Trump wades into California's 'water wars' with environmental standards memo

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Trump wades into California's 'water wars' with environmental standards memo

President will sign memo directing agencies to review standards that conservatives argue are keeping water from farmers

Emily Holden
Fri 19 Oct 2018 21.28 BST

The Trump administration is wading into California’s “water wars” on behalf of embattled Republicans and agricultural interests weeks before the November midterm elections.

Donald Trump signed a memo on Friday directing agencies to review and revise or rescind environmental standards that conservatives argue are keeping water from flowing to farmers in the Central Valley. He is also setting deadlines for biological assessments of regional projects.

Trump signed the memo in Arizona alongside the California Republican Jeff Denham, who is in a tight race as the GOP tries to hang on to control of the House, according to Politico.

Any changes may not do much in the short term to increase water supplies to the region, but offer a political win for the state’s Republicans, less than three weeks away from the elections on 6 November.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/19/trump-california-water-wars-environmental-standards-memo

[stopbush]

1. The almond farmers are upset.

They need a gallon of water to grow a single almond. And cheap water at that.

tRump understands nothing about anything. Just another example of his childish mind being easily controlled by whoever gets close to his pumpkin head. The fact that he in his small mind is attacking CA is a bonus.