Excellent discussion, except that every bad thing is (again) the fault of climate change:
“The decision was released as worldwide climate change has begun to dramatically dry up the desert southwest.”
Uh huh. If it wasn't dramatically dry, it wouldn't be called a desert.
“worldwide climate change has begun to dramatically dry up the desert southwest.”
I get so tired of this bogus claim. If global warming actually melts the ice sheets, there will be more water in the water cycle and more effing rain every where. Less desert, more vegetation.