DoomsdaysCW<p>[Video] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chileans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chileans</span></a> call for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> during <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> to mark <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldWaterDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWaterDay</span></a></p><p>March 22, 2025</p><p>"Chileans call for water rights during protest to mark World Water Day<br>Protesters marched in the Chilean capital on Saturday, marking World Water Day and demanding expanded access to safe drinking water for citizens. The demonstration, which was echoed in other Latin American cities, occurred during a regional crisis that has affected power generation and drinking water distribution."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/video/chileans-call-for-water-rights-during-protest-to-mark-world-water-day-ea074594e6ab43fc8f79c9282c70b872" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/video/chileans-call</span><span class="invisible">-for-water-rights-during-protest-to-mark-world-water-day-ea074594e6ab43fc8f79c9282c70b872</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chile</span></a></p>
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AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>I don't want to go *too* far in praising this article, because there are still a large number of problems with the way it minimizes the danger of Trump literally annexing Canada, but its existence demonstrates that at least one US media outlet (NBC) understands that Trump is not joking, or playing the angles here, and is in fact dead serious about taking over Canada:</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-quest-conquer-canada-confusing-everyone-rcna195657" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr</span><span class="invisible">ump/trump-quest-conquer-canada-confusing-everyone-rcna195657</span></a></p><p>Trump's quest to conquer Canada is confusing everyone</p><p>"Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump first mentioned his love for Canadians, including his “many friends” like hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. Then he riffed about how Canada shouldn’t exist as a sovereign country before getting to what has increasingly become a fixation: wholesale annexation of Canada as a U.S. state.</p><p>"Canada only works as a state," Trump said Thursday. "We don’t need anything they have. As a state, it would be one of the great states anywhere. This would be the most incredible country, visually. If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it, between Canada and the U.S. Just a straight, artificial line. Somebody did it a long time ago, many many decades ago. Makes no sense. It’s so perfect as a great and cherished state."</p><p>"But why should we subsidize another country for $200 billion?" Trump continued, adding, "And again, we don’t need their lumber, we don’t need their energy. We have more than they do. We don’t need anything. We don’t need their cars. I’d much rather make the cars here. And there’s not a thing that we need. Now, there will be a little disruption, but it won’t be very long. But they need us. We really don’t need them. And we have to do this. I’m sorry."</p><p>As I said at the top of this post, this is by no means a perfect article; NBC spends far too much ink focusing on Trump's personal animus towards Justin Trudeau (who is no longer even the Canadian Prime Minister) and allowing named GOP officials to pretend they're confused by Trump's annexation plan even as they enact his orders to try and make that plan a reality. Crucially however, this report *does* make it abundantly clear that Trump is dead serious and his minions know full well that he's not joking:</p><p>"Trump has been unapologetic in his quest to conquer the Canadians — an effort he said in January would be conducted by “economic force.” The result has been a disintegration of the relationship between the U.S. and one of its closest allies, and a stock market plunge over fears of ever-increasing escalation of a trade war. Both Canadian officials and Republicans initially thought the president was merely joking, ribbing Trudeau — a longtime foil — after they met at Mar-a-Lago in November. It was after that visit that Trump first publicly floated the notion of absorbing Canada. Few think he’s joking now, and the Canadians have stopped laughing.</p><p>A source with direct knowledge of the discussions told NBC News that Trump is heavily focused on Canada in conversations with aides, who believe he is completely serious about making the country the 51st state — even with Trudeau out of power and a new prime minister in place."</p><p>Unfortunately, and despite this refreshing frankness, I have some problems with the sloppy journalism and credulous naivety with which NBC states that nobody knows where Trump is getting the idea to annex Canada from, including Republicans in his government. The fact is that MAGA-connected fascist propagandists like Candice Owens (and others) have been advocating for taking over, or even invading Canada since at least 2021-2022 for a variety of reasons; including natural resources, water rights, climate imperialism (although they don't use that term,) and even to protect their ideological brethren in the larger Canadian fascist movement from legal repercussions for their own slow-moving coup attempt in Canada, the so-called "Trucker Convoy." I genuinely have no idea if US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has any clue what Trump is thinking, but fascist media personalities in Trump's orbit certainly do, and this regime has already shown a willingness to outsource official policy from raving nazi dipshits on YouTube, so I don't think "where Trump is getting this idea from" is the kind of puzzle you need Scotland Yard's finest detectives to solve.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Annexation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Annexation</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ClimateImperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateImperialism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a></p>
