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Feb. 26, 2009
 Legacy of Dust says Dean Baker about Mulroy's pipeline plan In an article on "bloomberg.com" Mulroy claims again that she no longer has the money to build the pipeline and it won't be ready by 2015. In speaking about the proposal to remove 16 billion gallons of water a year from the desert surrounding Dean Baker's ranch he says:
“Water is ... More
Feb. 17, 2009
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for 42 Great Basin Spring Snail Species Today the Center for Biological Diversity and the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society filed a scientific petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect 42 spring snail species from Nevada, Utah, and California as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.
"The... More
Feb. 14, 2009
Environmentalists threaten suit over NV water pact The AP reports "An environment group said Tuesday that it's preparing to sue two federal agencies, claiming that plans to pump groundwater in southeastern Nevada imperil two protected species.
The Center of Biological Diversity sent a formal notification of its intent to sue to the U.S.... More
Feb. 13, 2009
No big water projects in the stimulus package The BBC reported that the stimulus package expected to be passed by the Senate today contains no big water projects -- despite being lobbied to include some from southwestern cities.
US President Barack Obama has emphasised the need to conserve water.
The BBC notes further that "[t]hi... More
Feb. 12, 2009
SNWA's Mulroy new spin for legislature: "not going to build [pipeline] ... unless absolutely necessary" Southern Nevada's water czarina changes her agency's tune, yet again. In an AP story she said, "We are not going to build the in-state project unless it is absolutely necessary, unless there is absolutely nothing else we are going to do ..." speaking before the Assembly Natural Resou... More
Feb. 12, 2009
SNWA's water czar says her agency is "broke" despite having nearly a half a billion in the bank! Las Vegas' Channel 8 news reported that Ms. Mulroy, head of the huge Southern Nevada Water Authority, is trying to claim her agency is broke despite having $480,000,000 in the bank. She claims it is needed to build another intake deeper into Lake Mead (a third straw as it is often referred to)... More
Jan. 30, 2009
Western Water Supplies Already Altered by Global Warming [LiveScience.com] Observations throughout the western U.S. show snowpack is decreasing, rivers are flowing earlier in the year, and spring temperatures are increasing. A formal detection and attribution study of these changes shows the majority of these trends are due to human effects on the climate.
When it ... More
Jan. 29, 2009
SNWA Lobbying for Bailout $$ to build huge pipeline? Sounds like it to us! In a presentation as a "follow-up" to the UNLV-Brookings Institution "Mountain Megas" Forum to promote more and rapid sprawl development throughout the intermountain west the Southern Nevada Water Authority's presentation admonished the audience to demand that the Federal Go... More
Jan. 28, 2009
"openness in decision making, high ethical standards, and respect for scientific integrity..." - Ken Salzar, Secretary of Interior With a pledge of new openness, high ethical standards, respect for scientific integrity the GBWN hopes that secret negotiations and deal making between the Interior Department and the Southern Nevada Water Authority will end. It has resulted in scientific evidence being withheld from hearings ... More
Jan. 28, 2009
Water Authority's Stance on Desalination Plants Criticized; Rural Nevadans think the groundwater grab will decimate their environment and wipe them out. The Southern Nevada Water Authority has dropped anchor and refuses to consider any option but the pumping and piping of rural groundwater over 300 miles to supply sprawling growth with water. The Authority says conservation won't work -- despite studies which show savings of up to 1/3 of the w... More
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