focus of intense debate in California for more than 60 years. It’s the epicenter of water wars that have pitted Delta locals, environmentalists, tribes and the fishing ...

Newsom has called the $20 billion, 45-mile-long tunnel through the crumbling delta — now known as the Delta Conveyance Project — key to the state’s climate adaptation as it stares down an ...

The Delta tunnel — which would span three counties, cost $16+ billion and take 14 years to construct — would increase greenhouse gas emissions, harm endangered species on land and in waterways ...

The Delta tunnel is back with new money problems and a climate change twist. | formulanone/Flickr DELTA DÉJA VU: California’s longest-running water gambit is reemerging from the shadows.

Valley Water in the South Bay is set to vote Tuesday on whether or not to join other local water agencies in contributing to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Central Valley water tunnel project.

The governor’s planned $20 billion tunnel to divert more water south and bypass the Delta would bring years of construction noise, pollution and traffic.

Building a controversial tunnel on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, shown here on June 22, 2023, would cost $20 billion. Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters ...

In summary The governor’s planned $20 billion tunnel to divert more water south and bypass the Delta would bring years of construction noise, pollution and traffic. Residents worry their rural ...