GailWaldby@bsky.social<p>"We've been fighting for generations to protect our marine economy ecosystems. We can trust Marie to fight in DC to support those who rely on the water for their livelihoods." – Butch Smith, COHO Charters. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueWaveRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueWaveRising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Allied4Dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allied4Dems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CleanWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanWater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemCast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemCast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemCastWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemCastWA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a></p><p>Vote for Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Buried in Time: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIA</span></a> Takeover Documents Included <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sterilizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sterilizations</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PineRidge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PineRidge</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uranium</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a></p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, Oct. 15, 2024 </p><p>"Buried in Time: When the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrailOfBrokenTreaties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrailOfBrokenTreaties</span></a> arrived in Washington and took over the BIA headquarters, the documents discovered in the BIA file cabinets altered the course of history. In the caravans from the west coast and northwest were activists from local <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> frontline struggles, from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PitRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PitRiver</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurvivalAmericanIndian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurvivalAmericanIndian</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alcatraz</span></a>. </p><p>"The BIA documents exposed the secret plan of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oglala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oglala</span></a> Chairman <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DickWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DickWilson</span></a> to turn over one-eighth of tribal land over to the federal government for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a>. In the ton of documents taken away in a U-Haul, the documents showed proof of the sterilization of Native women by Indian Health Service doctors. </p><p>"And there was more.</p><p>"Hidden in these BIA files were the facts about the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WintersDoctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WintersDoctrine</span></a>, and the fact that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> Tribes are entitled to as much <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> as they need. It is a fact that the BIA wanted hidden. Today, the states and federal government are attempting to do away with the water rights guaranteed in the Winters Doctrine with complex schemes and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> settlements.</p><p>"In the BIA files were documents showing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandTheft</span></a> and illegal leases of tribal lands across the country. Tribal members in the takeover took these back to their home communities. Those files became the basis of land rights cases in courts in the years that followed, according to Censored News interviews."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/buried-in-time-bia-takeover-documents_15.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10</span><span class="invisible">/buried-in-time-bia-takeover-documents_15.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForcedSterilizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedSterilizations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorruptTribalGovernments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptTribalGovernments</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeLeonardPeltier</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RussellMeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussellMeans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DennisBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DennisBanks</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Arizona tribes’ long fight for share of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoRiver</span></a> water nears resolution in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCongress</span></a> - deal includes a homeland for the San Juan Southern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> Tribe!</p><p>Gabrielle Wallace / Cronkite News<br>Sept. 27, 2024 </p><p>WASHINGTON – "Seven states that rely on the Colorado River each got a cut of its water under a deal struck over a century ago – a deal that excluded the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hopi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hopi</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navajo</span></a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a>] and other tribal nations.</p><p>"After years of pressure and negotiation, Congress is moving to rectify what the tribes have long seen as an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a> that has caused enormous hardship.</p><p>"'We’re closer than we’ve ever been before in reaching a final settlement,' Bryan Newland, assistant secretary for Indian Affairs with the Department of the Interior, told a Senate hearing on Wednesday.