Gov. Katie Hobbs said the Arizona State Land Department had canceled one of its leases to Fondomonte Arizona and would not renew 3 others.

Gov. Katie Hobbs’ administration on Monday announced two steps to stop a controversial Saudi Arabian company from using groundwater beneath state land in western Arizona to grow and export alfalfa.

Hobbs said in a statement that the Arizona State Land Department had canceled one of its leases to Fondomonte Arizona, and would not renew three others that are set to expire in February.

  • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Trying to grow something in the middle of the desert… literally an explanation of the Saudi state.

    The Arabian Desert is not continuous desert. However, the second worst place to put a city in the Arabian desert is occupied by the capital of Saudi Arabia. How’s that for urban planning?