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Unlikely Partnerships Spring From California Water Crisis
2014-04-17 22:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: At a recent rally in Fresno County, Calif., farmers in plaid shirts stood side by side with migrant farmworkers in ball caps, holding signs that read "sin agua, no futuro" and "no water, no food." Fresno is the top agriculture-producing county in the U.S., with more than $6 billion in annual sales. Protesters argued that farms could go out of business without more water, and there would be mass layoffs. That rhetoric may be familiar, but the two groups' alliance is decidedly unusual. "I'm really...
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