</p><p>"Representatives from four Arizona tribes – the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YavapaiApacheNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YavapaiApacheNation</span></a>, Hopi, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanJuanSouthernPaiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanJuanSouthernPaiute</span></a> and the Navajo Nation – said the settlements, once approved by Congress, will secure their long-standing claims and provide more accessible water for their people.</p><p>"Almost a third of members of the Hopi, Navajo and other tribes have no <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RunningWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunningWater</span></a>, and leaders say the water currently available isn’t sufficient for growing populations.</p><p>"'Congress must act to end the water crisis on the Navajo Nation,' said Navajo Nation President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygren</span></a>, who recalled that he didn’t have running water until he went off to college at Arizona State University.</p><p>"The water insecurity crisis has been felt for generations, he said.</p><p>"Navajo people sometimes have to haul water for over 30 miles, a costly and time-consuming exercise.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YavapaiApacheNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YavapaiApacheNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterRightsSettlementAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRightsSettlementAct</span></a> of 2024 and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NortheasternArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NortheasternArizona</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianWaterRightsSettlementAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianWaterRightsSettlementAct</span></a> of 2024 would provide funds for pipelines and other infrastructure. The bills would also impose pumping restrictions to ensure that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> is not depleted.</p><p>"The process has been slow. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GilaRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GilaRiver</span></a> Adjudication process started over 50 years ago.</p><p>"Disputes over the Colorado River stem from a 1922 compact between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wyoming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wyoming</span></a>.</p><p>"'Without the settlement, a cloud of uncertainty will remain over tribal water claims in the Colorado River basin and tens of thousands of tribal members will continue to struggle to meet their basic needs,' said Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat who introduced the settlement bills with fellow Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an independent.</p><p>"The Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 would address claims to water from major stems of the Colorado River and Colorado River basin, providing running water to many Navajo and Hopi people.</p><p>"It also sets aside 5,100 acres near Tuba City and another 300 acres in Utah to create a reservation for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.</p><p>"'The mental-emotional impact of being a landless, homeless tribe is something I wouldn’t wish upon anyone,' said Johnny Lehi Jr., the tribe’s vice president."</p><p><a href="https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2024/09/27/congress-nears-deal-arizona-tribal-rights-colorado-river-water/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2024/09</span><span class="invisible">/27/congress-nears-deal-arizona-tribal-rights-colorado-river-water/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PauiteHomeland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PauiteHomeland</span></a></p>
GailWaldby@bsky.social<p>John Duarte bows to MAGA extremists by voting to strip away Social Security, Medicare, and abortion access.<br>Adam Gray protects farmers' water rights, women's right to healthcare, and more because he always puts the Central Valley first. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueWaveRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueWaveRising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Allied4Dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allied4Dems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoeYourVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeYourVote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AbortionIsHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionIsHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AbortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a></p>
GailWaldby@bsky.social<p>Rep. Vicente Gonzalez advocates a two-pronged approach to South Texas’ water crisis. We must pressure Mexico to deliver the water we are owed, but we must also invest in our water storage infrastructure. </p><p>That’s why he secured over $26M for critical projects that modernize and strengthen TX infrastructure to prevent water loss. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueWaveRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueWaveRising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Allied4Dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allied4Dems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemCast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemCast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemCastTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemCastTX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>First up, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> case, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> v <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a>. Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KetanjiBrownJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KetanjiBrownJackson</span></a> has the opinion. There’s a divided ruling with Justices <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>, Samuel A. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> Jr. & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyConeyBarrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyConeyBarrett</span></a> joining a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> by Justice Neil M. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gorsuch</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>Drinks companies are taking water for free in Western Australia, there is a fight with locals over whether they should be <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-04/coca-cola-asahi-taking-water-free-western-australia-drought/103915992" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-06-04/coc</span><span class="invisible">a-cola-asahi-taking-water-free-western-australia-drought/103915992</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/waterrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterrights</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cocacola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cocacola</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cokeisit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cokeisit</span></a></p>
