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This New Mexico
Democrat May Be Even Worse Than a Republicanj. ... She faces a
serious challenge in the primary election. AlterNet
Five people
die as anti-government protests spread across Nicaragua. ... Fears
unrest over social security reforms may grow as more demonstrators
join in and the state responds with heavy hand. Guardian The
DNC’S Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks Poses a Serious Threat to
Press Freedom. Intercept Ruling
Class Operatives Say the Darndest Things: On Devils Known and
Not. CounterPunch
What
20,000 pages of hacked WikiLeaks emails teach us about Hillary
Clinton. ... Including new and vivid illustrations of some of
Clinton’s most serious controversies.. Vox
Comey's
wish for a leaker's 'head on a pike'? Proof he's no better than
Trump. Guardian
We
should be sceptical of far-away governments who claim to know
what is happening on the ground in Syria. ... Government duplicity
is scarcely new but denunciations of it may obscure an even greater
danger. Independent
Great
Barrier Reef: 30% of coral died in 'catastrophic' 2016 heatwave.
... Report chronicles ‘mass mortality’, the extent and
severity of which has shocked scientists. Guardian
Weekend
of April 20-22, 2018 Weekend
Read: Senior
Civil Servants Still Deeply Sceptical of Russian Responsibility
for Skripal Poisoning. Intercepted
Podcast: Evening at the Talk House. Intercept
Facebook
moves 1.5bn users out of reach of new European privacy law. ...
Company moves responsibility for users from Ireland to the US
where privacy laws are less strict. Guardian
This
Is How Police Can 'Cook the Books' to Make Crimes Appear Solved.
Manipulating data is easier than it should be.
AlterNet Under
Louisiana Bill, Peaceful Protesters Could Face 20 Years in Prison.
TruthOut
Space
telescope launches on quest for planets that could support life.
Independent
With
Vote to Kill Guidance Against Racist Auto Lending, Senate GOP
Takes War on Regulations to 'Vicious' New Level. ... "This
may end up being the most vicious hardball escalation and norm-breaking
of Trump's first two years." CommonDreams
Environmentalists
Fight Giant Water Project for Las Vegas ... Groundwater pumped
through a proposed water pipeline from central Nevada to Las Vegas
could have permanent and devastating effects on water resources...
Court
House News Service Media
Cover-up: Shielding Israel is a Matter of Policy. CounterPunch
First-time
judge appointed by Trump issues his very first opinion. It’s
a doozy. This is not how judges are supposed to behave. ThinkProgress
April
19, 2018 The Cult of
Violence Always Kills the Left . TruthDig/Hedges
ICE
Doesn’t Want You to Read Its Manuals — for No Good Reason
Whatsoever. Intercept
The
Isolation of Julian Assange is the Silencing of us All. John
Pilger Growing
Far-Right Nationalistic Movements Are Dangerously Anti-Muslim
- and Pro-Israel. 'Astronomical'
Cost of War: Average US Taxpayer Sent $3,456 to Pentagon Last
Year and Just $39 to the EPA. ... "Congress appropriates
more for U.S. military spending than the next eight countries
combined, but year after year refuses to adequately invest in
access to quality education and healthcare for millions of Americans."
CommonDreams
New York Times Promises Truth and Diversity, Then Hires Climate-Denying
Anti-Arab White Guy. Living
in Goebbels Land. Craig
Murray What
are Trump's most frequently used hand gestures? Quora
White
Evangelical Support of Trump Grows in the Wake of Stormy Daniels
Scandal. ... Solid support for the President comes as white evangelicals
find themselves on the decline. AlterNet
April
18, 2018 Eight Takeaways
on Boss Tweet’s Latest Syrian Missile Spasm. CounterPunch
Democrats
losing lead on Republicans in midterm election polls. ... Winning
back the House may be harder than Democrats thought. Independent Deadliest
U.S. Prison Riot in 25 Years Shines Light on Inhumane Conditions
in Prisons Across Nation. DemocracyNow
The
Search for the Truth in Douma. Bernie
Sanders’s Latest Criticism of Israel Signals an Actual Debate
Coming in 2020. ... who has been increasingly vocal on the need
to recognize the rights of the Palestinian people, laid out a
vision for United States policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
on Monday that is far more sympathetic to the rights of Palestinians
than the pro-Israel orthodoxy that dominates both major parties.
