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Earth Day Lessons for California
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 4.23.2008 9:30:00 PM
SACRAMENTO – Earth Day events here were rather different this year. Car dealers showcased their latest hybrids, hippies were little in evidence, and the crowd was more upscale. There was even, yes, valet parking for bicycles. The baleful note of past events was missing and for that there is some justification.
Can California Dig a Peripheral Canal?
Submitted by Amy Kaleita, Ph.D on 4.15.2008 7:00:00 PM
When rumors began circulating in late February that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was about to issue an executive order to study options for a peripheral canal that would divert water from the Sacramento River around the delicate Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, legislators, environmentalists, and central valley farmers alike felt the sting of an old wound. The bitter history and potential future of the peripheral canal idea underscores the need for effective and efficient solutions to California’s ever-growing problems of water supply.
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