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Attempts to protect Arizona s groundwater and rivers meet legislative resistance Ian James, Arizona Republic
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The Arizona Legislature has taken up a range of water-related measures this year, but some bills that would strengthen the state’s water rules to protect declining groundwater and desert streams have run into opposition and have failed to move forward.
Republican and Democratic legislators introduced several bills that would establish some groundwater rules in unregulated rural areas where there are no limits on pumping and where water levels are dropping.
Those bills, which were opposed by the agriculture industry and key Republican leaders in the Legislature, haven’t been heard. Similar measures died in the Legislature last year.
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The Environmental Pillar representative has formally withdrawn from the Agri-Food Strategy 2030 committee, it has emerged.
It is understood that the decision was made due to perceived “failures” by the committee to align agricultural production policies with environmental protection and legal obligations.
The Department of Agriculture s Agri-Food Strategy 2030 – the ten year strategy to replace Food Wise 2025 – is due to be published next month.
Leading water NGOs have subsequently announced their support of the environmental sector’s decision to withdraw and, in doing so, has also issued further warnings over water quality.
The Environmental Pillar is comprised of 32 members including: An Taisce, BirdWatch Ireland; Friends of the Earth; Hedge Laying Association of Ireland; Irish Peatland Conservation Council; Bat Conservation Ireland; Irish Wildlife Trust; Native Woodland Trust.