Trump signs order diverting water to California farmers against state wishes
Source: The Hill
Trump signs order diverting water to California farmers against state wishes
Rebecca Beitsch 9 hrs ago
President Trump on Wednesday signed an order in California to reengineer the state's water plans, completing a campaign promise to funnel water from the north to a thirsty ag industry and growing population further south.
The ceremonial order comes after the Department of Interior late last year reversed its opinion on scientific findings that for a decade extended endangered species protections to various types of fish - a review that had been spurred by the order from Trump.
Trump said the changes to the "outdated scientific research and biological opinions" would now help direct "as much water as possible, which will be a magnificent amount, a massive amount of water for the use of California farmers and ranchers."
"It would be different if you had a drought," Trump added of restrictions. "You don't have a drought. You have tremendous amounts of water."
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-signs-order-diverting-water-to-california-farmers-against-state-wishes/ar-BB10aQvX?li=BBnb7Kz
cstanleytech
(26,087 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,888 posts)that IQ45 does not read, but if he even once did, perhaps he would have stumbled across this:
It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
Yeah, Mark Twain wrote it, and IQ45 insists on proving its truth every single day!
Pachamama
(16,875 posts)Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)Gavin Newsom defied the Generalissimo over sanctuary cities, so the state must suffer, and Californians will thank the Generalissimo for not using nukes to settle his butthurt. (Also, California is a major economy unto itself that helps support the rest of the nation, so of course it serves the Generalissimo's master Vladimir to wreck it.)
When some bunch of shit-kickin' good ol' boys down south want to build a monument to the KKK or execute people for practicing birth control or not saying "Merry Christmas," THEN the Republicans will start talking about "states rights" again.
not fooled
(5,791 posts)Screw CA for defying him and reward wealthy pistachio and other farmers / corporate entities that operate big tracts of thirsty orchard crops in the Central Valley and support red don.
gab13by13
(20,879 posts)farmers, ranchers, and the bottled water industry.
Ford_Prefect
(7,830 posts)State's Rights only apply when "we" say so? How very imperial of him.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,160 posts)Reporting from The New York Times found that Bernhardt continued to work for Westlands as late as April 2017, the month he was nominated to his previous role as deputy secretary of the department. He filed paperwork to end his status as a federal lobbyist in November 2016.
The Fish and Wildlife Service announced in a biological opinion Monday that the federal government is changing decades-old protections on the delta smelt, a small fish species found in Californias Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that has for nearly three decades been a source of conflict between farmers and environmentalists.
Separately, the agency also issued a biological opinion to lift protections on the chinook salmon, a reversal from findings issued in July and subsequently pulled by the administration.
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The announcement is likely to further raise ethics concerns surrounding Bernhardt, who just before joining the administration lobbied on behalf of a farming group based in California to roll back protections on the delta smelt. Bernhardt is currently under federal investigation over several ethics concerns including complaints that he continued to push the efforts of his former employee, Westlands Water District, to advance policy at the Interior Department.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/466943-trump-admin-weakens-california-fish-protections-interior-secretary
Magoo48
(4,660 posts)and all his edicts. Forever. No matter what happens. This is not to say Californias farms dont need water, but to say we must look to and keep our own counsel.
quaint
(2,514 posts)These Photos Tell a Grim Story
The photos show the mountains covered in snow at this time last year following a conveyor belt of storms that brought steady snowfall throughout the winter. A photo taken Feb. 17 of this year illustrates the dreadful condition of the snowpack, which provides water for about 30 percent of California.
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MurrayDelph
(5,281 posts)Along the 5, in the Republican-activist areas, there are signs on farmland saying "Build More Dams."
They never seem to have an inkling that in order for dams to be useful, there has to be water to put IN them.
ripcord
(5,084 posts)Holding dams, not dams that block rivers and streams, would be a good idea especially in Southern California where the rivers are cement lined and none of that water is saved or allowed to percolate down into the aquifer.
yonder
(9,631 posts)...to get in the way of our greedy, grabby interests."
