California’s Right About One Thing

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“It all comes down to climate change,” [California] Lt. Gov. John Garamendi noted in a recent interview with the Guardian. “Everything we know about water in California is going to dramatically change.”

I know we Texans are gloating over the demise of California, but can you imagine David Dewhurst, or Perry, or Straus, or the TCEQ commissioners, or any Texas Republican acknowledging the threat that climate change poses to Texas’ water resources?

Neither can I.

, a native of Wimberley, Texas, is the editor of the Observer. Forrest has appeared on Democracy Now!, The Rachel Maddow Show and numerous NPR stations. His work has been mentioned by The New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Time magazine and many other state and national publications. Other than filing voluminous open records requests, Forrest enjoys fishing, kayaking, gardening and beer-league softball. He holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin.

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