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Sunday, June 23, 2013

WATER UPDATES - HOPE & LIES

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The article below is from the KOAT (Albuquerque) website.


APD seeks water donations for Magdalena

Thousands of water bottles donated thus far

UPDATED 7:04 PM MDT Jun 19, 2013


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —As the village of Magdalena’s water shortage nears its second week, Albuquerque police and residents have decided to step up and help out.

The Albuquerque Police Department is asking residents to stop by the Prisoner Transport Center and drop off bottles of water, which have become the only source of cooking and drinking for so many in Magdalena.
 
There will be a mobile command unit available at the Coors Boulevard and Ellison Drive NW Walmart to take donations Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will also be a donation site at the Walmart located at Wyoming Boulevard and Academy Road NE on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“We just want to be a good neighbor here in New Mexico,” said Briane Dennison, APD Chaplain Commander. “Go down there and bless them with water… we’re looking to take two 25 ft. trailers full of donated water down to them.”
 
APD’s Operation Hope team also organized donations for Moore, Oklahoma after a tornado struck.
Using money from the Chaplain Unit Fund, APD has purchased two pallets of water. Since, Albuquerque residents have donated thousands of water bottles.
“It really shows the heart behind the badge,” said Dennison.
 
The deadline to drop off water donations is Friday at 8 a.m. If you’d like to donate money to the APD Chaplain Unit Fund, call 505-768-2131.

Read more: http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico/albuquerque/apd-seeks-water-donations-for-magdalena/-/9153728/20633084/-/14kqlwm/-/index.html#ixzz2X2uSPSKR
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Below, Governor Susana Martinez talks about Magdalena's
 water problems with a KOB reporter.
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The new Augustin Plains Ranch LLC website, titled
"sanaugustinwater.com" - is a pathetic attempt to further
their PR campaign for the project.  It's filled with nonsense,
and outright lies.  Here's the photo and text
from their homepage:
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The proposed Augustin Plains Ranch water pipeline project, much like the San Juan Chama River Project before it, has tremendous potential to supply New Mexico’s middle Rio Grande Valley with an abundance of water for centuries to come.
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The demand for water in our state already surpasses its availability, and the situation is becoming even more dire due to extreme drought. That is why the project’s supporters and sponsors are committed to developing this much-needed resource on behalf of all New Mexicans. This state-of-the-art, eco-friendly project will be unique, producing its own power for operation through hydropower and solar energy. But more importantly, the project will create a new, sustainable and abundant source of water independent of compacts with other states.
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This will be accomplished by replenishing a massive, underground aquifer in western New Mexico with rainwater that is currently lost to evaporation. The project will provide water to New Mexicans where it is needed most, and will also improve river habitat and water quality in the Rio Grande. With support from local, state, and federal agencies as well as New Mexico’s local communities, this project can begin delivering this desperately needed water within five years.

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Well, golly.  Here we are talking about the
Middle Rio Grande Valley, and we have a nice photo
of the Organ Mountains, FAR to the south of the Middle
Rio Grande Valley, down next to Las Cruces,
in the MESILLA VALLEY.
Here's a map of what is, for most political and historical
purposes and definitions, the Middle Rio Grande Valley,
published by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History.
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Well, you can see what kind of ignorant fools we're
dealing with.  They can't even illustrate their text correctly.
That picture is NOT from the area we're talking about.
It's about a hundred miles south.
"Well, it does't matter.  Not in the slightest."
Oh yes it does, our little moron.  Our little PR pimp.
This kind of BS is blatantly illegal.
It's misleading.  It's bad advertising practice.
A photo is the product in action, one might say.
You're talkin' Middle Rio Grande Valley,
and showin' Mesilla Valley.
It's false advertising.
Someone needs to report you guys to the
Attorney General's Office.  Maybe I will.
Misleading people on WATER right now ought
to be a hanging offense.
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There might be a method to their madness. 
They'll have that used-car salesman disguised as an attorney
from Las Cruces that serves in the State Legislature,
 Joseph Cervantes, crawling into bed with them,
 thinking he'll get some of the water moved south,
to Las Cruces and the Mesilla Valley.
That would be absolutely wonderful
for the gospel of "growth" that Cervantes
preaches in the public pulpits on behalf of the
 "best interests" of southern New Mexico.
"Best interests" as defined by developers, agri-business, 
bankers, hustlers, and ignorant politicians.
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Oh, I see what's going on here now.
You guys are clever.
But you're still breaking the law.
Misrepresentation may be common at your office,
but it doesn't fly too well if you get caught.
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Small-town PR flacks.
Ignorant.  Amateurish.  Fraudulent.
Must be that bunch over at The Waite Company at work.
It's amazing.  You'd think the foreigners would get
someone worth a shit.  Hell, they've got the money. 
 Or are they just too damned 'TIGHT' -
 still have the first buck they ever made. 

