US Senator Dianne Feinstein’s proposal to divert huge amounts of water to California agribusiness may end up hurting city dwellers more than fish in the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the CoCo Times reports. That’s because California environmental laws might still protect the already devastated fish populations if Feinstein’s proposal goes through, meaning that the extra water for agribusiness will have to taken from urban and suburban water users.
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