Seriously, thanks and a hearty welcome to DU.
quaint
(2,514 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)as well as their King think. The 2000 drought actually started in 1997 and only increased in speed towards 2000 and beyond.
We are seeing a similiar mirror image this winter as we had in 1997. Our Rainfall total since Xmas is .03 inches,with the possibility of maybe another .04 inches of rain on Saturday. Last year at this time,we were at 2.67 inches of rain for the same time frame. Before the December Rain,we were some 104 days without rain,the second longest time in recorded history with out rain.
Again,you can not fix stupid,this so called EO was to placate Nunes and his Ilk .
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)And continue its data-based water management programs.
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)Bayard
(21,807 posts)Regarding environmental concerns.
People don't realize how much the big corporate farms in the middle of the state rule Calif. They simply don't care how the rest of the state is affected by their water greed.
I am sure they are big trump contributors.
jeffreyi
(1,934 posts)For me, anyway. Much of the water is controlled by the Bureau of Reclamation, Dept. of Interior. And probably a trainload of state water rights. So can the feds overrule the state in these matters?
jeffreyi
(1,934 posts)Link to tweet
?s=19
olddad65
(599 posts)I live in Sacramento. We are on the verge of having the first winter ever in Sacramento of having zero rain fall for the month of February.
Dem2theMax
(9,595 posts)It's 10:30 in the morning, I have all the windows open and it's hot outside. Wouldn't surprise me if it goes into the high 70s or 80s today.
Everything is blooming, and this shouldn't be happening until the end of March or the beginning of April. One day of rain in sight. The last time they predicted that, it didn't happen.
IcyPeas
(21,747 posts)LOL
NO WAY HE SAID THAT
DENVERPOPS
(8,679 posts)to K-12 public schools near you: Trump's Secretary of Education will end any and all Science courses and history classes being taught, starting in the first grade.
Soon after that, the femNazi Secretary will announce Trump's personal vendetta against public education: math courses will no longer be taught beyond the first grade........
Beyond his normal tyrannical proclamations, this will also accomplish two added bonuses:
1) Since the number of classes will be shortened incredibly in the school day, he will no longer have to fund school lunch programs.
2) The new generation will be operating at Trump's own intelligence/knowledge level.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)Just ignore it, CA.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,112 posts)sakabatou
(42,083 posts)Gah
Retrograde
(10,073 posts)I think a drought cycle is staring. In a normal year it would be raining most of February
BigDemVoter
(4,149 posts)I live in San Francisco, and I have yet to meet ANYBODY who supports Pussy-Grabber. . . .
Just IMAGINE if Obama had done something nasty to Mississippi or one of those other typically repig states just for revenge. . . The news media would STILL be jabbering about it, and repigs would scream it to the heavens no matter what anybody else did. . .
Just watch. . . Pussy-Grabber is such a little, whiny man-bitch that he'll go around and try to find something nasty to "one-up" whatever state he decides has gotten too uppity with him. . .
This thing MUST go. . . I fucking hate him so goddamned much. . .
still_one
(91,967 posts)the San Joaquin valley is very conservative, (same area as nunes), and is political favoritism, perhaps hoping with our new same day Election Day registration hoping he can create political mischief in the Democratic primary
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)we had very little rain this winter. We'll get a freak storm in june but it will be negligible. We didn't get the snow pack this year. There is speculation it is the first year of a drought.
mountain grammy
(26,573 posts)Because Im speechless. Its all I got.
Maxheader
(4,366 posts)is allowed to particpate in any legislation concerning envirnmental impact..
How much time and money is used to fight bullshit laws created by the wingers? During the time brownbak was guvnr of kansaas, the courts were tied up with voter registration laws that were illegal..unconstitutional and just stupid.
Hope they can defeat this attempt by the rich interests that promoted it...
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)Nunes' district is Real Murricans..