Intercept
From
"Probable Cause" to "Reasonable Suspicion":
The Subversion of the Fourth Amendment. California
Democrats Under Fire for Siding With Telecom Lobbyists Against
Net Neutrality Bill. CommonDreams
Tax Day 2018: A Bonanza for Corporations and the Military. TruthOut
Neil
Gorsuch voted with the liberal justices, but his opinion should
chill you to the bone. ... If you are surprised by Gorsuch's vote
to protect immigrants, you haven't been paying attention to Gorsuch's
record. ThinkProgress
Archived
News:
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April
18, 2018
- Jichlinski responds to Sen Heinrich article in the Chieftain
APRIL
17, 2018 Alex
Reinhart presentation slides.
April
6, 2018 - (East
Mountain) Water dispute has statewide implications. Mountain
View Telegraph April
5, 2018 - April
5, 2018 - April
4, 2018 - Letter from Rep Gail Armstrong to Zinke,
head of the Deptartment of the Inetrior regarding the removal
of their "objection" to the APR project. Armstrong
Letter April 4, 2018 - Anyone who has had an unreasonable experience with Socorro Electric Coop (SEC), our Electricity provider. ... We are currently compiling complaints and experiences yourself/others may have encountered with SEC, in an effort to collaboratively address SEC. Call Bonny Dexter 505-205-6658 April
2, 2018 -
March
24, 2018 - VIDEOS
March 27,
2017 - Letter from Senator Heinrich to US IN terrior re: Interrior
removing APR form their "protest" to the project.
Download
here This orginaztion
supports the fight against the water grab:
March 15,
2018 - March
15, 2017 - Bhasker
vows to go after the electric cooperative
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December
13, 2017 - Videos of the Hearing
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December
15, 2017 -
Order
memorializing the Stay of Proceeding and Denial of Protestant
hand's Motion to Strike Applicant's Reply to Water r Rights Division's
Response. 
December
13, 201 7 (3 Documents) -
From
OSE - Notice
regarding Protestants' Motion for Telephonic Appearance.
Entry
of Appearance - Christopher
D Shaw of NM Interstate Stream Commission and related:
Withdrawal of Counsel - Kim Bannerman Interstate Stream Commission.
December
12, 2017 -
Applicants Response in Opposition to the Hand Protestants' Motion
to Strike
December 7, 2017 -
OSE Unopposed Motion for Telephone Appearance at Dec 13th hearing
on behalf of NM and Catron County Farm and Livestock Bureaus.
December
6, 2017 - December 6, 2017 - from OSE - Entry
of Appearance for Christopher Lindeen, OSE
Litigation Unit.
December
4, 2017 - From Wild Earth -
Protestant WildEarth Guardians' Reply to Applicant's and Water
Right Division's Responses to the Community Protestants' Motion
for Summary Judgment.
November
29, 2017 - New motions:
1 - from
office of Montgomery, Draper, et al - APR reply to response to
the New Mexico Environmental Law center motion for Summary Judgment
November
24, 2017 -
Catron County Board of County Commissioners' Reply in Support
of Motion for Summary Judgment - From
Domenici Law Firm.
Water
fight continues with oral arguments scheduled - Chieftain
November
18, 2017 -
NOTICE OF HEARING - Please addend to show support -
Oral Argument for both Motions for Summary Judgment matter is
scheduled to commence at 1pm on Wed, December 13, 2017, in
Reserve, NM.
OSE
Notice of Oral Argument
November
17, 2017 -
Mining
fossil water will leave community 'high and dry - by Carol Pittman
November
8 2017 - from OSE: Response
to Catron County Motion for Summary Judgment.
November
6, 2017 -
Water Rights Division rejects protestants’ arguments . ...
Another round of legal wrangling took place at the Office of the
State Engineer. Chieftain
November
6, 2017 -
From OSE: Water
Rights Division Response to Catron County's Board of County Commissioners'
Motion for summary Judgement.
