"The unassuming delta smelt, Trump said rather uncharitably, is an essentially worthless fish which had been lavished with water flows that should instead go to nearby farmers or help fight the devastating wildfires that were raging hundreds of miles south in Los Angeles. On his first day in office, Trump issued an eye-catching executive order titled Putting people over fish that demanded water be diverted from the smelt's habitat and towards needy people."
"The president said that windmills were dangerous, citing the example of whales being washed ashore in Massachusetts as proof that the windmills are driving the whales crazy, obviously. While there were a spate of dead and sick whales becoming stranded ashore, Trump's own federal government scientists have rejected the idea that wind turbines placed in the ocean are to blame."
Trump prioritized diverting water from the endangered delta smelt’s habitat to human uses, calling the three-inch fish essentially worthless and issuing an executive order titled Putting people over fish. Experts noted the diverted water would not aid firefighting in Los Angeles and that larger forces like the climate crisis and severe droughts drive the region's water shortages. Trump also criticized offshore wind, blaming turbines for whale strandings despite federal scientists rejecting a causal link. At present, there is no scientific evidence that noise from offshore wind site surveys is responsible for the whale strandings.
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