You know the type.
The Scotch and the Jews have both had to suffer
racial stereotyping because of this very trait
among some bad apples in their population -
the cheap ones, the slow-to-pay, the greedy,
 no charity (except when it's public),
 no soul. 
 Cash is the sole/soul denominator.
The worst.  The pigs.
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Anyhow, it's all as bland as can be and
loaded with misinformation.  We'll take each
page and dissect it on the blog over time.
  It's neat that I can just copy it, (and I have),
page by page, and we can all examine it, together,
and take a careful look at what they're
 claiming - dissect the data.
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They never put a copyright on the site.
It's unbelievably stupid.  It's a commercial site.
I don't copyright because I want my material
spread to the four directions.
Not to copyright the company message seems strange at best,
or incredibly dim-witted on the other end.
What, was the company attorney on a bender?
Who are these dismal failures?
And who pays them?
The masters seem as stupid as the slaves,
and vice-versa.
 Why does the San Augustin Plains water issue
draw such secretive,
 fraudulent, worthless, un-American, anti-American,
shysters to the table?
Who also refuse to pay for a good PR outfit.
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What's wrong with these people?
Too much good food and wine?
Too much EUROTRASH life?
(A cop told me that EUROTRASH is a new term
 in law enforcement
 for all the scam artists from EUROPA that
enter the American scene for operations of all types.
A new twist on white trash - this defines it geographically,
trash from the Old Country -
EUROTRASH.)
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Anyway, here's an example of show-and-tell
with their site.
Para # 2 on their website homepage states:
The demand for water in our state already surpasses its availability, and the situation is becoming even more dire due to extreme drought. That is why the project’s supporters and sponsors are committed to developing this much-needed resource on behalf of all New Mexicans. This state-of-the-art, eco-friendly project will be unique, producing its own power for operation through hydropower and solar energy. But more importantly, the project will create a new, sustainable and abundant source of water independent of compacts with other states.
Eco-friendly?  Nonsense.
Read our post about this point -
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The LLC has been on this "green" and "eco-friendly"
campaign as of the last six months or so - they keep
coming up with new sales ideas.  This one's a lie.
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Paragraph #3 states:
This will be accomplished by replenishing a massive, underground aquifer in western New Mexico with rainwater that is currently lost to evaporation. The project will provide water to New Mexicans where it is needed most, and will also improve river habitat and water quality in the Rio Grande. With support from local, state, and federal agencies as well as New Mexico’s local communities, this project can begin delivering this desperately needed water within five years.
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Water
Water, water, water!

Water is essential for all life—
--plant, animal and human life.

Water is clear
Water is colourless
Water is tasteless
Water is transparent
Water pours on Earth as rain.

Water covers about 3/4of the Earth's surface
Water bodies are ocean, sea, lake, river
Water can be had from wells by digging the Earth
Water naturally occurs as mineral water as at spa.

Water is in liquid form
Water is in solid form (ice)
Water is in gaseous form (water vapour)
Water is as snow and snowflakes.

Water is secreted from the body-
-as urine, tears, perspiration, and saliva.

Water is a chemical compound
Water is composed of two elements
Water molecule contains—
-one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms.
Water boils at 212 degrees F or 100 degrees C
Water freezes at 32 degrees F o 0 degrees C.

Water, water, water!


