"Today over 60 million of our population live in desertification state, over 4 million live in areas of land erosion and these numbers are rising daily."
The state’s growing population, existing infrastructure and swaths of developable land have drawn the industry’s interest, much to the dismay of rural communities.
In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s global.
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