California Vice President Kamala Harris’ record on water and agriculture, despite her roots in the state with the largest agricultural industry in the country, has been criticized for avoiding the high-risk, low-reward century-old water wars. As California’s attorney general, she oversaw routine representations of the state water regulator and defended California water law from preemption, but left no political wake on other environmental causes, such as Exxon Mobil. She later relinquished most of the policymaking to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a legendary figure in water politics, during her tenure as California’s junior senator. Critics attribute her lack of involvement in the water wars to a small voting bloc in the Central Valley.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