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I'll get back to this when I have time.
Right now I need to water the roses and sunflowers
with Hop Canyon aqua. 
Thanks to Tom and Brandon!
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

WATER THIEVES HAVE NEW WEBSITE, NEWS RE: PRAYER VIGIL

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 The post that went up yesterday is nowhere to be found.
Basically it was about the new website the LLC has put up
to "sell" their idea. 
The site is filled with misleading information
 and outright lies.  It's probably from The Waite Company,
the PR shills from Albuquerque that our foreigners
have hired as their latest "frontmen" on the scam.
  Check it here:
http://www.sanaugustinwater.com/index.html
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Our "PRAYER VIGIL FOR RAIN & BLESSING OF THE WATERS"
held at Montosa last weekend went well.
Below, Father Tommy Means calls on a higher power
for some help during the litany (below).
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LITANY FOR ALL CREATION IN A
 TIME OF DROUGHT AND FIRE
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(The litany below caught people's attention Saturday.
It was written by Rev. Talitha Arnold of Santa fe, NM. 
Permisssion is allowed to reproduce and adapt
for worship services or church education.
  Publishing rights are reserved.)
God of all creation, of rain and fire, of ponderosa and pinon,we your people lift our prayer to You.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For rain in this thirsty land, and for hope in this hard time.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For the people who are dealing with a water shortage and its effects  - both financial and personal - from Magdalena to the Plains, from the Rio Grande Valley to Elephant Butte Reservoir.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For firefighters on the front lines, for pilots and crews, and all who are working across the State of New Mexico at this time to contain fires - for their safety and stamina.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For the animals and birds that have lost habitat or lack water sources, for the plants and trees, rivers and lakes, and all creation that is suffering because of drought and fire, and often because of human greed or human carelessness.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For the farmers and ranchers, and others of our rural communities whose lives and livelihoods are threatened by fire, drought, or water theft.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For the just and wise use of the water You have given us, to be gracious stewards of Your creation and good neighbors with all people.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For the wisdom to conserve resources, and the grace to share them, with common sense and a dedication to protect what is a sacred trust - to understand that we are not so much owners as we are custodians of land, and to know that water is life.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For the local, state, and federal authorities and leaders - to have Your courage, O Lord, and Your vision, to make hard decisions for the common good,  and the will to stand up to financial and political powers that would rob the state's citizens of what is theirs.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For a peaceful resolution to the difficulties that people face on the San Augustin Plains aquifer water project, and a fair, just, and timely answer from the New Mexico Court of Appeals.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Gracious God, You who hear the prayer of every heart, hear now the prayers we lift up to you now.
(A moment of silent prayer.)
Hear all of our prayers O God, spoken and unspoken.
Remind us that You are the One who listens and Who hears.
Grant us the wisdom to love one another, and this God-given earth, as You do.
We pray in Your name, and offer the prayer that Christ taught us:
Our Father, Who are in heaven, holy be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
 Amen.

We have some excellent video footage of the Montosa event 
that we'll be sharing here and on YouTube when time
allows for some editing.  Our "shooter" for the day was
 Kirk Loy, an old friend from our PBS days, who has a
 large batch of state, regional, and national awards
for his excellent production work.
This is all part of a larger effort for a documentary film
we're working on.  We've got some interviews done,
and are scheduling more.  Please contact us if
you'd like to speak your peace, as they say.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ON WHO???

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 Here's a letter I wrote this afternoon to the
Magdalena Mountain Mail, that will come
 out in the April 27 edition (Saturday).
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Yesterday I came home for lunch and found a New Mexico
 State Police Officer parked at my house. After we introduced
ourselves, he proceeded to read me my Miranda Rights and
told me I was the subject of a "criminal investigation" for
 alleged "violent threats" against the people involved in the
 Water Grab on the San Augustin Plains.  
 
