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Sejal Choksi-Chugh, Executive Director of the San Francisco Baykeeper, believes that “it’s nuts” to ask California’s urban water users to voluntarily reduce water use while allowing almond, walnut, and pistachio growers to use large amounts of water – enough to flood all of Rhode Island and Delaware to waist-deep – during a record drought. On July 15, Governor Gavin Newsom added nine counties to the More
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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Dan Bacher.