January
2017 - OP-ED: Douglas Meiklejohn / The New Mexico Environmental
Law Center’s Top Ten Environmental Issues to Watch in 2017.
... Trump and Martínez: A Double Whammy for New
Mexico’s Environment and
Communities.
October
20, 2017 -
A
list of Parties Entitled to Notice from OSE
Bureau
of Geology & Mineral Resources -
Hydrogologeologic Projects in New Mexico
NMBGMR Magdalena
information
San
Agustin Plains & Alamosa Creek Study
November
2, 2017 -
October 30, 2017 Document from APR attorneys Montgomery& Andrews
and Draper and Draper. In the matter of the Corrected Application
filed by APR LLC for Permit to Appropriate Groundwater in the
Rio Grande Underground Water Basin in the State of New Mexico
- Document title: Applicant's Consolidated Response in Opposition
to the Environmental Law Center Protestants' Motion for Summary
Judgement (62 pages)
Errata
(4 pages)
Exhibits
A Thru H in ZIP format
Exhibits
H-1 Thru O zip format
Or,
exhibits can be downloaded from the
Montgomery & Andrews website
Click here)
(recommend
only download 4 at a time)
November
1, 2017 -
Water
Rights Division's Response to the NMELC Protestants' Motion for
Summary Judgment
October
27, 2017 -
Sen. Pearce signs this legislation:
Congressmen push Jeff Sessions to call environmentalists terrorists.
... Four Democrats join 80 Republicans on letter asking the Attorney
General to treat pipeline sabotage as domestic terrorism. ThinkProgress
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October 26, 2017-
Order
(from Office of the State Engineer) Granting Extension of Time.
October
18, 2017 -
Catron County Commission. Three documents - :
- Notice
of Joinder.(9 pages)
- Unopposed
Motion for Deadline Extension
- Catron
County Board of County Commissioners Motion for Summary Judgment
and Memorandum in Support
(32 pages)
October
19, 2017 -
Water
Politics comment clipped from from
NM Blogspot.
(Original
article here dated October 18) Related:
August
31, 2017 - Santolina takes Another Step Forward. Abq
Journal
New
Mexico Governor Martinez Accused of "Wholesale Disregard
of the Law" ... "Martinez is an environmental demon
with this huge industrial agenda." ... Members of her administration
routinely - and quite aggressively - opposed measures designed
to protect our water supply.
TruthOut
Wall
Street Cash Flows Into New Mexico, Despite Pay-To-Play Rule. MapLight
New
Mexico Project Would Pipe Rural Groundwater 150 Miles to Big City.
... An absentee property owner aims to tap ancient groundwater
for delivery to Albuquerque, but ranchers in the arid valley worry
it will dry up their livelihood and the water will never return.
News
Deeply
or
Website
October
16, 2017 -
WildEarth
Guardians Joinder.
Entry
of Appearance of Co-counsel for the Navajo Nation and Navajo Nation's
Joinder in the Community Protestants' Motion
for Summary Judgment.
October
13, 2017 -
Joinder
- Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy Districts and NM Farm &
Livestock Bureau and Catron County Farm and Livestock Bureau's....
Seeking Summary Judgment
Joinder
by the Pueblos of San Felipe, Santa Ana, Sandia, and Isleta in
the Community Protestants' Motion
for Partial Summary Judgment
October
12, 2017 -
3 members of Interstate Stream Commission resign in 24 hours.
... The resignations of three members of the Interstate Stream
Commission, including allies of Republican Gov. Susana Martinez,
follow the departure of several senior water policy staff members
from state government in the past year. Santa
Fe New Mexican
October
11, 2017 -
Joinder
in Community Protestants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Advocates
for Community & Environment
Example
of proposed law changes in Nevada worth reviewing:
Statutory
Changes Proposed to Legislative Commission Sub-Committee to Study
Water
October
10, 2017 - Update on:
Community Protestants' Response in Opposition to the APR Expedited
Motion to Extend Briefing Deadlines on the ELC Protestants' Motion
for Summary Judgment
And - The Community Protestants' Supplemental
certificate of Service
Connecting
the Santolina dots - who gets paid off - who does the paying.
