btaf45@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 3 months agoTrump says all we need to do is turn on a "giant faucet" to solve California droughtwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down17
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minus-squareZer0_F0x@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 months agoJon Oliver has a piece on that issue. IIRC Farmers have to use all the water they are allocated or they could lose the rights to it, so they have to plant crops that require a lot of water. It’s a policy issue that the farmers had to adapt to
Jon Oliver has a piece on that issue. IIRC Farmers have to use all the water they are allocated or they could lose the rights to it, so they have to plant crops that require a lot of water. It’s a policy issue that the farmers had to adapt to