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Governor, forget the dams, says commentary

Posted by: Maven on October 15, 2009 at 9:04 am

From the San Francisco Chronicle, this commentary by Robert Caughlan, co-founder of Friends of the River:

“By clinging to the mummified idea that big dams are the solution to California’s water needs, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is ruining what’s left of his progressive legacy.

Everyone – tree-hugging liberals and tightwad conservatives – agrees that big dams are environmental and economic disasters.

Today, because of the financial meltdown, people are finally and fairly asking: “How much should be paid for water and who should pay for it – the taxpayers or the users? There is considerable evidence that the failure of the Legislature to reach a water deal is partly over the issue of who should pay. It is hoped that we have seen the last of billion-dollar water project boondoggles that only benefit developers and Big Agriculture. …”

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October 15, 2009 · Filed Under Storage and supply

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