Southwest Running Dry | Battle Against Private Water Companies | US Food Crisis

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Is the American Southwest Running Dry? By Tara Lohan, AlterNet Filmmaker Jim Thebaut talks about the precarious future of the Southwest and the call for a national water plan. Read more »   As we begin to see positive policy shifts with the Obama administration, I'm reminded of something that filmmaker Jim Thebaut said when I interviewed him recently about his latest film, "The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?" He called the Bush administration's attitudes toward addressing our water crisis "borderline immoral." While it's great to have new leadership at the helm, we're also going to be paying the price for the last eight years for quite some time. The good news is that Thebaut has some great ideas for pushing new policy forward and figuring out what we need to be doing in the Southwest and in the rest of the U.S. Check out his interview and the rest of our content this week. Thanks for reading, Tara Lohan, Senior Editor     Onshore and Offshore: The Human Cost of Oil Drilling By Riki Ott, Chelsea Green Publishing Drilling put in motion by Clinton and Bush have had such devastating effects on Arctic communities it fits the UN definition of cultural genocide. Read more »   American Cities Battle Private Water Companies for Public Control of Water National Radio Project Here's a look at communities in the U.S. that are rising up against the private control of water. Read more »   Is America on the Brink of a Food Crisis? By Robert Jensen, AlterNet If we continue our offenses against the land, we will have a problem far more complex than the failure of our economy. Read more »   After Admitting Faults at Hearing, New EPA Head Starts Work By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica Jackson was confirmed despite questions about her failure to regulate contaminants in drinking water and other concerns. Read more »

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