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How solar farms took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’

Residents feel trapped and choked by dust, while experts warn environmental damage is ‘solving one problem by creating others.'

California water: A massive aquifer is hiding beneath the Mojave Desert. Could it solve the state's pervasive water problem?
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California water: A massive aquifer is hiding beneath the Mojave Desert. Could it solve the state's pervasive water problem?

Whether to tap the water on a commercial scale or leave it alone is a decades-old question the Trump administration has revived and the California legislature has revisited.
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