Dan Bacher

Dan Bacher is an environmental journalist in Sacramento. He can be reached at: Dan Bacher danielbacher@fishsniffer.com.

Appeals Court Rejects Big Oil’s Lawsuit Against L.A. Youth Groups, City of Los Angeles

PG&E Topples Western States Petroleum Association in California Lobbying

On Extinction’s Edge: Fall Fish Survey Finds Zero Delta Smelt

Judge Orders Moratorium on Offshore Fracking in Federal Waters off California

California Senate Defeats Bill that Would Hand Over Electric Grid to Trump Administration

Coalition Slams Delta Tunnels Finance Authority’s Request for $1.6 Billion Loan from Trump

Nestlé Scores Permit to Siphon Water From SoCal Creek

CA Senate Committee Passes Bill That Would Keep State Dependent on Dirty Energy

California Lacks Real Marine Protection as Offshore Drilling Expands in State Waters

Winnemem Wintu Tribe Sue to Stop Waste Discharge at Mt. Shasta Water Bottling Facility

California’s Love Affair With Big Oil: from Marine ‘Protection’ to Cap-and-Trade

Gov. Jerry Brown Already Expanded Offshore Oil Drilling in State Waters

Jerry Brown tells indigenous protesters in Bonn, ‘Let’s put you in the ground’

Westlands Water District: California WaterFix Is ‘Not Financially Viable’

Winnemem Wintu, Fishing Groups Sue to Block Ecosystem-Killing Delta Tunnels

Big Oil Spent $10.8 Million to Pass Jerry Brown’s Cap-and-Trade Bill

Ten Concrete Actions Jerry Brown Can Take to Become a Real Green Governor

The Dark Heart of California’s Water Politics

Oil Money Out, People Power In

Big Oil’s Revolving Door in California

Federal Scientists Find Delta Tunnels Plan Will Devastate Salmon

Bad Year for Klamath River Salmon

Extinction 2017: California Edition

Trump Administration Exempts Three CA Oil Fields From Water Protection Rule at Jerry Brown’s Request

The Ongoing Crisis at Oroville

Jerry Brown Praises Trump’s Plan for New Tunnels and Other Infrastructure

New CA Carbon Trading Legislation Answers Big Oil’s Call to Continue Business As Usual

Obama Administration Orders Speedy Completion of Delta Tunnels Plan

“Green” Governor Jerry Brown Appoints Oil Industry Loyalist to Public Utilities Commission

Inspector General says Reclamation Wasted $32.2 Million on Klamath irrigators

The Big Corporate Money Behind Jerry Brown

Western States Petroleum Association Continues to Top CA Lobbying Expenses

The Hired Gun: Jerry Brown Snags Bruce Babbitt as New Point Man For Delta Tunnels

Ventura Oil Spill Highlights Big Oil Regulatory Capture

Feds to Probe Misuse of State Funds for Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels

Merle Haggard and the Politics of Salmon

Governor Jerry Brown Receives Cold, Dead Fish Award Four Years In A Row

California Fish Species Plummet To Record Lows

Big Oil Trashes the California Coast

Waterlogged Almond Industry Prospers During Drought

Pit River Tribe Rallies to Protect Medicine Lake

A Day Without Steelhead

Federal Appeals Court Backs Protections for Central Valley Salmon

Big Oil Lobbyist Heroically Defends the First Amendment

Why I Won’t Step Foot in a Walmart

Big Oil’s Favorite Governor: Jerry Brown

Will Obama Administration Inaction Lead to Another Klamath River Fish Kill?

How Big Oil Bought Sacramento

Big Oil Lobbyist Serves on Federal Marine Protected Areas Panel

The Emptying of Northern California Reservoirs