Eye
on Albuquerque
October
6, 2017 -
New OSE Documents.
Order Adopting Briefing Schedule and Order dismissing certain
protestants. View
both
Connecting
the Santolina dots -Eye
on Albuquerque
FYI:
1877
Desert Land Act
October
4, 2017 -
Why does Barclays want to build a city in the middle of the New
Mexico desert? ... Santolina,
a planned 38,000-home mega-development on the outskirts of Albuquerque,
has got local residents deeply concerned that it will suck up
desperately needed water amid warnings of a future megadrought.
Full
story from The Guardian
Related
links:
http://mesadelsolnm.com/
- another development started in 2005.
August
16, 2017 - Controversy Swirls Around Santolina Water Plan Delay
(KUNM)
-
Stop the Santolina (FaceBook)
-
Santolina Master Plan ( Bernalillo County website)
-
Contra Santolina
Santolina
website is defunct. However, links to it are
here:
and their twitter account here
Related:
São Paulo - anatomy of a failing megacity: residents struggle
as water taps run dry … In the first in a series looking
at Brazil's largest city, Claire Rigby reports that many paulistanos
are hoarding water in their apartments - and some are even drilling
homemade wells - as they prepare for possible rationing. Guardian
October
4, 2017 -
From
the office of the State Engineer:
Partially
Unopposed Motion Requesting An Extension of the Time to Fill Response
(see below)
The Community Protestants Motion for Summary Judgment (On APR
application
Part
1 of 2
Part
2 of 2
[October
2, 2017 -
Comments
on the September 29, 2017, public meeting with the State Engineer.
Handouts at the meeting:
-- Instructions
for Parties in State Engineer Administrative Hearings
-- Scheduling
Order
Sept
28, 2017 -
San Augustin Plains water, aquifer focus of meeting.
Chieftain
September
27, 2017 -
The Community Protestants' Motion for Summary Judgement (On APR
application
Part
1 of 2
Part
2 of 2
September 22, 2017 -
San
Augustin Plains water, aquifer focus of meeting
Chieftain
September 21, 2017 -
REMINDER: THERE IS A HEARING ON THE WATER GRAB (APR) PROJECT AT MACEY CENTER, AT NEW MEXICO TECH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 6PM.
PLEASE COME!!! WE NEED TO SHOW UP AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT OUR INTERESTS
ARE IMPORTANT.
The purpose of this hearing, according to the State Engineer’s
Scheduling Order is “to provide information on the administrative
hearing process, alternate dispute resolution, and to provide
APR an opportunity, if amenable, to a description and summary
of its application, and for protestants to succinctly state their
positions other than those stated in the respective protest letters.”
It appears that APR will have the opportunity to make a presentation
while we may be limited in who can speak and what we can say.
Very, very important that we show up in large numbers!!!
September 7, 2017 -
New
Mexico Project Would Pipe Rural Groundwater 150 Miles to Big City.
... An absentee property owner aims to tap ancient groundwater
for delivery to Albuquerque, but ranchers in the arid valley worry
it will dry up their livelihood and the water will never return.
News
Deeply
.pdf
version
View
of (SEC) contract harmful? The City of Socorro’s offer to
buy out Socorro Electric Cooperative is the reason behind the
Co-op’s decision not to let City Administrator Donald Monette
review its contract with Tri-State Energy last month. Chieftain
Related:
July
2016- Tri-State presentation to SEC
September
2, 2017 -
Thousands weigh in on wolf recovery plan ... Just hours before
the Tuesday night deadline approached for the public to weigh
in on a proposed federal management plan for the endangered Mexican
gray wolf, more than 9,000 comments had been posted online. Thousands
more had been submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by mail
— most opposing a wolf recovery plan that many criticized
as too restrictive to allow the species to thrive.
New
Mexican
August
31, 2017-
How do Socorro Electric Co-op rates stack up.
