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I guess you could file this under “No Shit”. Regardless of whether drought occurs, over-allocation and the cancerous growth that is industrial civilization would create the same shortages. Deep Green Resistance chapters across the Southwest have declared water preservation and justice as our primary focus for activism. Will you join us in dismantling the systems that would leave our planet dry and lifeless? Lake Mead watch: six inches from the level that triggers cutbacks If water curtailments go into effect, which states are most vulnerable, and why? ...

Perhaps more than any other area of North America, the American Southwest faces water shortages, just as demands for water increase. These colliding forces both owe their existence to industrial civilization. Deep Green Resistance chapters across the Southwest recognize the imminent catastrophe and view the preservation of our natural water supplies and systems, and the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights to their water and landbase, as our top priority. The following article, from Circle of Blue, describes some of the background of the state of affairs surrounding water in the Southwest, as well as the tensions arising when demand and supply head in opposite directions. As a brief aside, we note the insanity behind the statement that “The Colorado River is fully allocated.” Only those too steeped in the madness of industrial civilization to think anymore would fail to blink at this. ...

Stay in school, kids. Or if not, stay out of government. Because when you misunderstand fundamental notions like ‘sustainability’, you can make stupid decisions. The Castle Rock government’s ignorance of such a basic concept, left unchecked, would wreak damage on the Front Range’s land base in and near the municipality. At the May 5 Town Council meeting, following Unscheduled Public Appearances (where citizens ostensibly are allowed to address the Council), Castle Rock Martinet Paul Donahue asked staffers to address issues brought up by the speakers (a clumsy attempt to control damage brought about by his repeated refusal to respond in the previous 4-5 meetings, particularly regarding development of the Promenade Mall and the mass killing of local prairie dogs). ...