Our favorite local event of the year is coming up this weekend ... We've got some tips to help you navigate the Tucson Festival of Books like a pro ... Robbins takes a pay cut.
There has got to be a way to stop South32 from ruining Patagonia and surrounding areas. Once that construction starts...Katie bar the door. The water usage isn't sustainable. Humans, livestock, and pets will suffer. There are examples all over the world of aquifer depletion from mining/agriculture in arid lands. Remember when Spreckels and other sugar companies bought up the Valley between LaPaz and Todos Santos and tried raising sugar cane? It totally dried up the springs and the government made them stop. They did replenish...but, it took 20 years. Morenci has Eagle Creek. Patagonia doesn't.
There has got to be a way to stop South32 from ruining Patagonia and surrounding areas. Once that construction starts...Katie bar the door. The water usage isn't sustainable. Humans, livestock, and pets will suffer. There are examples all over the world of aquifer depletion from mining/agriculture in arid lands. Remember when Spreckels and other sugar companies bought up the Valley between LaPaz and Todos Santos and tried raising sugar cane? It totally dried up the springs and the government made them stop. They did replenish...but, it took 20 years. Morenci has Eagle Creek. Patagonia doesn't.