Posted on 07/12/2015 9:32:34 AM PDT by Nachum
I read with great interest an article by Republican Rep. Devin Nunes about the real cause of the water shortages in California.
In the summer of 2002, shortly before I was elected to Congress, I sat through an eye-opening meeting with representatives from the Natural Resources Defense Council... they told me something astonishing:
Their goal was to remove 1.3 million acres of farmland from production. They showed me maps that laid out their whole plan: From Merced all the way down to Bakersfield, and on the entire west side of the Valley as well as part of the east side, productive agriculture would end and the land would return to some ideal state of nature.
... large Democratic majorities in Congress passed [a water restriction act] in 1992... [Bush #1 was President in 1992] The act stipulated that 800,000 acre-feet of water — or 260 billion gallons — on the Valley's west side had to be diverted annually to environmental causes, with an additional 400,000 acre-feet later being diverted annually to wildlife refuges.
Lawsuits filed by the NRDC and similar organizations forced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to issue, respectively, biological opinions on smelt (in 2008) and on salmon (in 2009). These opinions virtually ended operation of the Jones and Banks pumping plants — the two major pumping stations that move San Joaquin River Delta water — and resulted in massive diversions of water for environmental purposes.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
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The NRDC is a progressive commie org.
About 25 years I had a friend who was an attorney and she was joining her father’s law firm that was getting ready to specialize in environmental law. She said there was a lot of money in it. I guess she was right. Take it right out of the taxpayer’s pocket.
Born of the same era as the EPA.. and with as much influence as any radical org.
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Natural Resources Defense Council
http://www.nrdc.org/about/
About Us
NRDC is the nation’s most effective environmental action group, combining the grassroots power of more than 2 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of nearly 500 lawyers, scientists and other professionals.
The New York Times calls us “One of the nation’s most powerful environmental groups.” The National Journal says we’re “A credible and forceful advocate for stringent environmental protection.”
Our dedicated staff work with businesses, elected leaders, and community groups on the biggest issues we face today. Our priorities include:
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Think Klamath Falls bucket brigade. Save the fish, screw the humans.
http://www.klamathbasincrisis.org/
They have become a destroyer of nations.. well, ours mostly.
Removing the primary source of illegal jobs totally from the market? They expected the largess of the state at large to make up for the loss? Is the mania of these econuts that badly foregone?
What morons.
On a side note - Selleck never stole the water. His contractor had paid for the right to take the water years ago. Much ado about nothing unless the purpose was to besmirch a famous Republican.
Wow. Kum-bye-ya. And all will be one with Mother Gaia.
The commie RATs that have been destroying Taxifornia continue to do so. This is nothing new. They have been diverting water to ANYTHING that generates more power and control for them. And they REFUSE to build more water storage capacity which would upset the massive leftist green whacko vote and campaign bucks.
Nothing new. And their voting base keeps growing from migration across the southern border...all welcomed with open arms by El Jefe Jerry Brown.
The PC leftist enabling media shapes the message by what they don’t report; just like there is no discussion of how much water is consumed by California’s millions of illegal aliens.
By way of comparison, 1.3 million acres (2,000 sq mi) would be the farmland in four or five Iowa counties. Probably figured arranging to steal it by making it worthless would be cheaper than just buying it.
Isn’t farmland like in-line with nature. Soil, seeds, plants, add in water with warm sun and beautiful, edible crops grow?
Idiots and morons on the left.
Bump
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
Them farmers ain’t voting the way they should.
They need to get their minds right.
Those are the limousine liberals beaches and highways.
Who cares about growing food?
The cook gets all the food from the supermarket.
The law of unintended consequences; wipe out the most stable portion of the tax base, raise taxes to make up the short fall, drive out small business because of high taxes, while turning a blind eye to the illegal tidal wave coming for the freebees and your surprised at a state of all minorities at each others throats fighting over the dependency handouts.
Bttt.
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