(Part 1 of 2) Chieftain
(Part 2 coming)
August
28, 2017 -
Rio Grande Aquifer System. Composite Hydrograph Well Location
Map. USGS
August
25, 2017 -
Hydrogeology of the San Agustin Plains
by Alex Rinehart, Daniel Koning and Stacy Timmons. New Mexico
Bureau of Geology. 62nd New Mexico Water Conference August 16,
2017. Download
August
23, 2017 -
Why Charter Schools Are Losing Support From Democrats. TruthOut
August
15, 2017 -
Sen. Udall speaks at water conference. Chieftain
August
17, 2017 -
Pence's Indiana 'Cautionary Tale' for Privatizing Infrastructure
Projects. White House plan touts partnerships with private sector
while Indiana residents navigate aftermath of roadway privatization
approved by Pence, their former governor. CommonDreams
Reclaiming
Public Services. ... How cities and citizens are turning back
privatization.TNI
August
11, 2017 - New
Mexico State Engineer Scheduling Order. issued August 10, 2017
August
10, 2017 -
Would you support a City of Cororro buyout of the SEC? Vote
here
August
3, 2017 -
Mayor
proposes buyout of SEC: Options outlined at Co-op board meeting
- Chieftain
.pdf version
NEW WATER GRAB ISSUESOctober
2012 - Groundwater
in NM Report August
4, 2017 - Next
stop for Texas-NM water dispute: Supreme Court. NM
Political Report City
(Jal, NM) gave ranch million-dollar water discount, documents
show. NM
Political Report Maps
of declared groundwater basins home page - home page
Map
of NM Basins Over
view of basins in NM. |
August
2, 2017 -
Socorro Electric Co-op member survey -
In the upcoming months, SEC will be conducting a phone survey
with members to received input on a variety of issues. We are
interested in how we are doing as your provider. The SEC has hired
a professional firm to conduct this survey, with the hopes of
giving honest feedback about the service. The survey will ask
questions on a variety of topics, such as the price of electricity,
renewable energy, responsiveness to inquires, and internet service.
July
27, 2017 -
Letter
from Socorro Mayor, Ravi Bhasker, to the
SEC board
Call
to the Wild - Mexican gray wolf recovery program faces challenges.
Chieftain
Landowners
support (SunZia) road restrictions -
Chieftain
July
21, 2017 -
Goals discussed at wolf recovery meeting ... If the Mexican gray
wolf population averages 320 in the wild in the United States
over an eight-year period, the animal could be removed from the
endangered species list.
Chieftain
July
17, 2017 -
Speak up for Wolves - Attend upcoming meetings:
July
20th - T of C - 6 - 9pm
Civic Center, Ralph Edwards Auditorium, 400 W 4th
July
22nd - Albuquerque, NM (Facebook
Event) -
Crowne Plaza Albuquerque 1901 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque,
NM 87102
(Prep
at the Wolf Den: 11 am - 12:45 pm
Rally: 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
FWS Meeting: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
July
16, 2017 -
25 Percent of Australian Homes Have Switched to Solar, and Other
Green Triumphs This Week TruthDig
July
13, 2017 -
Co-op defends situation with TDS - Chieftain
or download
pdf version
July 7, 2017 -
Mexican
Wolf Draft Revised Recovery Plan released Chieftain
PDF
version
Release
range and spotting map:
Could
SunZia supply SEC? Chieftain
pdf
version
Albuquerque
Journal - Boarder Aquifers
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July 6, 2017 -
Court
Throws Out Feds’ Misguided Policy Limiting Prosecution of
Killers of Endangered Wildlife. ... Late yesterday, a federal
judge threw out the Department of Justice’s flawed ‘McKittrick
Policy’ under which the government only prosecuted killers
of animals on the Endangered Species Act’s (ESA) list of
imperiled species when it could prove the killer knew the exact
biological identity of the species s/he was harming. The decision
came as a result of a challenge brought by WildEarth Guardians
and the
New
Mexico Wilderness Alliance in 2013.
July 5, 2017 -
The
new west: why Republicans blocked public land management . ...
