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"...the project was more susceptible to sea-level rise than was understood when it was first proposed more than two decades ago...When Poseidon first proposed its facility at this location nearly 25 years ago, sea level rise projections were much lower and adaptation planning was in its infancy. Since that time, our understanding of the severity and consequences of climate change and sea level rise have grown exponentially.”

Then either 1) move it inland or 2) build a seawall around it. For crying out loud, what a red herring excuse.

And it is PURE BS that our "understanding" of climate change and sea level rise is any better than it was.

The same people who won't build any water infrastructure or desalination plants are importing millions of Mexicans every year. California has 40 million people. Where will they get the water for the next 10 million or 20 million?

California has plenty of water stop growing almonds, rice, and alfalfa in the desert. Alfalfa alone sucks up 5 million acre feet per year that’s enough water for 50 million people. Urban use of water in California is 10% of its total half of that is commercial and industrial so residential is 5% even assuming half of California resident’s were illegals that’s only 2.5% of the total hardly enough to make an impact. Grow dry land crops or fallow acres divert that water which is worth way more to the retail market. Only 2% of state GSP is agricultural in Cali so one a acrefoot per dollar of gross State product it makes more sense to divert water from agricultural use to commercial and industrial by a large margin. People like to beat the dead horse of illegals this and illegals that in this case it’s a textbook straw man argument as the numbers clearly show but hey don’t let facts get in the way of a good ole fashioned political hissy fit the left does it all the time why not the right too.

Here is the actual numbers to back the above observations.

https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/