GregCocks · @GregCocks
119 followers · 140 posts · Server techhub.socialWall Street Eyes Billions In The Colorado’s Water
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/business/colorado-river-water-rights.html <-- NYT article
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[when speculators get involved, well…]
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Lia Mendez · @lia_mendez
12 followers · 5 posts · Server mastodon.worldThe legal deets on the complaint filed earlier this month by the Sierra Club and a coalition of local environmental orgs against the City of #Bakersfield:
The complaint alleges the city's diversion of Kern River 💧 regularly results in the complete dewatering of the #KernRiver, "w/out satisfying its duties under the CA Constitution, the Public Resources Code, Fish & Game Code, the CA Civil Code, & the #publictrust doctrine."
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