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Article snippet: MORE is solidifying his opposition to California’s environmental policies, saying they are to blame for the state’s historic wildfires. Trump initiated the spat on Sunday when he tweeted that the fires “are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws,” which cause water to be “diverted into the Pacific Ocean,” and prevent trees from being cleared. ADVERTISEMENT A day later he posted another tweet about water being “diverted,” and he said Gov. Jerry Brown (D) “must allow the Free Flow of the vast amounts of water coming from the North.” Evan Westrup, Brown’s press secretary, said Trump’s tweeting “does not merit a response.” The water debate taps into a deep-seeded controversy in California: the balance between letting water flow through streams and redirecting it for agriculture and other uses. Experts say Trump is giving voice to Republican opposition to the state’s progressive environmental policies by taking issue with state measures designed to protect fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta by allowing water to flow through the delta and the San Francisco Bay, then out to the ocean. Farmers in the south and central parts of the Golden State would prefer that more water go through aqueducts and other infrastructure to their lands. But those water programs play little to no role in fighting wildfires, according to experts in the state. “Honestly, the way the state manages its water, that really has no bearing on the explosiv... Link to the full article to read more