A winning nature – Stopping West Basin’s desalination plant is the latest victory for environmentalist Craig Cadwallader
by Garth Meyer and Kevin Cody Over the past two decades, Craig Cadwallader has advocated in support of the environment at South Bay city council meetings, and before countless, less visible public agencies, such as the West Basin Municipal Water District Board. He spoke in opposition to oil drilling in Hermosa, in favor of single use plastic and foam in the beach cities, in opposition to a Rancho Palos Verdes storm drain pipe that empties into the ocean, and, most recently, in opposition to West Basin’s 20-year-old plan for a $500 million desalination plant in El Segundo. His grasp of local environmental issues, and his decades long, single-minded commitment have earned him comparisons to consumer protection advocate Ralph Nader. The comparison extends to their brisk manner and Spartan lifestyle. Nader lives on $25,000 a year. Cadwallader derives no income from his advocacy work. Nader refuses to own a car. Cadwallader refuses to use restaurant utensils. He brings his own. Cadwallader estimated he spent 3,600 hours, or 150 days, opposing Hermosa’s oil drilling proposal. Much of that time was spent studying the project’s 12,291-page environmental impact report. West Basin’s…
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