Water

Whiskey’s for drinking, water’s for fighting over. —Mark Twain More than any other area of North America, the Southwest faces water shortages just as demands for water increase. These colliding forces are inevitable products of industrial civilization. Deep Green Resistance chapters across the Southwest recognize the imminent catastrophe. We view the protection of ground and surface water, and the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights to their water and landbase, as critically important. We declare water preservation and justice as our primary focus. ...

Industrial civilization has always thrived on the flesh and bones of indigenous peoples. Civilization leaves only whatever scraps of land, water or anything else, needed to indigenous populations to survive, which are too trivial or costly to sweep up. Deep Green Resistance is therefore encouraged to see several California Tribes fighting back. From Circle of Blue: California Indian Tribe Pursues Rights to Groundwater TUESDAY, 28 JULY 2015 05:00 A court test of federal water law by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians has implications for the American West. By Brett Walton Circle of Blue ...

Apparently, Colorado has a new water plan. Plans are good. This is cold comfort, though, given that the plan only addresses new ‘supply projects’. We know the Colorado River is already 100% allocated (a tiny bit of industrial civilization insanity in and of itself); this article, from High Country News, projects an additional 5 million residents in the state by 2050, at the same time we face increasing droughts and lower water levels. This will end well, right? ...

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. ...

When a society has trouble accessing enough water within its own landbase, that’s probably one more sign of overshoot. It’s also a sign water wars might be right around the corner, if they haven’t already begun. Plans to distribute the " rights" for water are a sign of the insanity of that society. And when these plans aren’t even shared with the public, you have a whole different set of problems. The Colorado Independent reports on some troubling developments regarding water in Colorado. A draft of Colorado’s proposed water plan may not be trickling down to the people Deadline is today for public comments on the first draft of the state’s water plan, but does anybody know? Bob Berwyn May 01, 2015 ...

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). ...