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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday September 14 2019, @03:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the water-water-everywhere... dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

California is close to adopting strict Obama-era federal environmental and worker safety rules that the Trump administration is dismantling. But as the legislative session draws to a close, the proposal faces fierce opposition from the state's largest water agencies.

To shield California from Trump administration policies, lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow state agencies to lock in protections under the federal Endangered Species Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Fair Labor Standards Act and other bulwark environmental and labor laws that were in place before President Donald Trump took office in January 2017.

Written by one of the most powerful politicians in Sacramento, state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, Senate Bill 1 has strong support from some of California's most influential environmental and labor organizations, including some that helped get Gov. Gavin Newsom elected.

But several of California's water suppliers and agricultural interests, which also flex ample political muscle, oppose the measure. This coalition includes the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which has made SB 1 a top lobbying priority.

The water agencies fear the state would cement into law endangered species protections and pumping restrictions that would add to uncertainties about pumping water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @04:20AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @04:20AM (#893975)

    So precisely which provisions of this proposed legislation do precisely which interests oppose and precisely why?

    All we know now is that some amorphous evil is opposing some amorphous good for amorphously evil reasons.

    Details, please.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @11:29AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @11:29AM (#894031)

    It's too bad there wasn't a more informative source of information than TFS. Like, I dunno, TFA?

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @04:09PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @04:09PM (#894096)

      TFA is not helpful. Have you actually read it? There's nothing in there like: "Paragraph 3 stipulates that water may only be drawn in quantities over 30 gallons after the sacrifice of a blue-eyed, blonde virgin with bodacious tatas." Instead there's lots of complaints about maybe drawing less water and whether or not federal agencies will be bound by the rule - but nothing specific.

      So, more sources for more details? Or is this a story ....

      Wait, I got it! This isn't about water, this is about hand-wringing in California! Thanks, Internet!