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Appellate Court Rules in Favor of Huntington Beach Desalination Plant Construction

April 10, 2021 2:13 amApril 12, 2021 7:06 am

One of the final legal hurdles to construct the controversial Huntington Beach Desalination Project was ended Friday, following a state appellate court ruling in favor of constructing the plant. The California Third District Court of Appeal specifically ruled in California...

Objections to Desalination are Shopworn, Discredited Cliches

March 7, 2021 2:11 amMarch 6, 2021 9:30 pm

Anyone who still thinks that the Huntington Beach desalination plant poses a significant threat to the environment should ask themselves: Why would Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who depends on donors that never saw an environmentalist overreach they didn’t like,...

Gov. Newsom Replaces Orange County Water Board Member Over Desalination Plant

October 22, 2020 4:04 pmOctober 25, 2020 1:49 pm

On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom removed a director of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board after months of criticisms and questions over a proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach. Director William von Blasingame had repeatedly challenged the Governor...