Stephen Council: tRump's 2.2 billion-gallon dump from #California reservoirs just got even uglier: The Washington Post snagged a memo written by an Army Corps of Engineers official who worked on the releases
#water #ArmyCorps
https://www.sfgate.com/centralcalifornia/article/trump-california-reservoir-dump-kaweah-success-20209496.php
Col. Chad W. Caldwell, commander of the #ArmyCorps’ Sacramento district, wrote that the #water that poured out of Lake Kaweah & Success Lake “could not be delivered to Southern California directly.” To do so would have required several steps of coordination w/ #California state & federal agencies to transport the water to a rarely used connection point, & it quickly became clear that was impossible in such little time, acc/to the memo.
Exclusive: #ArmyCorps knew #Trump order would waste #California #water, memo shows
The #ArmyCorpsOfEngineers colonel responsible for releasing #reservoir water at Trump’s direction knew it wouldn’t reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #science #wildfires #drought #agriculture #farms #crops #DrinkingWater #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/07/trump-water-release-california-fires/
Standing Rock replied, pointing out the flaws in approach and demanding redress.
For now, it's up to us to lend a hand. We must flood the #ArmyCorps with a single, unified message:
This illegal pipeline's operations must be terminated and the Army Corps must start over with a legitimate environmental review. In the midst of a #ClimateEmergency, let's defend sacred ground and safeguard #UnciMaka (our Grandmother Earth). This may be our last, best chance to end DAPL once and for all.
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