“while environmentalists dream of returning to a pristine, 19th-century, sparsely populated California of smelt and salmon in their inland rivers.”
The key word is sparsely populated.
The left have ALWAYS used starvation to achieve depopulation.
They are using the ENVIRONMENT as an excuse with half the country unquestionably believing them.
“The left have ALWAYS used starvation to achieve depopulation”
They also use abortion, which is primarily practiced by the poor of the world.