Magpieblog<p>' A Guardian investigation into the unprecedented water transfer, and how it took shape, reveals that Greenstone strategically purchased land and influence to advance the deal. The company was able to do so by exploiting the arcane water policies governing the Colorado River.</p><p>Experts expect that such transfers will become more common as thirsty towns across the west seek increasingly scarce water. '</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/16/arizona-colorado-river-water-rights-drought?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/apr/16/arizona-colorado-river-water-rights-drought?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Modern Blackfoot people descend from an ancient ice age lineage<br><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/modern-blackfoot-people-descend-ancient-ice-age-lineage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/mo</span><span class="invisible">dern-blackfoot-people-descend-ancient-ice-age-lineage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blackfoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackfoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Confederacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Confederacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncestralLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncestralLands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Supreme Court Rules Against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> Case</p><p>The vote was 5 to 4, with the majority finding that an 1868 treaty did not require the federal government to ensure the tribe had access to water.</p><p>By Adam Liptak<br>June 22, 2023</p><p>"The Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation on Thursday in a water rights case, rejecting the tribe’s suit against the federal government in a dispute over access to the drought-depleted Colorado River system.</p><p>"The vote was 5 to 4, with Justice Brett M. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kavanaugh</span></a> writing for the majority. He said the 1868 peace treaty at the heart of the case did not require the federal government to take 'affirmative steps' to secure water for the Navajo.</p><p>"In dissent, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, joined by the court’s three liberal members, said the tribe’s request was more modest than that, adding that the government had violated the plain terms of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/treaty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treaty</span></a> and had given the tribe an epic runaround.</p><p>"'To date, their efforts to find out what water rights the United States holds for them have produced an experience familiar to any American who has spent time at the Department of Motor Vehicles,' he wrote. 'The Navajo have waited patiently for someone, anyone, to help them, only to be told (repeatedly) that they have been standing in the wrong line and must try another.'</p><p>"He added that the runaround had persisted for decades: 'When this routine first began in earnest, Elvis was still making his rounds on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show.’</p><p>"The Navajo Tribe is one of the largest in the United States, with more than 300,000 enrolled members, Justice Kavanaugh wrote. And its reservation, a product of the treaty, is the biggest in the nation, spanning more than 17 million acres in parts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a>. It is about the size of West Virginia.</p><p>"In the arid West, Justice Kavanaugh wrote, 'water has long been scarce, and the problem is getting worse.'</p><p>"The tribe sued the federal government in 2003, seeking to compel it to assess the tribe’s needs and devise a plan to meet them. The states of Arizona, Colorado and Nevada intervened in the suit, seeking to protect their own access to water from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoRiver</span></a> system."</p><p>Read more (via Internet Archive):<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230622180057/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/us/politics/supreme-court-navajo-nation-colorado-river-water.html/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2023062218</span><span class="invisible">0057/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/us/politics/supreme-court-navajo-nation-colorado-river-water.html/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dineh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dineh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navajo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClarenceThomasResign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomasResign</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RespectTheTreaties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RespectTheTreaties</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Inside <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PolandSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolandSpring</span></a>’s Hidden Attack on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterRules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRules</span></a> It Didn’t Like</p><p>By Hiroko Tabuchi | Oct. 24, 2023 | New York Times</p><p>"When <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> lawmakers tried to rein in large-scale access to the state’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freshwater</span></a> this year, the effort initially gained momentum. The state had just emerged from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a>, and many Mainers were sympathetic to protecting their snow-fed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lakes</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/streams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streams</span></a>.