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Funding could be biggest hurdle faced by the delta tunnel as water users weigh costs versus benefits of the $16 billion project

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
The controversial Delta Conveyance Project may have bigger problems than legal action over its recently approved environmental impact report.  Who’s going to pay the estimated $16 billion price tag? The concept, a tunnel to take Sacramento River water beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to thirsty towns and farms further south, relies on the end users…
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Climate change is pushing more San Joaquin Valley farmers to buy crop insurance as losses mount

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
After historic flooding in California’s Tulare Lake subbasin last year, farmers in Kings County alone submitted claims of $86 million in losses for crop insurance.  That’s 3.3% of the total gross value of agricultural products listed in the 2022 Kings County crop report. And it’s far above the $8 million in losses reported for 2022,…
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Tiny, rural Allensworth takes on climate change with help from state grant

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
The fight against climate change is coming to the small town of Allensworth in Tulare County.  The state awarded $300,000 to the Allensworth Progressive Association, a local nonprofit, to “implement neighborhood-level projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve public health and the environment and expand economic opportunity for residents,” according to a press release from…
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