Washington, June 17 -- Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz issued the following press release:
Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-25) today highlighted his deep concerns with a proposal by Cadiz, Inc. - a company backed by foreign investors - to extract and sell groundwater from the heart of the Mojave Desert. Congressman Ruiz sent a formal letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to conduct a full and rigorous environmental and historic resource review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) before rendering any decision on the right-of-way application for the Cadiz water conveyance pipeline.
"The California deser...