</p><p>“Then a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a>-backed giant called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlueTriton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueTriton</span></a> stepped in.</p><p>“BlueTriton isn’t a household name, but its products are. Americans today buy more bottled water than any other packaged drink, and BlueTriton owns many of the nation’s biggest brands, including Poland Spring, named after a natural spring in Maine that ran dry decades ago.</p><p>“Maine’s bill threatened BlueTriton’s access to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> it bottles and sells. The legislation had already gotten a majority vote on the committee and was headed toward the full Legislature, when a lobbyist for BlueTriton proposed an amendment that would gut the entire bill.</p><p>“'Strike everything,' starts the proposed amendment, which was written in a Word document that contained a digital signature showing that it had been created by Elizabeth M. Frazier, who represents BlueTriton and is one of the most influential <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> in Maine. The document was e-mailed by Ms. Frazier to lawmakers in the days after the committee vote.</p><p>“After BlueTriton’s intervention, the committee pulled the bill back. The company’s actions, which haven’t previously been reported, were described to The New York Times by three state legislators. The Times also reviewed several of the e-mails sent by Ms. Frazier as well as the Word document.</p><p>“'We couldn’t believe it. Their amendment strikes the entire bill,' said Christopher Kessler, a Democratic state representative who represents South Portland and a committee member who voted to advance the bill. 'Because all this happened behind closed doors, the public doesn’t know that Poland Spring stalled the process.'</p><p>“Bottlers have faced increasing scrutiny for the millions of throwaway <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plastic</span></a> bottles they produce, the marketing message that their products are safer or healthier than tap water, and for a business model in which they buy freshwater, often at low cost, only to sell it back to the public at much higher prices.</p><p>“And while the bottled-water business doesn’t use nearly as much groundwater as the nation’s thirstiest industries, like agriculture, the pressure on bottlers is building as awareness grows of the stress that intensive pumping can place on local water supplies. A Times investigation this year revealed that many of the aquifers that supply 90% of the nation’s water systems are being severely depleted as overuse and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> transform fragile <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a>.</p><p>“BlueTriton has been caught up in issues of local opposition and water use, and not only in Maine. The company also is fighting for access to water sources in numerous states, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> and others.</p><p>“In response to detailed questions, BlueTriton on Monday pointed The Times to a new page on its corporate website. 'After thoughtful consideration, BlueTriton opposes the proposed legislation,' the page says, because the bill 'would make it unaffordable for any large-scale water purchaser, including Poland Spring, to invest in infrastructure and operations.'</p><p>“Ms. Frazier didn’t respond to detailed questions.</p><p>“Groundwater use is regulated by states, not the federal government, which means there is little national coordination, monitoring or management of a vital natural resource. Maine’s bill seeks, among other things, to put a seven-year limit on contracts for large-scale freshwater pumping by corporations that ship water out of Maine, and to make the deals subject to local approval. That would block BlueTriton’s current efforts to lock in contracts up to 45 years long for pumping water.</p><p>“'We couldn’t believe it,' State Representative Christopher Kessler said of the lobbying effort.</p><p>“Industries and other interest groups routinely try to influence lawmaking, and there has been no suggestion that Ms. Frazier violated any rules. But it seemed 'unusual procedurally' for a corporation to propose rewriting an entire bill after it had already advanced within the Legislature, said Anthony Moffa, associate professor at the University of Maine School of Law.</p><p>“State senator Mark Lawrence, a Democrat who heads the committee considering the bill, said the committee would consider amendments proposed by any interested person or party. In Maine, 'a lot of the legislation that’s proposed is written by lobbyists, companies, different people like that,' he said.</p><p>“Mr. Lawrence also said that, at the same time the amendment was proposed, several members had begun to express fresh concerns that the State Legislature would be setting overly stringent curbs on contracts.</p><p>“BlueTriton finds itself pitted against local water boards, environmentalists and other groups across the country.</p><p>“In Colorado, environmental groups have been battling a 10-year contract that BlueTriton renewed with a semi-arid county to pump water from the Upper Arkansas River Basin, a region affected by historic drought.</p><p>“In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>, BlueTriton has publicly criticized and vowed to fight a cease-and-desist order issued by the state’s water board to stop diverting millions of gallons of water from a spring in San Bernardino County.