California's Man-Made Drought

Wall Street Journal | Sep. 2, 2009 (Opinion)

California has a new endangered species on its hands in the San Joaquin Valley—farmers. Thanks to environmental regulations designed to protect the likes of the three-inch long delta smelt, one of America's premier agricultural regions is suffering in a drought made worse by federal regulations. Full Story »

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Posted by: via Wall Street Journal - Sep 1, 2009 - 6:18 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Glenn LaBauve (review), Fred Gatlin (review), Paul Belle-Isle (review)
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 by Fred Gatlin - Sep. 2, 2009

This article would be better if more equal. This is a complex issue and this short story lacks information. The subjects covered lack deep review.

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 by Paul Belle-Isle - Sep. 3, 2009

While this is an important story for California's farmers, the article has a very clear anti-environmental regulation bias.

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