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Friend,

As legislators returned to Sacramento to work on pressing issues, so did
corporate lobbyists! Right now, legislators are contemplating a bill that
would bail out a corporation at the expense endangered species, wildlife,
sacred sites, and communities in the desert valley near Joshua Tree
National Park. AB 2255 seeks to require taxpayers and public utilities to
fund the $2.5 billion Eagle Crest Project, even if they would not directly
benefit from it.   

This is simply bad policy for California.

The Eagle Crest project would extract thousands of acre-feet of ice-age
groundwater from an arid desert valley directly next to Joshua Tree
National Park. The water would then be stored in uncovered reservoirs
where it would rapidly evaporate, requiring continued pumping of
aquifers. The National Park Service already concluded that the Eagle Crest
project “would cause damaging overdraft conditions” by over-pumping
groundwater from an already over-drafted aquifer.  

Just last year we finally won the fight against the Cadiz water project in
the Mojave Desert. We need the legislature to once again reject an attempt
to privatize California’s precious desert resources.

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Can we count on your to urge the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and
your legislator to vote NO on AB 2255?

We are strong supporters of renewable energy initiatives when they are
economically and environmentally justified. However, this project will
destroy sensitive ecosystems! We can’t stand for this.

We need swift action, now. If this legislation passes it will cost
tax-payers $2.5 billion and cause irreparable damage to Joshua Tree
National Park.

[ [link removed] ]<<< Act right now: call your Assemblymember now and urge them to OPPOSE
AB 2255. >>>

Don’t sit this one out,

Melissa Romero

Legislative Affairs Manager

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