Saturday, January 11, 2014
Did you know that Las Vegas is planning a $15 billion project to extract water from the driest places in the country?
And that ranchers, farmers, indigenous and rural communities, hunters, and environmentalists are coming together to fight it?
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Watch community organizers speak about the so-called “Water Grab” – the project that is the epitome of unsustainable development and massive public subsidy to the rich.
Prepare to learn about the burden this project would put on taxpayers, the stunning natural places it would turn into deserts, the communities that would be impacted, and the political scheming going on in Las Vegas to make it happen.