Trump has sided firmly with farmers, pledging to increase water deliveries to farms, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom has tried to seek a middle road between the warring interests. Many in the conservation community have charged that the state has done too little for watershed protection. … [Read more...] about California sues Trump administration again — this time over water
Sacramento
Column: Trump gives politically connected farmers more water, at expense of everyone else
Trump promised to send “a magnificent amount” of water to Central Valley farms. In a news release that might have made George Orwell bow down in admiration for its audacious twisting of the truth, the Interior Department asserted that Trump’s action “optimizes water delivery and increases species protection” in the Central Valley. In reality, the action throws water flows through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta out of whack and does so by reducing species protection. … [Read more...] about Column: Trump gives politically connected farmers more water, at expense of everyone else
