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Doug Estes: Plants can help save planet; fish can’t say that

Re “Hundreds rise in defense of region’s rights to river water” (Front page, Oct. 23): This fight should also be about global warming. Carbon dioxide is reduced by plants. By reducing the crops we are increasing global warming, the No. 1 problem we have. Do fish take priority over global warming?

Doug Estes, Modesto

This story was originally published October 24, 2016 at 6:43 PM with the headline "Doug Estes: Plants can help save planet; fish can’t say that."

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