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Environmental

Jul. 15, 2014

Environmentalists lose in effort to stop massive water transfer

A federal judge in Fresno ruled Friday that a deal to transfer water from senior water rights holders near Sacramento to farmers in the drought-ravaged San Joaquin Valley can go forward.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

In a blow to environmentalists, a federal judge in Fresno ruled Friday that a deal to transfer water from senior water rights holders near Sacramento to farmers in the drought-ravaged San Joaquin Valley can go forward.

Nonprofits Aqualliance and California Sportifishing Protection Alliance had sought a preliminary injunction against the $32 million deal, arguing that federal officials did a flawed environmental review of the t...

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