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Source: ReadtheDirt.org
By: Young Writers
By Samuel Bliss
[ReadtheDirt.org] Editor’s Note: One of our young and empowered voices—Samuel Bliss—gives us a run down on the issue of bottled water in the Northwest. Even if we don’t want to admit it, the Northwest is not immune from large corporations acquiring rights to its water. This piece complements our previous piece “Bottle the Skagit River?”.
Sam Bliss is a junior studying Environmental Economics and Spanish at Western [...]
Continue reading Privatizing a Basic Human Right: Water
Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.
By KATE MARTIN | Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:00 am
MOUNT VERNON — Skagit County will no longer spend money to defend rural water users’ rights in court, a county commissioner said Monday.
The commissioners sent a letter to Department of Ecology officials last week that notes that the county has no actual authority in controlling water and no obligation or right to negotiate property interests for landowners. While the letter does not [...]
Continue reading Skagit County Backs Away from Water Fight
Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.
Kate Martin | Posted: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:34 am
As rain pummeled the ground in big, fat drops last week, state Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen remarked on what has become one of the most contentious issues in Skagit County.
“It’s hard when you look out the window (to think) that we have a crisis in water up here,” she said.
While the issue of how much water is available for development in Skagit [...]
Continue reading Skagit’s Water Rights Showdown
Kai Huschke of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund will speak about Democracy School and a Community Bill of Rights on Fri., May 4, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Burlington Library, 820 E. Washington Ave. Burlington. Democracy School teaches the right to local, self-government that enables communities to reject unsustainable economic and environmental policies set by government and enables legal framework that charters sustainable energy production, sustainable land development and sustainable water, among others. A Community Bill of [...]
Continue reading Skagit County/The Right to Local Self-Government
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