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Rewatering the San Joaquin river
Matthews, Nathan
Matthews, Nathan
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Matthews, Nathan
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climate ethics
water
law
water
law
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Political ethics
Environmental ethics
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"The San Joaquin River is the main artery of the second largest river system in California. Historically, the river flowed through the Central Valley before merging with the Sacramento River and emptying into San Francisco Bay. However, for most of the past fifty years, water diversions at Friant Dam authorized by the Federal Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) have left a sixty mile stretch of this river dry. In 1988, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the Bureau in Natural Resources Defense Council v. Houston,1 alleging that Friant Dam’s operations on the San Joaquin River violated several state and federal environmental laws." (p. 1)
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2007
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