After a lot of questions and answers, he went on his way, 
but asked me to have "hard copy" of some of my blog posts,
and whatever else I thought relevant to the investigation, ready
 when he came by this morning. So, I gathered everything up,
 and am ready....and waiting....and waiting.
Car 54, where are you?
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It's now 1:20 and I'm curious about what this all means.
  Dropped - no evidence? Further investigation proceeding?
  From what he told me, the "complaint" of threats must have
come from The Waite Company, the Albuquerque PR outift
(shill) for the foreign investors. I have never threatened anyone
 in this mess. I have talked about the potential of violence here,
on my blog - STOPTHEWATERGRAB.BLOGSPOT.COM -
but I have never encouraged it, or said that I would personally
 perpetrate violence in the matter. To discuss what COULD BE
 an unfortunate outcome to the situation
 is simply looking at the realities.
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I gave him as personal references Marshal Larry
Cearley of Magdalena, and George Vanwinkle, Chief of Police
in Socorro. I could have added on a former FBI agent to the
 list, a man I work with on occasion, but figured
that would be overdoing things.
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Intimidation is not to be unexpected in
 something like this. The Project Director for the LLC,
Michel  Jichlinski, is a piece of work.
  Read about how millions of your  tax-dollars were stolen
 when he ran the Louis Berger Group,  a federal contractor
 working in Afghanistan and worldwide. They got hit with the
 largest fine ever for a war-time contractor - 69.3 million,
 for cooking the books and other shenanigans.
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  The Modena Family Group, the Italians and their
 "investors" involved in the scheme, are a bunch of shadowy
 corporate characters - no financial statements, no tax returns,
no background data, no nada. It's all on the blog. These people
 are NOT the kind of folks you want to do business with,
 especially in the matter of WATER.
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So, I still wait for the officer, and think about
 The Waite Company, and Jichlinski, and the LLC,
 and what evil lurks in the hearts of men.
If you're with the "good guys" on this deal, don't worry.
  Don't be intimidated. I'm not. I've got Duffy and Ziggy,
 my "guard" dogs, neither of them too intimidating,
 but noisy - like me. And I'm going to keep on making noise,
 come hell or high water.
 
Matt Middleton
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The suspect waits for the State Police, with hard-copies,
and audio recorder (record everything!).
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Well, it's late Thursday and my friend Officer
Jaime Dominguez has yet to return.
This may all be a "wash" as they say - and
nothing further will come of it.  Time will tell. 
The problem may have come about because of
people's ignorance of what words in the English language
actually mean.  An article published in the Rio Rancho
Observer about the issue last week had some statements
 in it attributed to me, including this:
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“The very idea of foreign ownership of water is a really, really
 bad idea,” Middleton said.
He also questioned if it’s fair that growth be allowed to the
 detriment of rural communities.
Plus, Middleton expects violence if the project were allowed.
“Water’s too precious to allow someone to do this when it all
 comes down to, really, is money,” Middleton said.
 “It’s unethical.”
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Read the entire article here:
http://www.rrobserver.com/news/local/article_9857bff2-a6d7-11e2-96e5-001a4bcf887a.html

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To say that something is "expected" is not the same
thing as saying you condone it, or would participate.
But, we need to be fair here - remember,
  the public relations firm, The Waite Company, is a
public relations firm.  A lot of PR people twist the meaning
of words regularly, and openly fudge on the truth,

to where the actual meaning of almost any word or
 statement is suspect or simply unknown.
The English words "VALUE" and "STAKEHOLDERS"
are examples of what I'm talking about.
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 PR firms aren't generally known for excellence in
 English language usage, but rather how you "shape"
 a message, or "spin" it, as they say. 
 How well you lie can make you rich in this biz.
Their forte is falsification and misrepresentation,
the sordid details of "packaging" people and companies,
or hideous, greedy, ill-designed schemes like this one -
in this "smoke and mirrors" world that we now live in.  
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Someone may have been so stupid here that they panicked and
called someone to get the "heat" on me, without realizing
that their fears were foolish, unnecessary, and ignorant.

