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Decades of neocolonialism in Hawaii have redirected precious resources toward golf courses, resorts & other corporate ventures, turning many areas into tinderboxes & leaving little water to fight back against the flames. Now many Hawaiians say there is a power grab underway as real estate interests & other wealthy outsiders look to buy up land & on the cheap as people are still reeling from the loss of their family members, livelihoods and communities. youtu.be/ck7kwvi951o

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Decades of neocolonialism in Hawaii have redirected precious resources toward golf courses, resorts & other corporate ventures, turning many areas into tinderboxes & leaving little water to fight back against the flames. Now many Hawaiians say there is a power grab underway as real estate interests & other wealthy outsiders look to buy up land & on the cheap as people are still reeling from the loss of their family members, livelihoods and communities. youtu.be/ck7kwvi951o

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Victor · @Victor
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Big corporations, golf courses & hotels have been taking from locals for years. Despite her personal calamity, Tereariʻi, a grassroots attorney, already knew that the fight for Maui’s future was about to intensify, and at its heart would not be fire, but another element entirely: water. Specifically, the of Native Hawaiians, rights that a long parade of plantations, real estate developers, and luxury resorts have been stifling for nearly two centuries. theguardian.com/commentisfree/

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Victor · @WWBugs
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Big corporations, golf courses & hotels have been taking from locals for years. Despite her personal calamity, Tereariʻi, a grassroots attorney, already knew that the fight for Maui’s future was about to intensify, and at its heart would not be fire, but another element entirely: water. Specifically, the of Native Hawaiians, rights that a long parade of plantations, real estate developers, and luxury resorts have been stifling for nearly two centuries. theguardian.com/commentisfree/

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Millie Rooney · @_MillieRooney
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A really important read from Naomi Klein about water, public goods, disaster capitalism (or what the first nations people call plantation disaster capitalism) on Maui.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#hawaii #maui #disastercapitalism #waterrights #naomiklein #fire

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K-ZO da Snowman · @kzodasnowman
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"The United States was not really a continental empire until it had access to the water, as well as the land"

Goddamn this episode was realllly good. Varsha Venkatasubramanian is one to read about in .

watertalkpodcast.com/episodes/

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"As rural Arizonans face the prospect of wells running dry, foreign firms are sucking up vast amounts of the state’s groundwater to grow hay for Saudi Arabia and other wealthy nations. Now it turns out that a key investor in this water transfer scheme is Arizona’s own employee retirement fund."

Great reporting by @MotherJones and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.

motherjones.com/politics/2023/

#watershortage #watertable #groundwater #drought #waterrights #Water

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France: Water convoy to press for action as drought deepens in Poitou

freedomnews.org.uk/2023/07/26/

The bicycle and tractor rally will travel from the south-western town of Sainte Soline to Paris to demand accountability over the imposition of controversial mega-basins. It’s hoped that the week-long rally, ending in the capital on August 26-27, will draw thousands of people in opposition to the “draining of the plains” following major protest in March, which attracted up to 30,000 people and saw high levels of police violence.

#upcoming #france #rally #waterrights #waterpirates #bribery #government #corruption #SainteSoline #paris #accountability #getthere

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theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m
"Dodds ... said there was a long history in of its raw resources being taken for use in England while local people experienced no benefit, with the drowning of Capel Celyn being one of the most notable examples. “These latest plans ... risk repeating the mistakes of the past,” Dodds said."

Speaking of things that seem awfully familiar...

#wales #extractivism #colonialism #waterrights #drought #imperialism #parasitism #canada

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In Arizona Water Ruling, the Hopi Tribe Sees Limits on Its Future
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Arizona's unique method for awarding to was supposed to open up economic possibilities beyond farming for the Tribe.

Instead, the tribe says it has dashed their dreams of building a thriving homeland.

propublica.org/article/arizona

#water #tribes #hopi #arizona #waterrights #drought #southwest #nativeamerican #News

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rules against Nation in water supply case

The court pointed to treaties signed in the 1800s to support its decision. The suit comes as water from the is scarce and states in the arid southwest are tangled in disputes over water allocation.

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN, Jun 23, 2023

"The suit comes as water from the Colorado River is scarce and states located in the arid southwest are tangled in disputes concerning water allocation. The tribe claims that while the average person on the Navajo reservation uses seven gallons of water a day, that national average is 80 to 100 gallons.

"The nation, which extends across , and and lies within the drainage basin of the Colorado River, has signed two treaties with the United States. In 1868, the United States promised the tribe a permanent homeland.

"Shay Dvoretzky, a lawyer for the Navajo Nation, told the Supreme Court: that the Navajos 'made clear' that they understood the 'promise of a permanent homeland' in the 1800s to include 'adequate water for agriculture and raising livestock. Hauled from miles away, water can cost up to twenty times more than it does in neighboring off-Reservation communities,' he argued. "

Read more:
accuweather.com/en/weather-new

#supremecourt #navajo #navajonation #coloradoriver #arizona #NewMexico #utah #waterislife #respectthetreaties #nativeamericannews #waterrights

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