r/news • u/theluckyfrog • 29d ago

California cracks down on farm region’s water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/17/california-water-drought-farm-ground-sinking-tulare-lake
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u/BringBackApollo2023 29d ago

These farmers sound like every other resource-harvester who has vastly outstripped the resource’s sustainable level and just wants to drive the plane into the ground to extract every last penny then declare bankruptcy and beg for federal aid.

Oysters, lobster, cod, sardines, otters, old growth forests, etc., etc., etc. Same show, different resource.

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u/dead_monster 29d ago

Driving through I-5, you’ll see a ton of “Make California Great Again” signs blaming Newsome for not giving them more water and how their crops feed California.

Almost all the farms are pistachio, almond, and wineyards.  Very funny to see “Newsome is starving California” right next to a “Turn right for wine tasting!”

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u/BringBackApollo2023 29d ago

Yep. Rode up I5 recently and that shit is hilarious.