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Radical environmentalists worked hand-in-glove with allies in the media to derail potential solutions by a slyly-developed attack on scientific process.
Senate Bill 1 freezes the law and regulations for air and water quality to those in effect on the final day of the Obama presidency.
Amid a transition of leadership, the California Fresh Fruit Association has hired Courtney Razor as its new Director of Member Services and Communications.
Before Westlands could study if raising Shasta Dam negatively affects the McCloud River, California’s AG convinced a court it would, halting the study.
Conway, the former Assembly GOP Leader, is the latest Valley politico to join the Trump administration in the Ag department.
Calif. voters approved more than $25bil in water funding since 1970. Now, state agencies want public input on the same issues the money was meant to solve.
While falling short of goals in 2018, local officials are trying again to improve farmworker access to vanpools for transportation to and from work.
Citing plaintiff lawyers’ cut of settlements, Setton Farms is offering cash settlements directly to employees to end the three-minute-per-day wage dispute.
The Bureau of Reclamation released a draft environmental report on changes to coordinated operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project.
With a NAFTA replacement on the table, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue and Reps. Jim Costa, TJ Cox, Josh Harder, and Doug LaMalfa heard an earful from farmers.
