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May. 10, 2013

Los Angeles takes more than water -- it takes lives, too.

In a story published May 8 on KCET.org (link below) entitled "Suffocating The Desert: L.A.'s Need for Water Hurts Others", author Chris Clarke paints a bleak picture. Local residents are forced to breathe choking clouds of dust generated by the permanent removal of surface and ground...  More

May. 10, 2013

Tribes organize walk to send a message [Ely Times]

Native Americans are walking from Wells to Caliente in protest of the SNWA’s proposed pipeline project....  More

May. 09, 2013

Southern Nevada House Speculation Makes a Comeback

Many in Southern Nevada still struggle to make payments on houses they purchased at inflated prices at the end of the boom in the hyper-sales days of 2007. Nevada still leads the nation in foreclosures and still has thousands of unoccupied houses from the busted boom. But speculators are out ...  More

May. 08, 2013

Summit to explore Utah’s water fate

Utah’s water bosses are gearing up for a series of public meetings around the state followed by a "water summit" that is hoped to yield a new vision for how one of the nation’s driest, yet fastest growing states will develop, use and pay for water....  More

May. 08, 2013

Native Americans on 272 mile walk/run to protest water theft scheme

Saturday May 4 marked the beginning of a 272 mile walk/run by Native Americans to protest a scheme by the powerful water agency in the Las Vegas metro area. As of May 6th about 70 Native Americans had completed about a third of their journey....  More

May. 05, 2013

Dean Baker is featured in a story in the Las Vegas Review Journal

Dean demonstrates once again he is a man of integrity and honesty in the battle over the water pipeline scheme planned by SNWA....  More

Apr. 17, 2013

Colorado Declared Most Endangered River in the U.S. -- Long Term Solutions, Not a Bank-breaking Pipeline Are Needed to Supply Las Vegas Water

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — American Rivers organization today announced its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers®, naming the Colorado River the Most Endangered River in the country. The Colorado River is endangered by outdated water management that is inadequate to respond to the pressures o...  More

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