Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker: Part 2

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🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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JB Hamby is the dealmaker from California, and at 28 years old, he’s the youngest and least experienced among the representatives from the seven states involved with the Colorado River water negotiations. LAist correspondent Emily Guerin explores the beginnings of Hamby’s understanding of water growing up in the Imperial Valley, a desert farming area in California.

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0:29.6	I'm Antonia Cérejido. You're listening to Imperfect Paradise from L.A.
0:34.8	Studios, the show about Hidden Worlds and Messy realities. Last time on Imperfect Paradise
0:41.0	the Gen Z Water Dealmaker. We took you inside the drama of a
0:45.2	high-stakes climate change negotiation on the Colorado River. It's painful to
0:51.2	live within the means of the river.
0:53.2	That's the future.
0:54.8	If there's no water, there's no water for everybody.
0:57.2	A messy compromise that will be judged harshly by history.
1:02.4	And we learned that the negotiations... that will be judged harshly by history.
1:03.1	And we learned that the negotiations are coming down to a disagreement
1:06.7	between two groups, led respectively, by Colorado and California.
1:11.9	The one person that you cannot negotiate with is Mother Nature.
1:17.0	She will win every time.
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