U.S. House approves bill that would remake California water law
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 01:30
in Earth & Climate
The House of Representatives approves a bill that overrides California's environmental protections and changes federal irrigation policy. But its prospects are dim in the Senate.The House approved a bill Wednesday that rewrites two decades of water law in California, wiping out environmental protections and dropping reforms of federal irrigation policy that have long irritated agribusiness in the Central Valley.