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.

<<< We need your help to prevent the bill from moving forward! >>>

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.

<<< 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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