Comments on: Question time for Cadiz

By: The more Cadiz changes ... | Chance of Rain

The more Cadiz changes ... | Chance of Rain — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:44:08 +0000

[...] The new Cadiz release claims that the (new) environmental review needed to realize this project may be finished by the end of the year. Hold on for the fact checkers on this. The last time Cadiz told its shareholders that the studies were underway, they hadn’t begun. To see those claims exhaustively checked, click here. [...]

By: Friday clean up | Chance of Rain

Friday clean up | Chance of Rain — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:45:08 +0000

[...] that another pet project favored by the Governor of California and Mayor of Los Angeles, the Cadiz groundwater mining scheme for the Mojave desert, is up 4.84 on the stock market. A new post on the subject would require a new [...]

By: EmilyGreen

EmilyGreen — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:39:31 +0000

Thanks Jessica. There is heavy lifting of documents and a nearly full time job of checking Cadiz statements, few of which have substance or merit. The Times and LAO do a great job catching Brackpool bobbing and weaving through corridors of high office — back from Iceland where he summered with the Mayor, this latest absurdity of the governor putting him on the horse racing board. But there are several things that absolutely require digging and a big one dates back to Governor Schwarzenegger’s June 5 endorsement: How did Cadiz get it? Did the Governor privately avail himself to Brackpool in a way that led to insider trading and big profits for Cadiz directors? Then on the bigger questions about who are their potential customers for the water they intend to take out of a fragile desert ecosystem — they haven’t felt compelled to reveal that. Add to that who, who will pay? Who will monitor? Those are unanswerable questions because in essence the Cadiz project is only in motion politically and on the stock market. It’s unfit for daylight in the form of a draft EIR.

By: Jessica Hall

Jessica Hall — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:02:24 +0000

Emily, thank you for staying on top of this, and sifting through what must be hundreds of pages of documents. I saw LA Observed’s comments today that the Gov has endorsed this project. Very disturbing.

By: Cadiz now a “conservation project” | Chance of Rain

Cadiz now a “conservation project” | Chance of Rain — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:50:16 +0000

[...] the property within the longterm sustainable yield in accordance with good science,” click here for background on Cadiz’s record with the Environmental Impact Report of 2001, and the [...]