A lot is at stake with the Trump administration: California's water projects, its uniqu clean air rules, offshore wind and wildfire disaster aid.
A sign welcomes people to California, as the Tamarack fire burns in the background in 2021. California's federal disaster aid for wildfires will be reliant on the new Trump administration. Photo by Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images, Sipa USA via ReutersA lot is at stake with the new Trump administration: California’s water projects, its unique authority to clean its air, federal support for offshore wind and disaster aid for wildfires.
Trump has never lacked advice for California on how the state should manage its ever-growing wildfire threat.withhold federal fire disaster aidhe made another threat to withhold fire aid should he be reelected. Trump scolded Newsom for not properly managing the state’s water supplies and vowed that if the governor did not toe the line. “We’re not giving any of that fire money that we send you all the time for all the fire, forest fires that you have. It’s not hard to do.
“If you are a resident of California you need to be concerned about this,” Rice said. “Will the 47th president of the United States withhold federal disaster relief from the state of California? It’s difficult to comprehend. What if we have an earthquake, what if we have mudslides? This is one of those things that should be hands off.
But sources said Trump, upon taking office, could almost immediately bypass those rules to increase exports from the Delta. He could issue an executive order, for instance, that ramps up pumping early next year, according to Ashley Overhouse, the California water policy advisor for Defenders of Wildlife.
“The farmers up north are going to be able to use 100% of their land, not 1% of their land, and the water is going to come all the way down to Los Angeles.”with a push to enlarge Lake Shasta, the infrastructural headwaters of the Central Valley Project, which sends water south to farmers. This wouldat least double federal water deliveries
Allison Febbo, general manager of the Westlands Water District — a major recipient of federal Delta exports for growers — congratulated the Republican candidate in a statement. But there is a catch: Each of California’s emission standards must be granted a waiver from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before it can take effect., including its landmark zero-emission car rule. Others require cleaner trucks, locomotives, commercial ships and off-road diesel vehicles like tractors and construction equipment. The most controversial one
An EPA spokesperson said the agency is “reviewing the requests closely to make sure its decisions are durable and grounded in the law.” “We expect pushback from the Trump administration, so we’ll see what he does and how he does it, and we will push back legally,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said at a press conference on Thursday.
When the Trump administration attempted to roll back California’s standards, many major automakers chose to negotiate with the state instead to avoid the uncertainty. The state in 2020with BMW, Ford, Honda, Volkswagen Group of America and Volvo, which agreed to follow the state’s standards through 2026 regardless of what the federal government did.
The state’s large economy gives it considerable influence as manufacturers and corporations can’t afford to ignore California’s car and truck market. Another potential challenge could come from Congress if Republicans retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Congressional Review Act allows Congress to revoke federal rules approved during a certain timeframe at the end of an administration. Legal experts, however, debate whether that law would apply to EPA actions related to California’s clean-air waivers.
Trump has long carried a grievance against offshore wind turbines, a dislike that may have begun with turbines that the former president said spoiled the seaward view from his golf club in Scotland. He has repeated, many times over the years and at recent campaign rallies, the unsubstantiated claims that wind farms cause cancer and environmental damage. . “They ruin the environment, they kill the birds, they kill the whales.
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