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The Resnicks Manipulate Water Policy with Big Campaign Contributions

Posted on Feb 17, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Expect the influence by corporate giants like the Resnicks to increase even more due to the recent Supreme Court decisions that blocks bans on corporate spending for candidates.

Is Schwarzenegger's Big Drought Over?

Posted on Jan 19, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Don't be surprised if Schwarzenegger will now use the threat of catastrophic flooding of Biblical proportions to promote the $11.1 water bond on the November ballot.

USDA Data Dispels Myth that California's West Side Growers 'Feed the Nation'

Posted on Jan 8, 2010, Source: AlterNet

An "Astroturf" agribusiness group has relentlessly promoted the myth that crops grown on drainage-impaired land on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley "feed the nation."

Schwarzenegger Uses State of the State Address To Push Misguided $11.1 Billion Water Bond

Posted on Jan 7, 2010, Source: AlterNet

He gushed about the legislative package that clears the path for a peripheral canal, new dams and the destruction of the California Delta as one his major "accomplishments."

NASA Report Highlights Need to Retire Drainage Impaired Land in California

Posted on Dec 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The retirement of drainage impaired land on the San Joaquin's west side should be a priority if we want to preserve California's limited water supply and fisheries.

Surprise: Schwarzenegger Uses 'Drought' Announcement to Promote Canal, Dams

Posted on Dec 3, 2009, Source: AlterNet

A broad coalition oppose the peripheral canal because it would inevitably result in the increased diversion of Delta water to corporate agribusiness and southern California.

Revealed: Astroturf Groups Planning Massive California Water Grab to Benefit Big Ag and SoCal

Posted on Nov 28, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Their ultimate goals are to increase water exports from the imperiled Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to corporate agribusiness and southern California.

Environmental Groups Across California Oppose Legislative Water Package

Posted on Oct 30, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Today environmental groups from around California weighed in with their opposition to the dangerous proposed water legislation.

Groups Rally to Stop Nestle's Raid on Sacramento Water

Posted on Oct 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Grassroots community activists are mobilizing against the internationally boycotted corporation that is planning to bottle water in an already parched state.

Governor Schwarzenegger Holds California Hostage to Peripheral Canal Water Bond

Posted on Oct 9, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Schwarzenegger said he wants a water bill package including a peripheral canal and dams on his desk by Friday night before he will act on 700 bills awaiting his signature.

Agreement Reached On the Klamath River -- Why the Largest Dam Removal Project in History May Be Underway Soon

Posted on Oct 1, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The government, three Indian Tribes and 25 other parties released a tentative agreement providing for the removal of four Klamath River dams owned by billionaire Warren Buffett.

Schwarzenegger Celebrates 'Green' Policies as He Wages War On Fisheries and Waterways

Posted on Sep 25, 2009, Source: AlterNet

So much for the enviro governor, his record towards fish and water is an unprecedented disaster.

Push for Peripheral Canal in California Ignites Grassroots Uprising

Posted on Sep 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet

A grassroots uprising has ignited to stop a mad rush to build a peripheral canal without regard for many Northern California and Delta constituents.

California Water Wars: Not a Conflict Between Fish and People

Posted on Mar 11, 2009, Source: TruthOut.org

Unfortunately, this characterization of the battle to save the Delta as one of "people versus fish" couldn't be further from the truth.
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