Maybe Jichlinski's English isn't too hot, and he misread
what I said, and told the Waite outfit to jump on it -
call the DA's office and get something going.
Maybe, maybe not.  Maybe it wasn't stupidity at all,

but just plain harassment and/or intimidation.
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  It doesn't matter.  Political connections were probably
what got the State Police to my house.  So be it.
I wonder what else is up their sleeve....
PR "flacks," as they are called,  aren't noted for
 being very bright, or even very interesting,

but very clever, sly, scheming.
  Like a fox.
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You'll have to excuse me now,
 I think I hear a commotion out back in the henhouse.
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Postscript:
I should add that the timing was near-perfect  -
 the day before, the decision was made to have a special
"Prayer for a Peaceful Resolution"
 as part of the June program being planned. 
 An inter-faith
"PRAYER VIGIL FOR RAIN &
BLESSING OF THE WATERS"
 will take place June 15, 2 pm, at the
 Chapel of the Living Waters
 at Montosa Campground - 13.5
miles west of Magdalena - (there will be signs).
We'll have more info about what's being planned, and
who all is participating, within a couple of weeks.
It should be a very interesting afternoon, with
"Prayers, Songs, and Ceremonies" from a number of faiths.
But a "Prayer for a Peaceful Resolution" is a MUST-HAVE
for an event here during these times, these circumstances.
Below is the chapel itself - a dream of B.W. Cox,
who is graciously allowing us to hold our services at this
 little church in the pines, just above the San Augustin Plains,
 and so perfectly named.
Well, of course we'd say that.
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Here's a mini-poster in standard 8.5 x 11 inch jpeg format you can print, or Facebook, or whatever.... Thanks!
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Sunday, March 17, 2013

"GREENWASHING" THE SAN AUGUSTIN PROJECT

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From "ReWire" -
an online news service that is part of
KCET-TV in Los angeles -
Community Television in Southern California
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NEW ECO FRIENDLY WATER PIPELINE
PROBABLY NOT ALL THAT
ECO-FRIENDLY
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by Chris Clarke
Posted March 5, 2013
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It's a little far afield from the Golden State, but ReWire got an emailed press release last week that piqued our interest. The release, concerning a water pipeline project in New Mexico, made the claim that powering that pipeline with solar and hydroelectric power would make that pipeline "eco-friendly." But something about the release raised our skepticism.
Here's the release's first two paras:
NEW YORK CITY -- As New Mexico's drought and demand-driven water crisis continues to deepen, leaders from around the state are looking hard for viable, long-term solutions to both sustain the state's population growth and protect its fragile natural environment. One of the most promising options, the Augustin Plains Ranch project, was unveiled to the nation for the first time this week at the Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum in New York City.The Augustin Plains Ranch, located in west-central New Mexico, is proposing to develop an eco-friendly, water reclamation and transport project that will pump 54 thousand acre-feet of water out of a massive underground lake and pipe it to communities in need anywhere from Santa Fe to Southern New Mexico. This "green" project will operate under its own electricity produced through hydro and solar power, and will replenish the aquifer over the years with rainwater and snowmelt that is currently being lost to evaporation. It is also expected to create hundreds of permanent jobs for New Mexicans.

As it happens, the Augustin Plains Ranch water project has been in the news for quite some time in New Mexico. As ReWire's pal and Western water maven John Fleck put it in a 2011 article in the Albuquerque Journal, 54,000 acre-feet per year is enough to meet the needs of the City of Albuqerque, and enough to make the current residents of the Augustin Plains area, near Datil, NM, rather nervous:
Those in the central New Mexico ranch country where the water would start its journey, though, fear the project would leave them high and dry.[Rancher Ray] Pittman and his wife, Carol, use a second well to provide water to two ranch houses, three horses, two donkeys, "six or seven cats," one dog and nine goldfish that call one of the stock tanks home. The Pittmans and their neighbors fear the Augustin Plains Ranch water pumping project will dry up the landscape and way of life they hold dear. "People are afraid that this will deplete the aquifer," said Carol Pittman. "We all have wells."
The proposal would "essentially dry up the whole damn basin," said Albuquerque hydrologist Frank Titus. Water would disappear from wells used by people like the Pittmans, said Titus.

