Under the banner of “Dig, Baby, Dig,” the Trump administration is supercharging an already powerful mining industry. What will happen to vulnerable plants and animals?
If California farmers switched to drip irrigation, it would save enough water to fill Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy reservoir 16 times, according to a new study by the Pacific Institute, an Oakland-based water policy center.
Kelly Zito of the San Francisco Chronicle highlights the report, whose controversial recommendations also include overhauling the state's water rights system and raising water prices.
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Under the banner of “Dig, Baby, Dig,” the Trump administration is supercharging an already powerful mining industry. What will happen to vulnerable plants and animals?
