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The Michigan Republicans are still confident they can force their GL
diversion loopholes in place. As a two front attack they are also working
hard to retain their corruption majority in the Michigan state supreme court to
help them expand the loopholes in the future. It was the Republican
controlled court that violated the "Public Trust" to privatize public
ground waters for their corporate campaign contributors.
Wisconsin joins pact to limit access to water; Michigan, Ohio and
Pennsylvania remain
The new oil
States, cities and countries have been arguing over water rights for
decades, but the fights -- often called water wars -- have taken on a heightened
sense of national and international urgency in light of prolonged droughts,
mounting evidence of climate change and, closer to home, declining lake levels.
The drought-stricken Spanish port of Barcelona, for instance, is now shipping in
drinking water from large tankers.
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