</p><p>“In Michigan, lawmakers have proposed legislation that would close a loophole that enables BlueTriton and other commercial water users to pump water from the protected Great Lakes watershed. Known as the 'bottled-water loophole,' it allows for water to be used this way if it’s in containers that are 5.7 gallons or less.</p><p>“On its new corporate page, BlueTriton said 'there is no evidence of adverse impacts to the aquifer' in Colorado, and that California’s ruling 'negatively impacts every water agency and farmer in California that relies on groundwater, and in doing so, indirectly harms every Californian.'</p><p>“BlueTriton is a major presence in Maine, drawing water from eight locations around the state. It is currently trying to lock in a new contract of up to 45 years to pump water in Lincoln a former mill town.</p><p>“That would be BlueTriton’s second decades-long contract in the state, the kind of deals that would run afoul of the State Legislature’s proposed 7-year cap. The company’s pursuit of these deals, and the uncertainties of how climate change may affect Maine’s water supplies in the future, is what inspired the legislation, said Margaret M. O’Neil, the Democratic state legislator who introduced the bill.</p><p>“'We’re seeing our communities get locked into these contracts that are going to last, basically, the rest of my lifetime,' which is too risky, she said, considering climate uncertainties.</p><p>“In 2016-17 and in 2020-22, Maine experienced significant drought, followed by wet years. The state has also started seeing what scientists call 'snow drought.' As winters warm because of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/snowpack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snowpack</span></a> and groundwater recharge can dwindle.</p><p>“John Mullaney, a hydrologist with the USGS's New England Water Science Center, said that a warming climate meant Maine was likely to experience more variability, with stronger rains but also worsening drought. 'The question is, what will we be able to do in 50 years,' he said. 'There might be changes that need to be made, including reducing groundwater extraction.'</p><p>“Industry groups emphasize that Maine still has ample groundwater and that bottled water accounts for only a small portion of its use compared to practices like irrigation. They also stress bottled water’s value in emergencies when drinking water is disrupted.</p><p>“And in Maine, BlueTriton has a powerful local ally: local water utilities, which say the revenue generated by selling water to bottlers helps keep costs down for everyone else.</p><p>“'Turning away a customer that’s seeking to pay money to the utility because of an alleged problem with extraction would be contrary' to ratepayers’ interests, said Roger Crouse, a board member at the Maine Water Utilities Association. 'If they have a contract that could be expiring in seven years, and the math doesn’t work out, they’re going to have to invest their money somewhere else.'</p><p>“Still, hydrologists warn that bottled water should not be discounted as an additional strain on aquifers and watersheds, as well as on residential wells. Last month, the US Geological Survey began its first-ever study of how the activities of the bottled water industry result in changes to groundwater levels, spring flows and water quality. 'Withdrawals, no matter what the use, influence movement of groundwater,' Cheryl Dieter, a hydrologist who is leading the study, said in an interview.</p><p>“BlueTriton itself is a creation of Wall Street. It is owned by the private equity funds One Rock Capital Partners and Metropoulos & Co., which paid $4.3 billion in 2021 to buy Nestlé’s North American bottled-water business.</p><p>“In Maine, some neighbors of BlueTriton, like Natalie DiPentino, are skeptical of the company for more personal reasons.</p><p>“Ms. DiPentino, who lives near Lincoln, can’t prove it but wonders if pumping by Poland Spring contributed to a crisis in her home during a drought in 2017, when her well ran dry along with those of several neighbors. Her family had to haul buckets of river water to flush the toilet, she said. Stores nearby ran out of bottled water.</p><p>“After learning about BlueTriton’s proposed 45-year contract at its Lincoln facility, she led calls for a public hearing, arguing that deals were being cut behind closed doors and that Poland Spring would be paying too little, $15,000 a month, for millions of gallons of water. 'You don’t know how badly you need water until you don’t have it in your house,' she said.</p><p>“The hearing she sought is now scheduled for next month."</p><p>Full article:<br><a href="https://waterwatch.org/inside-poland-springs-hidden-attack-on-water-rules-it-didnt-like-nyt-102423/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">waterwatch.org/inside-poland-s</span><span class="invisible">prings-hidden-attack-on-water-rules-it-didnt-like-nyt-102423/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigWater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a></p>
Magpieblog<p>The way that water gets divvied up in California’s Imperial Valley is a textbook example of how broken water law is in the western US. </p><p>' How a handful of families and a rural irrigation district came to control so much of the West’s most valuable river is a story of geography and good timing, intermarrying and shrewd strategy, and a ... sometimes ugly past when racist laws and wartime policies excluded farmers of color. '</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/irrigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irrigation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoRiver</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/california-farm-families-gained-control-colorado-river?utm_source=threads&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-threads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/califor</span><span class="invisible">nia-farm-families-gained-control-colorado-river?utm_source=threads&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-threads</span></a></p>
