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Water Subsidies

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Throwing Good Money at Bad Land

» Read more... | Published October 19, 2010

Power Drain

Big Ag's $100 Million Energy Subsidy
Some of America's richest and largest farms are paying pennies for the vast amounts of electricity needed to deliver irrigation water to California's arid Central Valley.
» Read more... | Published May 29, 2007

FEDS SET TO GIVE 400 FARMS MORE WATER THAN L.A., S.F., SAN DIEGO COMBINED

The federal government is about to make a deal to give a few hundred California farmers control of more water than Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego combined use in a year — at pennies on the dollar of the price paid by urban water users.
» Read more... | Published September 14, 2005

Feingold Bill Would Limit Subsidies To Rich Corporate Farms

A prominent U.S. senator introduced legislation on May 24th to limit federal water subsidies to the richest corporate farms
» Read more... | Published May 23, 2005

EWG News Release

Taking from the Taxpayers: How Bush Gave Big California Farms a $17 Million Bonus
» Read more... | Published February 10, 2005

A $400 Million Xmas Present From U.S. Taxpayers

Federal Water Subsidies To California Farmers
» Read more... | Published December 15, 2004