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Glass half full for California water, as administration seeks new science study

Posted by: Maven on September 30, 2009 at 12:58 pm

From McClatchy Newspapers:

“The nation’s most respected scientists should re-examine California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the controversial measures now protecting it, the Obama administration declared Wednesday.

In a nod to Central Valley residents and their increasingly angry congressional allies, the administration agreed to seek an independent review by the National Academy of Sciences. The study, announced at an often-heated public hearing Wednesday morning, would include a search for alternative environmental protections that might demand less sacrifice from farmers.

“This is a huge priority for the president and for me,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said. “We will do our part.”

Salazar’s promise, though, did not completely calm the Californians from both parties and many perspectives who are vehemently demanding more help with the state’s water shortage.

“Our farm workers are hurting,” Orange Cove Mayor Victor Lopez shouted. “How in the hell can you pay your rent? How are you going to pay your mortgage? (And) we just keep talking and talking.” …”

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September 30, 2009 · Filed Under Wildlife & Endangered Species

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