As ‘permanent tourists’ move to the western US, the
oil and gas-captured Republican party is fighting to keep locals
out of managing public lands. Guardian
Private
Money Goes After Trump’s Public Infrastructure Projects TruthDig
(Note: this is not the infrastructure list that includes the APR)
July 4, 2017 -
Water
and National Security - Council on Foreign Relations Discussion
Paper.
Note: CFR
is a neo-liberal "think
tank" (sic). These are not supporters of honorable values.
June 29, 2017 -
City
releases electric utility feasibility study -
Chieftain
In
light of the Socorro City Council's recent release of its long
awaited electric feasibility study, Mayor Ravi Bhasker issued
a formal letter to the Socorro Electric Cooperative at its regular
bi-monthly meeting. Chieftain
Download
the full report
or visit the Socorro city website. City
website.
Navajo power plant likely to close
despite Trump’s promises to save coal. Raw
Story
Climate
change is shrinking the West’s water supply ... Three new
studies show dry times ahead.
High
Country News
Can
private money solve public water problems?
As facilities age and public funding declines, private companies
may step in.
High Country News
June 26, 2017 -
Hundreds
file protests against water application.
Chieftain
I
would like to post a reminder of a meeting of the San Augustin
Water Coalition (SAWC) in Datil on June 27th at 6:00pm at the
Datil Baptist Church. Everyone is welcome.
Thank you, Linn Kennedy Chair
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As you are aware from the recent meeting of the San Augustin Water
Coalition, well monitoring is a good idea for all of us. Monitoring
will give us data that we will need to show "impairment"
if the APR get their project approved (heaven forbid!). Below
is a message from the folks in the East Mountains who are also
fighting a water grab attempt. I thought you might like to know
their take on monitoring. Note that the Office of the State Engineer
is reluctant to use the data. By joining the well-monitoring effort
we become added pressure to force the OSE to pay attention.
Carol Pittman P.S. If you need another copy of the Well Monitoring
flyer from NM Tech, let me know and I will send it. pittray@gilanet.com
From
the Deep Well Project: -
Sara Chudnoff was with Bernalillo County, hired by Dan McGregor
to expand the well monitoring program here - and expand it she
did. She is great to work with and I'm really glad she will be
putting together a well monitoring program around the state. Here,
she expanded the program to 200 wells, which are monitored at
least twice a year using proper methods. And that program has
documented a reduction in water levels all over the area of about
2 feet per year - a number which should qualify us for being a
Critical Management area, according to the Morrison Criteria.
In any case, I hope many people in your area will get their wells
monitored - it's really good data to have (although we find that
the OSE is still reluctant to use the data. They would rather
use well drilling data, which may be very old and is certainly
from a wide variety of dates. Janet Winchester Silbaugh. Download
this announcement
NMT
- Aquifer Mapping Program
Well
monitoring brochure
North
14 Deep Well Protest (E. Mountains)
The schedule hearing on July 19, 2017 at the Office of State Engineer re: APR, has been postponed.
Border
Water at Risk - Report on aquifers along the US/Mexico Border.
Albuquerque
Journal
or Download
the report
Building
on Regional Trend, Reading, Pa. Passes Anti-Privatization Measure.
Food
& Water Watch.
June
21, 2017 -
How privatization could spell the end of democracy. ... Between
Trump and tech, never before have so many powerful people been
so intent on transforming government into a business. Guardian
Neoliberalism turned our world into a business. And there are
two big winners. ... Fearmongering Donald Trump and optimistic
Silicon Valley seem to epitomize opposing ideologies. But the
two have far more in common than you think. Guardian
(June
9, 2017) Congressional Progressive Caucus white paper on "21
Century New Deal for Jobs" including concerns regarding infrastructure.
Download
Proposed
House Bill by Juan Lujan: "To rebuild and modernize the Nation’s
infrastructure to expand access to broadband internet, rehabilitate
drinking water infrastructure, modernize the electric grid and
energy supply infrastructure, redevelop brownfields, strengthen
health care infrastructure, create jobs, protect public health
and the environment, and for other purposes"
Download
March
21, 2017 - New Mexico Lobbyists report spending nearly $292K during
session. New
Mexico In Depth
