Keeping Watch for Clean Water
In the months since the Alisal Fire burned nearly 17,000 acres on the Gaviota Coast, protecting the burn scar from erosion and local waterways from fire-related contaminants has become increasingly important—especially during the season of winter storms. Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and Heal the Ocean are working together as part of a larger community effort to… Read more
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and the Ecological Rights Foundation recently reached a settlement agreement with Southern California Edison (Edison) to clean up facilities identified as sources of toxic contaminants that flow into streams, rivers, and other waterways.The organizations filed a lawsuit against Edison on June 8, 2020, alleging that the company operated 27 facilities in its… Read more
On September 24th, nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Representative Salud Carbajal, filed a brief in support of appeals filed by the Environmental Defense Center (“EDC”) and Santa Barbara Channelkeeper (“SBCK”), the State of California, and other environmental groups, in their case challenging federal government agencies’ approval of offshore fracking and acidizing. … Read more
Channelkeeper’s advocacy for Ventura River reached an important milestone on August 5th, when the City of Ventura, for the first time in history, curtailed all water pumping at its well field at Foster Park, specifically for the purpose of restoring flows to the parched river ecosystem. Flows rebounded within days.The pause in pumping represents a… Read more