Six Grandfathers Mountain<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@enoch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>enoch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@flexghost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>flexghost</span></a></span></p><p>Agree with you and everyone here, there is TOO MUCH anger on all sides</p><p>Not sure if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> is a big factor, could be land and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/waterrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterrights</span></a> and of course histoty of previous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> getting shot</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jerusalemembassy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jerusalemembassy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%932019_Gaza_border_protests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E</span><span class="invisible">2%80%932019_Gaza_border_protests</span></a></p>
ZNet (unofficial)<p>The lack of water to fight the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MauiFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MauiFires</span></a> was caused by a prolonged struggle over the island's most precious resource: the water itself.</p><p>Native Hawaiians' water rights have been suppressed for centuries by plantations, developers, and luxury resorts. The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@guardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>guardian</span></a></span> writes how amidst <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisasterCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterCapitalism</span></a>, these communities fight for justice as flames threaten their ancestral lands.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaii</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism</span></a></p>
René Merced :vm: 🇵🇷<p>Despite owning rights to Colorado River, tribes largely cut off from accessing water</p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/despite-owning-rights-to-colorado-river-tribes-largely-cut-off-from-accessing-water" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/newshour/show/despite-</span><span class="invisible">owning-rights-to-colorado-river-tribes-largely-cut-off-from-accessing-water</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>In Arizona Water Ruling, the Hopi Tribe Sees Limits on Its Future<br>==</p><p>Arizona's unique method for awarding <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tribes</span></a> was supposed to open up economic possibilities beyond farming for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hopi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hopi</span></a> Tribe. </p><p>Instead, the tribe says it has dashed their dreams of building a thriving homeland.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drought</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Southwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Southwest</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-water-ruling-hopi-tribe-limits-future?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/arizona</span><span class="invisible">-water-ruling-hopi-tribe-limits-future?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>The Colorado River Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Decades Later, the Tribe Still Struggles to Take Its Share of Water.<br>==</p><p>The Chemehuevi’s reservation fronts about 30 miles of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/coloradoriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coloradoriver</span></a> yet 97% of the tribe’s water stays in the river, much of it used by Southern <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> cities. </p><p>The tribe isn’t paid for it.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Southwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Southwest</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drought</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Chemehuevi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chemehuevi</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chemehuevi-tribe-reservation-water-colorado-river-california?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/chemehu</span><span class="invisible">evi-tribe-reservation-water-colorado-river-california?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> rules against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navajo</span></a> Nation in water supply case</p><p>The court pointed to treaties signed in the 1800s to support its decision. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> suit comes as water from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoRiver</span></a> is scarce and states in the arid southwest are tangled in disputes over water allocation.</p><p>By Ariane de Vogue, CNN, Jun 23, 2023</p><p>"The suit comes as water from the Colorado River is scarce and states located in the arid southwest are tangled in disputes concerning water allocation. The tribe claims that while the average person on the Navajo reservation uses seven gallons of water a day, that national average is 80 to 100 gallons.</p><p>"The nation, which extends across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> and lies within the drainage basin of the Colorado River, has signed two treaties with the United States. In 1868, the United States promised the tribe a permanent homeland.</p><p>"Shay Dvoretzky, a lawyer for the Navajo Nation, told the Supreme Court: that the Navajos 'made clear' that they understood the 'promise of a permanent homeland' in the 1800s to include 'adequate water for agriculture and raising livestock. Hauled from miles away, water can cost up to twenty times more than it does in neighboring off-Reservation communities,' he argued. "</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RespectTheTreaties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RespectTheTreaties</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a></p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/supreme-court-rules-against-navajo-nation-in-water-supply-case/1547711" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/weather-new</span><span class="invisible">s/supreme-court-rules-against-navajo-nation-in-water-supply-case/1547711</span></a></p>
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