The Augustin Plains Ranch project has been through its ups and downs since first proposed in 2007. More than a thousand people wrote formal protests of the project. New Mexico's State Engineer denied the project's application in 2011; when developers Augustin Plains Ranch LLC went to court to ask the Engineer's decision be overturned, the court backed up the Engineer rather resoundingly in 2012.
Also in 2012, Augustin Plains Ranch LLC shifted their story on the project's hydrology to claim that they'd be shipping 54,000 acre-feet of water a year that would otherwise be lost to evaporation, causing Fleck and others to wonder aloud just where they'd heard that story before.
Now, activists at the Catron County Water Coalition are noting with alarm that project proponents seem to be trying to revive the project with better PR -- while concurrently appealing the court's November 2012 decision upholding the State Engineer. The PR sent to media outlets in far-flung places like KCET in Los Angeles would seem to be part of that.
Make no mistake: pumping water is an energy-intensive process, and we need to figure out a way to use renewable energy to do that pumping in the West. We here in California know that better than many: just one of the Department of Water Resources' pumps on the California Aqueduct, the Edmonston Pumping Plant, eats up 835 megawatts of electrical power to pump water up over the Grapevine. Half of the DWR's power consumption has traditionally been fueled by coal-fired plants: though the Department is working to reduce that amount, there's still work to do getting those pumps to run on renewable energy.
So powering a water pipeline's infrastructure with renewable energy is a good idea. But that doesn't make the pipeline "eco-friendly" all by itself. If the pipeline is pumping water out of an unrecharged aquifer to provide city dwellers with a way to water their lawns, it's not going to be "eco-friendly" even if you make it out of recycled hemp.
There's a word for the corporate practice of glossing over potentially destructive ventures with a thin green veneer. It's called "greenwashing." It's pretty prevalent, and as solar power becomes increasingly popular, solar will be used as a way to greenwash projects that might not otherwise pass the muster of public approval.
But we here in California pretty much invented deceptive water politics, Augustin Plains Ranch. We see your Milagro Beanfield War, raise you Chinatown, and call it. You're gonna have to get a lot slicker if you want to persuade us terminally jaded hipsters out here that your Owens Valley Lite isn't a bad deal for the environment: waving a solar panel at us isn't going to cut it.
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Here's the press release put out by the PR firm
who now represents the LLC, the Waite Company
of Albuquerque.
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KCET is the nation's largest independent
public television station.
Chris Clarke is a natural history writer
and environmental journalist.
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More about "GREENWASHING"
Edited from Wikipedia
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Greenwashing (a compound word modelled on "whitewash"), or "green sheen,"is a form of spin in which green PR or green marketing is deceptively used to promote the perception that an organization's aims and policies are environmentally friendly. Whether it is to increase profits or gain political support, greenwashing may be used to manipulate popular opinion to support otherwise questionable aims.
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USAGE
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The term greenwashing was coined by New York environmentalist Jay Westervelt in a 1986 essay regarding the hotel industry's practice of placing placards in each room promoting reuse of towels ostensibly to "save the environment." Westerveld noted that, in most cases, little or no effort toward reducing energy waste was being made by these institutions—as evidenced by the lack of cost reduction this practice effected. Westerveld opined that the actual objective of this "green campaign" on the part of many hoteliers was, in fact, increased profit. Westerveld thus labeled this and other outwardly environmentally conscientious acts with a greater, underlying purpose of profit increase as greenwashing.
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The term is generally used when significantly more money or time has been spent advertising being green (that is, operating with consideration for the environment), rather than spending resources on environmentally sound practices. This is often portrayed by changing the name or label of a product to evoke the natural environment or nature—for example, putting an image of a forest on a bottle containing harmful chemicals. Environmentalists often use greenwashing to describe the actions of energy companies, which are traditionally the largest polluters.

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In the mid 1960s, the environmental movement gained 
momentum. This popularity prompted many companies to
 create a new green image through advertising. Jerry Mander,
 a former Madison advertising executive, called this new form
 of advertising "ecopornography."
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There's more, see the full Wikipedia entry here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwashing
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STOP THE WATER GRAB!
"The privatization of water, our core source of survival, in an era when water is becoming more and more scarce does not bode well for inhabitants of planet earth.
Large corporations are using the legal system and advertising systems to strong-arm farmers and citizens in order to take ownership of their land and water.
After privatization, prices for water are always higher, without exception."
From the BLUE GOLD - WORLD WATER WARS Website
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But you better believe they're working on it!
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